ASSOCIATION OF
BUILDING ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENTPurpose ofthe Association
In the constitution of our association enacted in 1938, the purpose is defined as"This corporation to contribute widely to society by doing business related tocomprehensive progress such as planning, construction, equipment, equipment,materials, construction, management in cities and buildings.“And in 1943, the official name of the association "Building Equipment
Consolidation Association" officially. The meaning of "comprehensive" in thename of association is not "just collecting", but "willingly integrate each facility inrelated fields and improve each one" is put in it .
With the times, activities of the association have been changing, but theemphasis of current activities is to conduct projects that contribute to the solution
and development of technical issues related to building equipment including theglobal environment and indoor environment .
As a part of it, the association established a prize
system that gives “Environmental and Equipment
Design Award" to works that embody excellent"environment and equipment design" just right for
the name of comprehensive. Through this award,
association are conducting activities to make society“
recognize the importance of fusion of environment
and equipment design" and "people involved in it“
widely.
Former Hibiya Dai-ichi Life Main Building
Completion in 1938

Greeting
This association celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2018.
Now, members of this association are composed of about 120 organizations
including design offices, general construction companies, equipment construction
companies, equipment manufacturers, utilities, real estate companies,
maintenance companies and about 80 experts. Under the support of that member,
we are promoting the operation of the association.
In Japan, the Energy Conservation Standards were reviewed in 2012, thestandards for houses and buildings are based on the primary energy consumption,in addition to heat insulation performance, it was integrated into comprehensive
evaluation criteria including use of equipment performance and renewable energy.
By 2020, compliance with Energy Conservation Standards for all buildings is
gradually mandated, and houses and buildings with higher energy conservation
performance are being sought.
Furthermore, policy goal is set to "realize net-zero energy building (ZEB) with
newly built public buildings etc. by 2020, aim to realize by the average of newly
built building by 2030" As a result, technological development in both hardware
and software of building facilities, examination of inspection and management
methods, etc. have become increasingly important.
In addition, the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games will be held in 2020, andthe opportunity will come when Japan as environmentally advanced country will
spread various information for high-performance technologies to the world.
Under such a background, the association have been working on “involvement ofbuilding facilities in smart city” presided by former president Nobutaka Sato, andrecently have engaged in “relationship between smart energy and buildingequipment” that developed it. In addition, the association is engaged in activities
aiming to realize “resilience-conscious building equipment” based on theexperience of the Kumamoto earthquake in 2016, and “building equipment
conforming to the sustainable development target SDGs” with a view toward thefuture it will come in.

10th President
Prof. Takashi Akimoto

History ofthe Association
theHistory ofAssociation

History
1933 Established Building Equipment ResearchGroup"BE Building Equipment"
Journal Itinerary●1934 Before World War Ⅱ, "BE“ No.1
published. Many contents of national
emergency response such as "war fireunder battle" and "composition of air
defense factory" under wartime.
●1950 Post World War Ⅱ, “BE" published .
As a symbol of the revival of theassociation, published the title of "Lifeand Equipment“ by mimeograph printing,and then moved to “BE (BuildingEquipment)” by letterpress printing.
●1959 "BE“ No. 100 issue of the postwar
restoration published in the February .
Feature; Matsumoto Yosaku chairman,Nomi Shinichi director etc. posted aroundtable discussion.
●1967 "BE" No.200 " . The developmentof new materials and the application ofcomputer technology finally started, andthe themes such as "Application ofcopper in building facilities", "Application
to engineering for construction ventilation
by electronic computer" can be seen.
●1976 "BE" No.300. Research on new
comfortable environment systems andurban environmental control devices by
the provincial engineering method
became popular, and the themes of thefeature were "Floor heating", "External
heat transfer layer type municipal waste
disassembling device",.
●1984 "BE" No. 400. In the special issueof the 400th issue, a roundtablediscussion titled "From now on electric,
airconditioning
andsanitationequipment" and in addition Prof. Uichi
and others contributions were posted.
●1992 "BE" No. 500. In the special issueof the 500th issue, a roundtablediscussion entitled "Problems for the
21st Century" and in addition Prof.
ShuichiFujii,Prof.
andotherscontributions were posted.
● 2001 "BE" No.600. In the special issueof the 600th issue, a roundtablediscussion
entitled"BuildingandEquipment Ahead 5 to 10 Years Ahead,
Further Looking the Future" and inaddition Prof. Mr. Shogo Ogasawara,and other contributions were posted.
●2008 "BE" No. 687. was posted on thetheme of "Knowing things from oldthings" as a special issue on the 70 thanniversary of the association.
●2009 – 2016 Basic course published.
2009 Environmental Edition
2010 Electric Edition
2011 Air Conditioning Edition2013 Sanitary Edition
2016 Architecture Edition●2017 "BE" No. 800. is published as thespecial issue of the 80th anniversary ofthe association.

President

Topics&TechFirst

Withdraw from theInternational League

Ryoji Yoshida1934 Started journal “BE Building Equipment"
1938 Approved as a corporation“Research Institute for Building Equipment”

The first DHC
World War II1943 Name change to " Association of Building
Engineering and Equipment"

Korean WarhInvention of transistor

1950 Journal "BE" issued the first post
World War Ⅱ2th1951
1959 Journal "BE" No.100 was publishedYosakuMastumoto

Unit bus
Apollo 11 moon
Landing

1960
1965 Journal "BE" No.200 was published1970 The 1st Building Equipment Seminar held

Fiber optic
communication1975 Journal "BE" No.300 was published1976 Seminar, site tours held regularly

3th

Senri Kastuta
1983 Seminar "Lifecycle cost of building
equipment" held 15 consecutive times
1984 Journal "BE" No.400 was published

Shigeo Mutoh
5th1989
1992 Journal "BE" No.500 was published

6th"Global environment" was set as thepriority theme to be tackled by theassociation"New Technology & Product Forum" and"BE Salon" launched
Relocate the office to Kenchiku-Kaikan

1998 The 60th anniversary of the association

The first oil shock
Energy saving Law
Enforcement
Seismic design

4th1985

1996

Tokyo Olympics

Intelligent building

YosakuMastumoto

The fallKazuyaHayakawa

The internet
Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake
InternetCOP3
Kyoto Protocol

7thAkira Ishifuku

2001 Journal "BE" No.600 was publishedOpen net work2002 "1st Environmental and Equipment DesignAward " Awards System Iaunched
Judge Committee President
Mitsuru Senda (architect)2004 "3th Environmental and Equipment DesignAward"
Judge Committee President
Taroh Ashihara (architect)

Toyako Summit

2007 “6th Environmental and Equipment DesignAward"
Judge Committee President
Masaaki Furuya (architect)

Enforcementof revised
Energy saving law
3.11 Great East
Japan Earthquake
CASBEEAI, IoT

2008 The 70th anniversary of the association2009 Journal "BE" No.700 was published
2010
2011
2012 Transition approved as general association“ASSOCIATION OF BUILDING ENGINEERRINGAND EQUIPMENT”

8thTakaharu
KawaseSmart grid

Nobutaka
SatohZEB
Smart city

9th

2016 “15th Environmental and Equipment Design
10thAward"
2017 Journal "BE" No.800 was published2018 The 80th anniversary of the association

TakashiAkimoto

4.11 Kumamoto
earthquake
Resilience-friendly
building equipment

ProjectMonthly Journal "BE Building Equipment" edit / issue■ Editorial policy
The first issue of "BE Building Equipment" was published in 1934, thepublication of the magazine was continued monthly except for the era ofWorld War II, and in September 2017 No. 800 was published.
Meanwhile, editing of magazines has been carried out in a comprehensive
position to contribute to the development of buildings and building facilities.
We will continue to adhere to its editorial policy and will continue to makemagazines focused on important themes from time to time.

■ Deployment in the future
We will promote the creation of a new journal as a "place" of mutual awareness raising among members
through announcement of academic and technical knowledge and experiences of members. In addition, we
promote understanding and application of advanced technology by presenting new research on researchand information exchange, and promoting technical exchanges between manufacturers and members andreaders.

Environmental and Equipment Design Award■ Purpose

The roles of environment and equipment technologies in buildings have further
increased their weight, and it has become clear that the design of equipment
and equipment systems is greatly involved in the design of buildings. We believethat accurate and objective evaluation of environment and equipment design
should be widely publicized and recognized in the general public.
To that end, in 2002, we awarded the award to the excellent environment andfacility design, awarded it, and established the "Environmental and Equipment
Design Award" in order to make it society broadly. By the year 2018 we haverepeated the 16th history.

■ Award composition

Ⅰ Component& Equipment / System Design Division
Ⅱ Building and Equipment Integrated Design Division
Ⅲ City and Landscape Design Division■ Evaluation axis

■ Types of awards"Best Award""Excellence Award""BE Award""Winning"

First public review

First public review

First public review

First public review

Second open reviw

Award ceremonyProjectBuilding equipment comprehensive Seminar and Symposium
The purpose of the seminar is to provide timely information on social trends andlatest technologies related to equipment and to aim for practical use in concreteterms. Its history is held in October 1972 the first time (Theme "Equipment course
for building engineers"), and in August 2018 119 times are counted.
The lecturer is responsible for those who have the industry's most advanced
knowledge of building and building facilities, and audiences are welcomed by many
people from the top of affiliated companies to young people.
Currently, seminars at a wide range of themes are held twice a year at regularintervals, and symposia on practical themes are scheduled to be held from time totime. Recent lecture themes include energy conservation technology related, global
environment related, renewal, next generation indoor environment, ZEB realizationand so on have been taken up.
We will continue to hold "Seminar" and "Symposium" of fulfilling contentscommensurate with the needs of the times.

Seminar

New Technology and Product FORUM
For the purpose of connecting equipment manufacturers and association members,
the forum took up important technologies of interest of members and provides aforum for technical exchange between members and participating manufacturers.
After explanation of technologies / products of manufacturers, supplementary
explanation and question-and-answer are given for the panel discussion to delve
into the problem in the panel discussion. By doing this, participants can deepen
their understanding and the social gathering after completion is a place of businesscard exchange, technology and information exchange.
The forum is held three times a year, counting 63 times in November 2018.

ForumSite tour
Tours of buildings and facilities will be conducted on buildings related to key
technical themes such as global environment related technology. During theconstruction work, the latest indoor environment at the completion, as well as
examples of energy saving facility management can be observed, and it can touch
the comparison between the plan and the actual.

Green Building Tour

Research and Development Committee
The The research group will concentrate the technologies of many enterprises onimportant technologies and issues of high interest in building facilities, and willcontinue research to improve technology, solve problems, or develop newtechnologies.

· "Examination of the way of building facilities corresponding to the future energy policy",2016.08 ~ 2018.02, Chairperson Hideki Yuzawa (Nikken Kogyo Co., Ltd.)· "Basic Committee on Building Facilities in Smart City Research Committee",2014.08 ~ 2016.02, Chairperson Hideki Yuzawa (Nikken Kogyo Co., Ltd.)· "Central Individual Air-Conditioning System Study Group", 2012.06 ~ 2014.03,
Chairperson Yoshihiko Tanaka (Mitsubishi Estate Design Co., Ltd.)
Research and Development· "Air conditioning Energy Measurement Packaging Council II", 2009.06 - 2011.03,Committee
Chairman Tatsuo Nobe (Professor, Kogakuin University)· "Air Conditioning Energy Measurement Packaging Committee I", 2008.04 - 2009.05,
Chairperson Tadahiko Ibamoto (Professor of Tokyo Denki University)

BE Salon and BE Exchange Meeting
The BE Salon · Exchange Meeting is a forum for exchanging opinions with eachother or with non-members, and a social gathering in a style of eating in which awide range of members including business people can feel free to talk. Association
director will also take turns as host and attend the meeting. Also, a salon talk isheld for about 10 minutes at the salon, and hobbies and time topics are alsopresented besides technology talks.
The BE Salon is held twice a year, the BE exchange party is held twice a year.
BE Slaon PartyMemberorganization

Associationorganization

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