- Author
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National Bureau of Standards
- Title
- Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process. 3rd Annual NBS/NCSBCS Joint Proceedings Conference. September 12, 1978.
- Sponsor
- National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, Inc., McLean, VA
- Report
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NBS SP 552,
- Distribution
- Available from Government Printing Office
- Book or Conf
- National Bureau of Standards. Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process. 3rd Annual NBS/NCSBCS Joint Proceedings Conference. In Conjunction with the 11th Annual Meeting of the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, Inc. September 12, 1978,
National Bureau of Standards,
Annapolis, MD,
Cooke, P. W., Editors,
358 p.,
1979
- Keywords
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buildings
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building codes
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construction
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solar energy
- Abstract
- The third NBS/NCSBCS Joint Conference on Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process was held in Annapolis, Maryland on September 12, 1978. The proceedings of the Joint Conference include the opening remarks, the Keynote Address and the 24 papers presented at the technical sessions dealing with various aspects of building regulatory research and innovative administrative application of building codes and standards. The eight technical sessions were organized around the following themes: Regulatory Aspects of Fire Safety; Standards Development Activities and the Building Regulatory Process; Accommodating Provisions for the Elderly and Handicapped in Building Regulations; Implementaion of Energy Conservation Building Regulations at the State Level; Application of Computers and Information Systems for Building Regulation and Construction; Energy Conservation, Solar Energy and the Built Environment; Issues Concerning the Intent, Formulation and Economic Impact of Regulations; Metrication, Industrialized Buildings and Complex Structures. In addition, three other research papers covering Lighting, Tax Shelters, Resource Zoning, and Land Use Planning are also included.