NBEC Canada

The inaugural Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology was held in London, Ontario in March of 1982.  The conferences continued biannually until the 6^th 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 8^th 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 8^th 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 9^th 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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