Conference: ICBEST

ICBEST 2004 (http://www.icbest2004.com/) International Conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technology, 2004 Sydney, Australia.

will bring together professionals with a common interest in the design and performance of building envelope systems and technologies, including:

- Advances in materials and systems for the 21st century

- Impact of globalisation on facade design and procurement

- Exploring the nexus between design life, property investment cycles and maintaining the integrity of the urban fabric

- New dimensions for sustainability

- Getting it right the first time

ICBEST 2001: by NRC/IRC Dr. A. Baskaran. (http://www.cibworld.nl/pages/ib/0005/Pages/Forthcoming/ICBEST.html)

The International Conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies (ICBEST) covering all aspects of the building envelope will be held in Canada for the first time next June.

ICBEST will provide a worldwide forum for the exchange of information on recent developments in building envelope engineering, and will bring together engineers, architects, other practitioners and researchers to promote awareness of new findings, technologies and best practices.

Place: Ottawa, Westin Hotel

Time: June 26-29, 2001

Key topics: A full range of building envelope topics including roofing systems, wall ssemblies, wind-driven rain, thermal loads, snow loads and curtain walls

Featuring: Exhibitors of building envelope systems, International case studies

ICBEST'2000 http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/newsletter/v5no4/conference_e.html

ICBEST '97 (15-17 April 1997): Editors Dr Stephen Ledbetter and Dr Richard Harris (http://www.bath.ac.uk/cwct/pubs/cont7.htm)

Conference objectives

The objective of this conference was to gather and disseminate the latest information, data and expertise relating to the design, construction, performance and evaluation of different types of building envelope systems. The conference provided a unique opportunity for architects, engineers, developers, researchers, academics and others to discuss and exchange ideas on developments in building envelope systems and technology.

Conference themes: The conference was run as three parallel sessions: Construction, durability and maintenance, Integrity, Building physics.

• Fazio, P., D. Derome, A. Athienitis, and J. Rao, (1997), Use of an environmental chamber to investigate large-scale envelope specimen hygrothermal performance
• Fazio, P., H. Ge, and J. Rao, (2001), Measuring air leakage of full-scale curtain wall sections using a non-rigid air-chamber method
• Ge, H. and Fazio, P., (2001), Study on thermal performance of curtain walls using infrared thermography
• Ge, H., P. Fazio, and J. Rao, (2001), Transfer of heat, moisture and air through metal curtain walls
• Inculet, D., Surry, D. and Davenport, A.G, (2001), An experimental study of pressure gradients and their implications for the design of pressure-moderated rainscreens
• Mukhopadhyaya, P. and Kumaran, M. K., (2000), Prediction of moisture response of wood frame walls using IRC's advanced hygrothermal model (hygIRC)
• Mukhopadhyaya, P., Kumaran, K., van Reenen, D. and Tariku, F., (2001), Influence of sheathing membrane and vapour barrier on hygrothermnal response of stucco walls
• Nofal, M. and M.K. Kumaran, (2002), Criteria for unaccesseptable damage on wood systems
• St-Hilaire, A., Derome, D. and Fazio, P., (2003), Approach for the simulation of wetting due to rain infiltration for building envelope testing
• Straube, J.F. and Burnett, E.F.P, (2000), Simplified prediction of driving rain deposition
• Straube, J.F., and Burnett, E.F.P., (1997), Field testing of filled-cavity wall systems
• Vinha, J. and Kalamees, T., (2003), Principles to analyze the moisture performance of timber-framed external wall assembly due to diffusion

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