- Author
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Berry, S. A.
- Title
- Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process: Proceedings of the NBS/NCSBCS Joint Conference (4th) Held at St. Louis, Missouri on September 11, 1979, in Conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS), Inc. (12th). Final report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, McLean, VA
- Report
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NBS SP 586
June 1980
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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construction industry; buildings; building codes; meeting; regulations; law enforcement; design criteria; metric system; environmental engineering; insulation
- Identifiers
- energy conservation
- Abstract
- The Proceedings of the 4th Annual NBS/NCSBCS Joint Conference on Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process contain nineteen technical papers, the opening remarks and Keynote Address. The subject matter covered in these Proceedings includes: Issues in Building Code Enforcement; Legal, Political and Educational Aspects of Code Enforcement; Studies Dealing with Housing Codes; Energy Conservation and the Built Environment; Design Considerations and Their Impact on Code Enforcement; and, Innovative Regulatory Approaches for Metrication, Insulation Standards, and Climatic Conditions.