- Author
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Walton, W. W., Editor
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Cadoff, B. C., Editor
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS BSS 001
January 1970
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- National Bureau of Standards. Performance of Buildings - Concept and Measurement. Proceedings of the 1st Conference in a Series of Conferences on Man and His Shelter. September 23-25, 1968,
Gaithersburg, MD,
Walton, W. W.; Cadoff, B. C., Editors,
131 p.,
1970
- Keywords
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building design
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housing
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planning
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architecture
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specifications
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standards
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test methods
- Identifiers
- building systems; performance of buildings; urban planning; user needs
- Abstract
- The Conference entitled "Performance of Buildings - Concept and Measurement" was held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD on September 23-25, 1968. This was the first in a planned series of conferences on "Man and His Shelter." The purpose of these conferences is to bring together those people from various disciplines who may contribute to improving the quality of man's shelter. At the present conference, papers were presented by nineteen authors representing government and industry in such diverse disciplines as architecture, engineering, science, urban planning, and standards. These papers emphasize the prime importance of considering user needs in the development of performance criteria, the necessity of test methods to determine whether the desired performance has been achieved, and the development of performance specifications and standards. Application of these ideas to building systems, and to the planning and design of entire communities, is also discussed.