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NBEC Canada
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The
inaugural Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology was held in
London, Ontario in March of 1982. The
conferences continued biannually until the 6th Conference in 1992.
These six were organized under the direction of Dr. Eric Burnett and Mr.
Vlad Stritesky. In March of 1997 the
conference was re-energized under the Directorship of Mr. Hitesh Doshi and the 8th
Conference was presented under the auspices of the Ontario Building Envelope
Council (OBEC) in February 2001, with Dr. John Straube as Director. At
an evening session at the 8th Conference, a group of interested
members discussed the future direction for the National Building Envelope
Council. Since one of the purposes
of NBEC is to bring together those in the building industry from across Canada,
it was determined that holding a conference as a NBEC event would encourage
national contribution and participation. BCBEC agreed to accept the opportunity
to host the 9th Conference on behalf of NBEC with Mr. Dave Kayll and
Mr. Dave Mathieson co-chairing. The NBEC Conference format has since
been carried forward and improved upon by the Building Envelope Council Ottawa
Region's (BECOR) 10th Conference at Ottawa, Ontario in 2005 co-chaired by Mr.
Duncan Hill and Mr. William Brown. And, most recently, the Alberta
Building Envelope Council's (ABEC) 11th Conference at Banff, Alberta, in 2007
co-chaired by Mr. Mike Dietrich and Mr. Anton Vlooswyk. The objectives of these eleven Conferences on Building Science and Technology have been to: Ø Provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, documentation and sharing of relevant building science knowledge and experience for those directly involved in the building industry in Canada, and now the rest of the world. Ø Provide a focus for all stakeholders in the design, construction and operation of buildings and building enclosures such that any gaps between various groups and professions may be bridged. |
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