NBSIR 76-1162

FY 1975-1976 International

Building Research Activities,

Center for Building Technology

Stephen G. Webber

Center for Building Technology

Institute for Applied Technology

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

November 1976

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS



ABSTRACT

This report documents international building

research activities of the Center for Building

Technology (CBT) during Fiscal Year 1975 and 1976

(July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1976). CBT carries out

extensive interactions with foreign and international research organizations to exchange building

research information and coordinate similar building

research efforts. This report presents a summary

of CBT's cooperative programs in building technology, international organization memberships,

exchange programs, information exchanges, and

foreign visits to NBS.

Key Words: Building research; cooperative programs;

information exchange; international building research;

international organization memberships; special foreign

currency programs.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduct ion 1

Formal Cooperative Programs in Building Technology

US/France Cooperative Program 2 Building Research Establishment Joint CBT

Complementary Program 9

Joint US/Egyptian Cooperative Program on Building Material and Technology 15

US/Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects 17

Committee on Challenges to Modern Society - Modular Integrated Utility Project 18

CBT/IPT Brazil Collaborative Building Technology

Program 21

US-USSR Joint Committee on Cooperation in the

Field of Housing and Other Construction 23

International Building Research Projects

Wind Loads on Low-Rise Buildings 25

Special Foreign Currency Program, 27

US/Polish Project Proposals in Housing and

Building Materials 28

International Disaster Mitigation/Research

Assistance 29

New Korean Standards Research Institute Facility 32

Crowd Movement Research 33

International Organization Memberships

CIB Activities 34

USNCCIB Activities 34

ISO Activities 43

RILEM Activities 47

USNCIIR Activities 49

Exchange Programs 51

Technical Information Exchanges 53

Foreign Guest Workers 53

Foreign Visitors 54

National Bureau of Standards Organization Chart 67
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INTRODUCTION

This report reviews the Center for Building Technology (CBT) research

activities and involvement during FY 75 and FY 76 (July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1976) with the international building research community. The

report describes activities with the Centre Scientifique et Technique du

Batiment, France; The Building Research Establishment, United Kingdom;

and other national building research institutions and organizations.

The report provides a review of the various international building

research projects; activities with memberships in various international

organizations, exchange programs, and information exchanges.

This report also includes names of CBT's principal researchers involved

in the international building related research activities. They are listed to provide a means for the interested reader to directly contact

technical individuals for specific information.

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FORMAL COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS IN BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

US/FRANCE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM

Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment

4 Avenue du Recteur Poincare

75782 Paris CEDEX 16, FRANCE

During a Paris meeting in 1969, the Presidents of the United States

and France discussed their mutual desire to renew scientific and

technical cooperation between their respective countries. One of

the end results of their discussion was the establishment of a cooperative information exchange program focused on building technology

between the US National Bureau of Standards' Center for Building Technology

(CBT) , and the French Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment (CSTB)

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The purpose of the program was to encourage scientific cooperation

between the US and France so as to allow both countries to move

forward with significant research and development without costly,

time-consuming duplication of effort.

In addition to the exchange of technical information and long-term

exchange arrangements for individual scientific personnel, the program

agreed upon between CBT and CSTB included provision for shorter-term

exchange visits by American and French teams, to compare progress in

various aspects of building technology.

The first US team to visit France under this agreement, in November of 1969, was concerned with the over-all scope of investigations to be pursued

by the exchange teams: economic appraisal of buildings; qualitative

assessments; industrialized buildings, and related topics. A French

team returned the visit in January, 1970, and spent approximately two

weeks at CBT. Subjects discussed included urban acoustics, climatology,

fire research, single-family housing, lightweight construction, and

the performance concept.

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Subsequent visits by teams and individuals involved investigations

or progress in such areas as environmental engineering, the effects

of sonic booms on buildings, and experiments in the rehabilitation

of existing structures.

The following material outlines and describes the activities of FY

1975 and 1976.

Environmental Engineering

Specific areas of current work include: correlation of computer

calculation studies made by CSTB (analog) and CBT (digital) ; climatological

data; room air distribution and convection; ventilation of dwellings,

humidification of supply air; overall design of a French prototype

apartment building heated by electricity; heat pumps; solar energy;

energy conservation; air cleaning problems; hospital environments;

thermal performance of whole buildings; instrumentation; physiology;

air leakage of ducts; evaporative air cooling; American Society of

Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) activities;

electrical distribution problems; moisture transfer; smoke and ventilation; tightness of double glazed windows; mechanical vibration and

plumbing noise.

In mid 1974 Mr. P. R. Achenbach, Chief of the Building Environment

Division, and Dr. T. Kusuda, Acting Chief, Thermal Engineering Section,

CBT, participated in the Second Symposium of Thermal Engineering

Calculations by Computers, held in Paris.

Four months later, Messrs. J. Borel and Mr. Rubenstein, of CSTB, came

to the US for two weeks to discuss energy conservation and air cleaning.

In addition to NBS, they visited ten other US organizations involved

in these projects.

Research material requested by then CSTB Director G. Blachere concerning

the placement of insulation on the outside of buildings, and on consumer

product performance including labeling of building appliances for energy

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efficiency was provided. CSTB is conducting preliminary work to

determine the amount of solar radiation available in France.

Mr. Frank Powell, Assistant Chief, Building Environment Division,

CBT, sent information about the research results on CBT Solar Test

House to CSTB. This included Technical Note 892, Retrofitting a Residence for Solar Heating and Cooling: The Design and Construction

of the System , which describes basic construction of the solar system

and its anticipated performance. Dr. James Hill, Thermal Environment

Section, CBT, is providing additional reports as they become available.

In May 1976, Mr. Moyer and Mr. Johanovic of the CSTB solar energy

section visited and inspected the solar research activities at CBT

and visited six other solar energy sites in the United States.

Exploratory Team Visits

Initially the subjects of CBT/CSTB team visits had dealt specifically

with technical matters in the area of applied building technology.

Early in 1972, however, plans were made for a special US team to

visit France for the purpose of examining the application of modem

planning, design, and construction techniques to a particular building

type—health care facilities.

The team, which visited France in April, 1972, was headed by Mr. Samuel

Kramer, then Chief of the Office of Federal Building Technology, CBT.

While previous teams were composed entirely of building researchers

from CBT, this US team included representatives of other US federal

agencies interested in health facilities planning—the Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare, the Veterans Administration, and

the Department of Defense.

A letter report on the US team visit to France on Health Care Facilities was sent to CSTB and to the French Ministry of Health in June 1976.

The report summarized the observations made by the US team, and was

offered as a source document for future discussions on the planning

and design of medical and health care facilities. Some of the specific

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areas summarized are as follows: the application of industrialized

construction methods; the use of new materials; the use of new

construction techniques and methods' aimed at speeding the delivery

of the completed facilitiy; the recognition of the need for flexibility in the structures to meet changing needs; the environment

created within the buildings; the economics of the facilities

considering life cycle costs including initial costs, the operating

costs, and the anticipated costs for renovation and rehabilitation.

During June 7-21, 1974, a US team visited France to view and discuss

examples of industrialization applied to residential construction.

The team, consisting of six members from government and private

industry, was under the direction of Dr. E. 0. Pfrang, Chief, Structures,

Materials and Safety Division, CBT, and included Mr. J. G. Gross, CBT’s

Chief of the Office of Housing and Building Technology. Following

a briefing at CSTB, the team visited fifteen building sites and saw

a wide variety of innovative building techniques. The team also

learned about labor, financing, and certificiation practices in

French Building. Subsequent to the visit a letter report, "Industrialization Applied to Residential Construction" was prepared and sent to

the team members. The report contains observations about French

construction and new building systems during the two week visits to

Paris and vicinity and southern France.

Following the visit by the French school team to the US in March 1975 a bilingual summary report was delivered to CSTB in April 1975. The report

noted a large number of similarities and differences between the two

systems in use by each country; it included plans and specifications

of the US schools visited, observations about centralized versus decentralized administration, and building regulations as they impact the US

school construction community. Based on this exchange of information,

it was suggested that a US school team would visit France in the Fall

of 1976 or Spring of 1977.

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Wind Loads on Structures

In June 1974, Dr. Emil Simiu of the Structures Section, CBT, visited

CSTB installations at Paris and Nantes to examine the new wind study

facility and to discuss such topics as wind structures in extratropical

storms, and thunderstorms, wind structure in suburban terrain, measurement of wind over hills, wind climatology, micrometerology , dynamic

response, and aerodynamics of low-rise structures.

In May 1976, Dr. Simiu under a guest worker agreement to CSTB began

working in the field of wind engineering for 6-9 months. He will

utilize the complementary resources of CBT and CSTB, including the

CSTB Boundary- Layer Wind Tunnel at Nantes for wind engineering

research pertaining to the structural safety and service- ability

of buildings.

Water Supply and Drainage

Dr. Galowin, Chief, Building Services Section, CBT, and Mr. Perrier

Assistant Section Chief, Techniques of Service Equipment Section,

of CSTB, have been discussing water supply, plumbing and drainage.

Dr. Galowin indicates that some work currently underway in France

on advanced single stack drainage systems, grinders for water closet

waste, and pressurized small pipe sewage lines in buildings could

contribute to the performance approach for the US building regulatory

system. Exchance information in return from CBT can be made on stack

dynamics drain-waste-vent systems. Cooperation toward these goals

is now underway.

Dr. Jean-Noel Andre of CSTB, Grenoble Laboratory, began a one-year

guest worker assignment at CBT in September, 1975. He is working on

the Materials and Composites Section, CBT, on the reduction of

corrosion in waterpipes in buildings. The study concerns the cause

and effect relationships of various corrosion factors, and the degree

of corrosion reduction obtainable through the use of silicate compounds.

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Fire and Live Loads Safety

In response to recommendations of the National Commission for Fire

Prevention and Control calling for updated technical information on

fire loads, the General Services Administration, the Building Research

Advisory Board of the National Academy of Science, and the National

Bureau of Standards conducted a survey of 23 nationwide office

buildings to determine fire loads and live loads in office buildings.

Results obtained from a nationwide survey carried out by CBT are contained in the documents A Program for Survey for Fire Loads in

Office Buildings , NBS Technical Note 858, and Survey Results for Fire

and Live Loads in Office Buildings , NBS Building Sciencec Series 85.

Both were authored by Dr. C. Culver, Disaster Research Coordinator,

CBT, and they were transmitted to CSTB. These reports complement

data recently obtained by the European Convention for Constructional

Steelwork in a similar study completed in Europe.

Sensory Environment

Exchanges of current studies of work on the sensory environment are continuing. Primarily, they concern methods of physical measurement

in psychoacoustics. Dr. Simone L. Yaniv, Research Psychoacoustician,

CBT, discussed this work with Mr. Josse, Chief, Acoustics Division,

CSTB, in May while she was a participant in the symposium hosted by

the French Ministry on the Quality of Life Environment. Both the

hardware and software for the community noise meausrement system have

been completed by the NBS Applied Acoustics Section and were shipped

to CSTB in June 1976.

Economics

In mid- 1975, Dr. Harold Marshall, Chief, Building Economics Section,

CBT, furnished several building economics research reports to

Mr. Urien, Chief, Economics Division, CSTB, and they are continuing

this exploratory work. Research areas of common interest are: the

economics of solar energy, and other energy conservation measures,

the rehabilitation or abandonment of old buildings, and manpower in

construction.

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Durability of Materials

Dr. W. Rossiter, Materials and Composites Section, CBT, returned

from a fifteen month assignment at CSTB in June 1974. While there

Dr. Rossiter measured the thermal movement of plastic foam materials

used as insulation in roofing systems. A detailed description of the

project on the dimensional stability of polystyrene roofing insulation

will be published in both English and French.

Translations of Research Reports

Seven translations of French research reports published as NBS Technical

Notes have been well received by the US building community. Approximately 2,000 copies of each of the following were published:

Tech. Note (TN) 710-1; Building research translation: Account of the

Principles of modular coordination: Industrialization in building.

TN 710-2; Building research translation: An investigation of the

protection of dwellings from external noise through facade walls.

TN 710-3; Building research translation: New regulation of ventilation of dwellings, fixed heating facilities, and flues.

TN 710-4; Building research translation: Thermal comfort requirement

adjacent to cold walls-application to glazed opening.

TN 710-5; Building research translation: Use of an air-to-air heat

exchange to recover heat from air exhausted by mechanical

ventilation.

TN 710-6; Building research translation: Ventilation air inlets for

dwellings; and

TN 710-7; Building research translation: Weak thermal points or

thermal bridges.

Also, permission to translate and publish in French, Dr. B. L. Collin's

Building Science Series No. 70, Windows and People: A Literature Survey , Psychological Reaction to Environments With and Without Windows , was

extended by NBS to CSTB in Winter 1975. This was promptly and

attractively issued by CSTB in Spring 1976. The report also will be

translated into Italian for publication by the Associazione Italiana

Prefabbricazione in Milan.

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BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT JOINT CENTER FOR BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

COMPLEMENTARY RESEARCH PROGRAM

Building Research Establishment

Gars ton, Watford, WD2 7JR

UNITED KINGDOM

This program was initiated in response to the 1971 Memorandum of

Understanding between Mr. George Romney, Secretary of US Department

of Housing and Urban Development and Mr. Peter Walker, Secretary of

State, UK Department of Environment. During FY 75 and FY 76, CBT

has been involved in four complementary projects; wind loads on buildings, design of water supply and drainage installations, heat pump

systems, and energy conservation in lighting.

Wind Loads on Buildings

For the past three years, the Building Research Establishment (BRE),

and the Center for Building Technology have carried on a joint

complementary research program in the area of wind loads on buildings

and structures under the provisions of a memorandum of understanding

agreed to by the Department of the Environment (UK) and the Department

of Housing and Urban Development (US) . Both laboratories have realized

substantial benefits from this collaborative effort which was officially

completed on June 30, 1975.

The major accomplishments, some of which have already been applied

to the updating of design data and procedures, are: (a) development

of improved instrumentation and experimental techniques for the measurement of wind pressures of building and structures; (b) comparison

of methods for the analysis of random data and the adoption of a standard format for the presentation of test results; (c) sharing of

full-scale test results obtained under strong- wind conditions having

a low probability of occurrence; (d) successful measurement of tailbuilding accelerations and displacement and comparison with theoretical

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predictions of response; and (e) exchanges of information on the wind

tunnel simulation of atmospheric surface flows and modeling of lowrise buildings.

There are still many uncertainties which exist in the design of lowrise buildings to better resist wind forces. In particular, the

collaboration to date has been concerned almost entirely with fullscale measurements on low-rise domestic buildings. It has been

recognized that both full-scale and wind-tunnel studies also are needed on other low-rise buildings such as industrial buildings and

mobile homes.

Two new activities commenced in FY 76: (a) Wind Loads on LowRise Buildings and (b) Wind Response Of High-Rise Buildings. The

first activity- -wind loads on low-rise buildings- -is concerned with

the following activities.

1. Full-scale instrumentation and experimental techniques

2. Wind-tunnel simulation of atmospheric flows

3. Wind pressure data in both model and full-scale

4. Data reduction and analysis

5. Draft design criteria for wind loading

Items 1, 3, and 4 are a continuation of past exchanges, while items

2 and 5 represent new areas of collaboration. The BRE boundary layer

wind tunnel is new. NBS- funded work is in progress at the Virginia

Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI-SU) to model low-rise

buildings in a wind tunnel. The BRE wind tunnel research and the

VPI-SU modeling will greatly enhance data analysis of the full-scale

data taken by BRE at the test house in Aylesbury, England and by NBS at

six houses located at three Philippine field test sites. BRE and NBS

are in the early stages of developing revised criteria for wind loads on low-rise buildings and can thus derive substantial benefits from this

collaborative effort.

This project was initiated on July 1, 1975 and will be reviewed on

September 30, 1976 for revision. It is expected that the project

will be completed by September 30, 1977.

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The second activity. Wind Response on High-Rise Buildings, is

concerned with using an optical device for measuring building

deflections. The device was developed at NBS and, under the

existing collaborative agreement between NBS and BRE, was loaned

to BRE for use in their full-scale measurements of building response.

After technical exchanges took place between the two organizations,

improvements were made to the optical device out of the experience

gained in its use at the Post Office Tower, London. During April

June 1975, Dr. Peter Sparks from BRE worked at NBS analyzing recordings of structural response to wind obtained in the UK and comparing

these responses with those predicted by methods developed by Dr. Emil

Simiu at CBT.

In this activity the full-scale measurements of building response

to wind will continue at BRE, providing further information about the

dynamic characteristics of buildings and the wind loads acting upon

them. By continuing to work closely together, the two organizations

will pool their resources in this research area.

The principal tasks and responsibilities associated with this activity

are:

1. Development of instrumentation for the full-scale

measurement of building response (BRE/NBS)

2. Measurement and analysis of records of the response of

a number of different types of high-rise buildings to

wind and mechanically induced loading (mainly by BRE)

and

3. Development of theoretical methods of predicting dynamic

response of tall buildings to wind loading (mainly by

NBS).

The results of this work, a better understanding of the dynamic

behavior of tall buildings and improvements in the design methods of

predicting building response in wind loading, should be readily applicable

in the USA and the UK.

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This project was initiated on July 1, 1975 and will be reviewed on September 30, 1976 for continuation or revision. It is expected that

the project will be completed by September 30, 1977.

Design of Water Supply and Drainage Installations in Buildings

The cooperative program began on July 1, 1972 and was divided into

three program elements: plumbing and drainage, vacuum drainage, and

water demand load data.

In the first, a sound method is required for the design of conventional

drainage systems in buildings and both BRE and CBT have worked on this

subject. A computer program is available at BRE for sizing drainage

and vent stacks on traditional as well as single stack systems (the

latter are simplified systems that are now beginning to win application in the USA). BRE has welcomed the chance to gain further field

data for comparison with its computer program predictions and NBS

received a copy of their computer program for design use. Adaptation

for US conditions requires attention to 1) pressure loss factors

appropriate to US fittings, and 2) flow rates appropriate to US fixtures.

Discussion with Cyril Webster, a Professional and Technical Officer

of the BRE staff, during his visit to NBS in April and December 1975

concerned current research activities associated with the above and

future activities on horizontal drainage and solid waste studies.

In FY 1976, BRE was provided with data analysis and reports on this

activity.

In the second element, both BRE and CBT have an interest in new drainage systems that are coming on the market, especially in respect to health

and safety requirements, water economy, and economics. BRE has conducted

some drainage tests; and CBT, under a Department of Defense, Tri-Services

sponsored project, developed criteria for the evaluation of vacuum drainage

systems. In June 1975, a copy of "Review of Vacuum Drainage Systems,"

by David Mitchell, Building Services Section, CBT, was sent to BRE for

their comments and information.

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In the third, water demand load data, a sound theoretical framework

as well as adequate field data are required for the specification

of plumbing systems design loads and storage requirements. Current

methods are not rigorous and are known to lead to over- design, BRE

has developed a theoretical basis for improved design load estimation.

CBT has completed the installation of field measurement instruments and

procedures for the evaluation of field data at Twin Rivers, N. J. , and

at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Interpretive data reports are being compiled and will be provided to BRE. It is expected that even

though the UK and the US have somewhat different activity patterns,

a common theoretical framework may emerge for demand estimation.

Mr. Per Bakke, Assistant Director, BRE, conferred with Dr. L. Galowin,

Chief, Building Services Section, CBT, during his tour of CBT in

December 1975. Dr. Galowin and R. Wyly, Plumbing Research Engineer,

Building Services Section, CBT, also conferred with BRE staff during

their visit to BRE in September 1975 about the ongoing joint work.

Agreement was reached that the joint work is progressing satisfactorily

toward the targeted objectives.

Heat Pump Systems

A two year joint agreement was signed on April 15 and May, 5, 1975 by

BRE and NBS to exchange research on heat pumps. As a brief background

to this agreement, it is known that heat pumps have high effective

coefficients of performance -- from 1.5 to 3.0 under steady- state

operation as compared with 0.3 for electric resistance heating and

0.65 to 0.8 for gas and oil fired furnaces. The different utility

circumstances, climate and building design dictate significant distinctions between heat pump research program emphases in the UK and the US.

Together, however, comprehensiveness can be achieved with benefits for

both countries. For example, investigations of heating-only applications

of heat pumps, warranted in the UK but difficult to justify in the US,

nonethless could benefit sections of the US.

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CBT submitted preliminary results of 3 to 5 ton electric heat pump

measurements taken in the summer of 1975. Other information was disseminated through the Winter of 1976. BRE submitted performance

measurements of an electric heat pump during the summer of 1975. More

information will follow through the fall of 1976.

Lighting Energy Conservation

A two year joint agreement commencing in late FY 75 focuses on the

evaluation of illumination standards. This rests on two generally

accepted criteria, one based on visual task performance and the other

on "agreeableness." The CBT program in lighting is primarily a laboratory based activity emphasizing visual task performance, while the

BRE program centers on field investigations and scale modeling studies

with emphasis on agreeableness. A well-rounded program should

contains elements of both since it is beneficial to make the transition

from the laboratory (with its control of extraneous variables at the

cost of realism) to the field, which has the opposite characteristics.

Thus research efforts in this area are high complementary.

Dr. Gary Yonemura, Sensory Environment Section, CBT, visited Messr.

Collins and Crisp, Scientific Officers of the BRE staff, on September 26, 1975

to discuss specific areas involved in the lighting energy conservation

project. Dr. Yonemura sent the results of the alpha-numeric component

of CBT's visual illumination research which was completed in the winter

of 1975. BRE will train their staff to duplicate this study. The BRE

unit responsible for this project is in the process of training new

staff in the wake of a recent reorganization. Mr. Collins will suggest

new milestone data. Dr. A. I. Rubin, Chief, Sensory Environment

Section, and his staff frequently correspond with counterpart staff of

BRE and are transferring data on a continuous basis. The end product

will be a research report based on a joint development of standard

measurement procedures to assess quality of office lighting. It is

estimated to be completed in late 1977.

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JOINT US/EGYPTIAN COOPERATIVE PROGRAM ON BUILDING MATERIAL AND

TECHNOLOGY

Faculty of Engineering

Cairo University

Giza, Egypt

In June 1974, the Joint US/Egyptian Cooperative Commission was

established by the Presidents of both countries. It is headed by

the US Secretary of State and the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The Joint Commission created six different Joint Working Groups,

and NBS was asked to participate in the one addressed to Technology,

Research and Development. Their task was to prepare concrete projects

and proposals that will encourage exchanges and joint research in

the scientific and technical field for the purpose of promoting better

mutual understanding of each other's institutions, purposes and objectives.

In Cairo during November 1974 the Working Group developed five topic

areas: Building Materials and Technology; Repair and Maintenance

of Laboratory Equipment; Water Resources Management and Treatment,

including Disalination, in Relation to Agriculture; Information Systems;

and Lake Nasser Water Problems.

CBT initiated various research projects in the area of Building Materials

and Building Technology. Included were short and long term projects

under four major groups of activities. These encompass and use the

recommendations and the 29 proposed projects described in a preliminary

report of March 1975. The four major groups are: Education and Training,

Building Materials, Building Methods and Techniques, Building Information

Services

In February 1976, to ascertain their timeliness for funding under AID'S

Manpower and Development Program, the proposed 29 projects were redefined

to 19 projects to reduce subject overlap.

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Because of the emerging urgency and usefulness of one particular

project, a Building Information Program, both countries advanced

$20,000 each (the US share was funded under an NBS Special Foreign

Currency Program Grant) and project work was initiated. Located at

Cairo University, the information program is intended to enhance

and strengthen those existing building information activities currently

in operation in Egypt, and to address the Egyptian's user's needs

for information in context with the Egyptian building community.

The US/Egyptian working group coordinators are: J. L. Haecker,

Institute for Applied Technology, NBS, and Dr. Ahmed A. El-Erian,

Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo.

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US - JAPAN PANEL ON WIND AND SEISMIC EFFECTS

Public Works Research Institute

2-28-32 Honkomagome , Bunkyo-ku

Tokyo , Japan

This panel is one of the twenty panels in the US-Japan Cooperative

Program in Natural Resources (UJNR) . The UJNR was established in 1964

by the US-Japan Cabinet- level Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs.

Its purpose is to exchange scientific and technological

information which will be mutually beneficial to the economy and

welfare of both countries. The purpose of the annual joint meeting

of this panel is to exchange technical information on the latest

research and development activities within governmental agencies of

both countries in the area of wind and seismic effects.

The Seventh Joint Meeting of the US-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic

Effects was held in Tokyo, Japan on May 20-23, 1975. The exchanges

dealt with extreme winds in structural design; assessment and experimental techniques for measuring wind loads; dynamics of soil structures

and ground response in earthquakes; structural response to wind and

earthquake design criteria; disaster mitigation against natural

hazards; and technological assistance in developing countries.

The Eighth Joint Meeting of the Panel met in Washington, D.C. on May 18-21, 1976. The topics included wind effects on structures;

extreme winds for structural design; ground motions and instrumentation

seismicity and earthquake risk; lessons learned from recent natural

disasters; seismic effects on structures; design of nuclear reactor

facilities; and a special session on the Guatemala earthquake.

Proceedings of these panel meetings will be printed separately as a National Bureau of Standards Special Publication. As in the Special

Publication, No. 444 for the Sixth Meeting entitled Wind and Seismic

Effects, these will include the opening remarks, the program, the

formal resolutions, and the technical papers. The Ninth Joint Meeting

is scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan in May 1977.

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COMMITTEE ON CHALLENGES TO MODERN SOCIETY - MODULAR INTEGRATED

UTILITY PROJECT

NATO- CCMS Headquarters

Brussels, Belgium

The Committee on the Challenges of Modem Society (CCMS) was established in 1969 by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to promote

the effective and continuing exchange of information, technology and

experience among its members to create a better environment. In May

1974 the pilot study, ’’Rational Use of Energy," and its sub-project,

"Modular Integrated Utility and Total Energy Systems," known as the

CCMS-MIUS Project, were established.

Both the pilot study and the sub-project are led by the US. The CCMSMIUS Project was established because of international concern over

the need to provide more utility services to communities while improving

energy utilization and the environment. The US Department of State

assigned the lead role responsibility of thee CCMS-MIUS Project to

the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) which

sponsors the HUD-MIUS Program.

The National Bureau of Standards is supporting HUD by representing

the US in the CCMS-MIUS Project. This includes committee participation, developing the technical reporting system, administrative and

technical leadership, and supply technical data from the HUD-MIUS

Program demonstration.

The first meeting of the CCMS-MIUS Project was held April 1975 at

NATO-CCMS Headquarters ;in Brussels. C. W. Phillips of CBT, Manager

of the NBS/HUD-MIUS team chaired the meeting. The US agreed to

prepare a draft glossary of terms unique to integrated utility

systems, a draft standard methodology for reporting information

on projects, standard data units, and a format sheet to describe

on-going and planned projects for which data is to be made available

to the other participants of the committee, at. the next meeting.

During the second meeting in December, 1975, at the laboratories of

the Netherlands Organization for Applied Science Research (TNO) in

Appeldoom, the Netherlands, twenty^six experts from eight countries

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attended. The countries represented were Belgium, France, the

Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, United

Kingdom, and the US. Approval to complete and issue the CCMSMIUS glossary at the third meeting was obtained. A discussion was held on the purposes, data forms and the procedures for developing

a "Project Catalog" of on-going and planned CCMS-MIUS related

projects. A discussion was also held on the means to develop

a uniform methodology to measure and report the performance of

the various projects. This methodology offers as guidelines:

(a) specific measurements, (b) when and how they should be made,

(c) new measurement techniques not now commonly known or used,

(d) how the data should be presented, (e) how much data is appropriate,

(f) characteristics of a system that must be known for evaluating

performance and (g) calculation necessary for arriving at performance

characteristics

Two committees were established to develop the "Project Catalog" and

the uniform methodology for measuring the reporting performance.

A Data Format Committee charged with the responsibility to produce

and maintain the "Project Catalog," and the Project Progress/Evaluation

Report forms was established with the US taking the lead role. Also

established was the Measurement Technology Committee, which has the

responsiblity of developing a uniform methodology for measuring performance .

The third meeting was held at Electricite de France, Centre des Renardieres,

on May 18-19, 1976. The third meeting resulted in a review and approval

of a work program which was developed by the membership. The three

working committees on data format, measurement technology, and research

needs developed specific goals and timetables.

The Data Format Committee, whose purpose is to obtain the necessary

data needed to produce the Project Catalog, was chaired by the US.

The Measurement Technology Committee was chaired by the Netherlands

who agreed to establish a task force of the committee members from

the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, and Sweden

to complete the measurement methodology.

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The Research Needs Committee, established under the chairmanship of

Belgium, will compile a list of research and development needs related

to MIUS and Total Energy Systems which will be ranked in terms of

priority, and will present the list for discussion at the next meeting.

The US has begun the design of a complete MIUS demonstration plant

which integrates all five utility systems and services. Within two

years this plan is expected to be producing data for evaluation.

Several other participants are either experimenting with or already

incinerating solid waste for the production of steam and electricity.

Briefings to update ail the projects will De made ac cue iiext meeting in

Europe, which is scheduled for December 1976.

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CENTER FOR BUILDING TECHNOLOGY/ INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS TECHNOLOGICA (IPT)

BRAZIL COLLABORATIVE BUILDING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

Institute) de Pesquisas Technologica ' Sao Paulo, Brazil

The Center for Building Technology is providing advice and assistance

to increase the technical capabilities of a first staff member from

Brazil in building technology. This initiative is part of the NBS/IPT

Collaborative Program under the US- Brazil Joint Group on Science and

Technology Memorandum of Understanding. Ricardo Florez of the Instituto

de Pesquisas Technologica (IPT), Sao Paulo, is in training at CBT for

a two-year period which started in Spring of 1975. Building technology

aspects of all CBT programs were included in this training and Mr. Florez

will participate in specific projects which have mutual benefits to

both institutions.

Emphasis in the training is being placed upon learning the methodology and

techniques for developing performance standards. During the first

portion of the training period which lasted approximately nine months,

Mr. Florez participated on a rotating basis in numerous programs within CBT. His assignments included activities in the Office of Housing

and Building Technology, the Structures Section, the Materials and

Composites Section, the Architectural Research Section and the Office

of Building Standards and Codes Services. He has had an intermittent

exposure to the activities of the other units of CBT.

As a result of an identified need by IPT which parallels a current

program within CBT, a specific task has been identified for Mr. Florez

to actively participate in during the first half of FY 77. IPT is

interested in developing standards for the performance of windows since

CBT has a program on window performance relative to energy conservation

this project provides an opportunity to expand the scope of an ongoing

activity to include parameters of window performance which will address

the needs of both CBT and IPT. Activity in this area also responds

to the request by the Superintendent of IPT that the training program

include a joint project on improved building performance standards or development of test methods.

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The project will be directed toward the collection of information to

determine the state-of-the-art and to present in performance terms

those attributes of window assemblies which are of major importance.

Methods of evaluation will also be identified which can be used to

determine achievement of performance for the individual attributes.
US- USSR JOINT COMMITTEE ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HOUSING AND

OTHER CONSTRUCTION

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Washington, D.C. 20410

The US -USSR Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of

Housing and other Construction was signed in Moscow on

June 28, 1974. The purpose of the Agreement is to facilitate

\ information transfer between the US and USSR. Six areas for joint

research and information exchange were identified: building materials

and components; building design and construction management; industrialized building systems and utilities; construction in seismic areas;

building for extreme climates and unusual geological conditions; and

new towns

Following this agreement, a Memorandum of Implementation was

signed on June 18, 1975 by the Secretary, US Department of

Housing and Urban Development and the Deputy Chairman of

the Council of Ministers of the USSR and Chairman of the State

Committee of the USSR Council of Ministers for Construction Affairs

(Gostroy, USSR) . The Memorandum of implementation formally established

six working groups, one for each of the above areas. CBT has

been involved in two working groups, the "Building Materials and

Components" and the "Building Design and Construction Management."

The first meeting of the working group on Building Materials and

Components was held in Moscow on April 11-22, 1976. The US Delegation

was headed by Dr. E. 0. Pfrang, Chief, Structures, Materials and

Safety Division, CBT.

Various presentations were made during the Moscow meeting. Topics

included US and USSR building activities and accomplishments in

scientific research, development, organization of production and

application of new and effective building materials and components.

Future cooperation with the USSR involving this working group includes

fiber reinforced and polymer concrete, asbestos -cement, concrete and

concrete products, glue- laminate wood structures, mineral fibers and

testing methods for building materials and elements.

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The delegation agreed to future meetings on the subject of Fire

Prevention and Control Problems. Also, it was agreed that small

groups of specialists study specific questions of mutual interest.

These visits from each side would be for a duration of no more

than three months. A second meeting to be held in Washington, D.C. was prepared for the summer of 1977.

The working group on Building Design and Construction Management is

headed by Tom L. Peyton, Jr. of the Public Building Services, General

Services Administration. Dr. Richard N. Wright, Director, CBT, and

Mr. Harry Thompson, Acting Chief, Office of Housing and Building

Technology, CBT, participated as members of the US-USSR working

group during the Soviet visit to Washington, D.C. March 30 to

April 3, 1976.

The working group agreed to: exchange standards, technical and

research documents on building design and construction management;

exchange specialists and delegations in project areas to be agreed

upon in the future; and to organize joint symposia, conferences and

seminars of mutual interest to the US and USSR. The next meeting was

tentatively scheduled for the Spring of 1977 in Moscow.

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INTERNATIONAL BUILDING RESEARCH PROJECTS

WIND LOADS ON LOW-RISE BUILDINGS

The Center for Building Technology (CBT) under an Agency for

International Development (AID) sponsored project is developing

improved wind load design criteria for low-rise buildings in

developing countries to better withstand the effects of extreme

winds

This project began in 1973 with the recognition by AID and CBT that

additional research on wind was needed to reduce human suffering,

property losses, disruptions to productive activities, and expenditures

for disaster relief. The objectives are to: 1) learn more about the

effects of high winds on low-rise buildings; 2) develop improved

siting, design, and construction information, which would improve

the resistance of buildings to extreme winds and which would be

culturally acceptable to the user; 3) provide training to local

professionals and technicians in performing wind measurement and

analysis of full-scale and wind-tunnel testing; and 4) provide a large-scale transfer of technology to make use of these improvements

in design and construction, as well as new climatological, sociological

and economic findings.

Accomplishments associated with the project have produced the following

benefits: 1) improved design criteria; 2) increased awareness of the

need for improved ways to design against effects of extreme winds and

on the methods required to improve building designs; 3) essential documentation of new and under-used existing information; 4) established

working relationships with public and private decision makers in

several developing countries and continued excellent working relationships with building professionals in developed countries; 5) training

professionals and technicians in developing countries for carrying out

wind measurement and analysis procedures; and 6) developed methods to

transfer information to users in developing countries.

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Project results are discussed in more detail in the National Bureau

of Standards Interagency Report NBSIR 75-790, FY 75 Progress Report

on Design Criteria and Methodology for Construction of Low-Rise Buildings to Better Resist Typhoons and Hurricanes . The results were

previously discussed at two regional conferences; one in Manila,

Philippines (May 1975) and the other in Kingston, Jamaica (November

1975) . These conferences provided a channel to transfer results

to the building community, including government agencies, private

developers, design professionals, regulatory officials, and university staff from Asian and Caribbean wind-prone countries. The

conference provided an opportunity for the participating countries

to comment on the design criteria and to offer suggestions for

their implementation. Members from developing countries were provided an opportunity to better understand wind and building design

problems common to their countries and discuss methods for solutions.

The results of these efforts are significant. These activities provided the first step toward the preparation of improved wind codes

and standards for developing countries. The Philippine National Code

is currently undergoing revision that will lead to improved building

practices. The project's test data, including improved gust factors

and mean pressure coefficients, are being incorporated into Section

2.05, "Wind Pressures," of the National Structural Code for Buildings.

Also, the projects test results will be made available to the subcommittee

on wind loads of the American National Standards Institute, Inc. (ANSI)

for possible incorporation into the American National Standard A58.1--

"Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures."

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SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM

In the course of its overseas operations, the United States acquired

foreign currencies. These are kept in US Treasury Department

accounts for use by Government agencies to finance overseas projects

of scientific or technological usefulness to both the US and to the

participating countries

During the past few years, this program has become less active and

is gradually being replaced by bi -national science projects with

each country sharing in the funding of the work mutually undertaken.

Some Special Foreign Currency Program projects are continuing on grants

previously made. A description of these SFCP grants, with which the

Center for Building Technology (CBT), was involved in FY 75 and FY 76 is

given below.

Grant 100 - Title: Water Conservation Measures in Plumbing

Scope: The aim of this project is to determine performance of

sanitary plumbing equipment or systems designed to reduce water

consumption through measures such as high-efficiency sanitary

fixtures and flow regulating devices. It is intended also to

carry out observations and tests on recirculating sanitary waste

disposal systems and on the "Vacuum Sewerage System" in order to

ascertain whether efficient oxidation of organic waste products is

feasible with small consumption of water.

Principal Investigator: Professor H. Ilberg

Institute: Standards Institution of Israel, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL

CBT Monitor: Mr. R. S. Wyly, Building Services Systems Section, CBT

Signed: March 24, 1970

Status: Sixth and final report published December 1975. A CBT

publication abstracting and digesting the results most applicable

to US practices will be issued in the second half of FY 1977.

Grant 109 - Title: New Developments, Directions and Innovations in

Buidings and Building Research in Israel

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Scope: A factual exposition and up-to-date technical and economical

evaluation of Israeli experience and research in building construction

activity; which includes comparative analysis of building costs in

various types of industrial buildings; industrialized systems in schoolbuilding; open systems using light-weight materials; and developments

in modular coordination.

Principal Investigator: Mr. A. Alweyl

Institute: Standards Institution of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel

CBT Monitor: Mr. P. R. Achenbach, Building Environment Division, CBT

Signed: March 17, 1970

Status: Final Report published May 1975.

The above are a few examples of the useful mutual benefits gained

through the projects made possible by the availability of P.L 480

Special Foreign Currency Program Funding, which began at NBS in

1961 and now is almost completely phased out. New initiatives to

continue such work are being explored.

For example, as a result of the encouragement of the US/Israel

Binational Science Foundation Program, Asher Alweyl of the Standards

Institution of Israel in Tel Aviv and Noel Raufaste of CBT are currently investigating research areas which contribute to building

technology that may have a contributory impact on CBT's and the

Standards Institution of Israels' cooperative research programs.

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US - POLISH PROJECT PROPOSALS IN HOUSING AND BUILDING MATERIALS

In the Spring of FY 76 the Government of Poland appropriated local

funds for cooperative research in housing and building materials. The

funds are not convertible to dollars except for travel and per diem for

Polish scientists to the United States. Following this development,

the Center for Building Technology developed several proposals for

projects in which Polish contributions to building technology would be

of parallel interest to ongoing CBT programs.

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Among these are: 1) a district heating in cities project to survey

the development of integrated utility systems, including district heating

and dual-purpose heat/electric power generation in Poland. This activity

would be directly related to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's

Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society-Modular Integrated

Utility System (CCMS-MIUS) project (the extensive Polish experience in

large-scale district heating of cities using advanced heat/power generation

and heat distribution techniques provides a strong base for conducting

research in this area); 2) a project in the reactivity of slags in

Portland blast furnace slag cements; 3) fundamental studies of the

effects of cleaning materials and processes on the durability of

surfaces of stone buildings; 4) techniques for the non-destructive

evalution of concrete; 5) and a proposal to cooperatively study the

mechanical and thermal properties of foamed concrete.

Thermal proposals are currently under consideration for future CBT/Polish

cooperation.

INTERNATIONAL DISASTER MITIGATION/RESEARCH ASSISTANCE

CBT, actively involved in developing improved design criteria,

guidelines and recommendations to improve building practices , continues

to receive, and to respond to, requests for assistance in coping

with natural disasters. The following five NBS publications, available

to the building community, suggest the nature of this work:

Development of Improved Design Criteria for Low-Rise Buildings

in Developing Countries to Better Resist the Effects of Extreme

Winds , BSS-56. October 1974. Superintendent of Documents

Catalog #13. 29/2; 25, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,

D.C. 20402.

These are the proceedings of a workshop held in the Philippines

November 1973 to assess the state-of-the-art of wind technology

in developing countries. It was sponsored by the Agency for

International Development, US Department of State.

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Design Criteria and Methodology for Construction of Low-Rise

Buildings to Better Resist Typhoons and Hurricanes . NBSIR 74-567

and NBSIR 75-790. NTIS #’s COM 74-11631 and PB 250-848/9WB

respectively, National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161.

These progress reports prepared for the Agency for International

Development (AID) discuss the principal CBT activities and

accomplishments during FY 74 and FY 75 toward the development of

improved design criteria for low-rise buildings to better resist the

effects of extreme winds. The project centered in the Philippines

with strong contributions from Bangladesh and Jamaica. The reports

cover instrumenting test houses, training technical personnel at

the test sites, wind tunnel testing activities, analyzing wind load

data, an international workshop and technology transfer at a regional

conference

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A Technical Review of the Nicaraguan Regulatory System , Tech. Note 885.

October 1975. Superintendent of Documents Catalog #C13.46:885, U.S.

Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

Also prepared at the request of AID, as well as the Organization

of American States, as a means of assisting in the implementation

of up-to-date provisions of earthquake resistant design and

construction, the usefulness of which was underscored by the Managua

earthquake of December 1972.

Engineering Aspects of Cyclone Tracy, Darwin, Australia, 1974,

BSS-86. June 1976. Superintendent of Documents Catalog #C13 . 29/2 : 86

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U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

This report resulted from the invitation by the Australian

Government to CBT's Dr. R. D. Marshall, Structural Research

Engineer, to inspect the cyclone damage in Darwin, Australia, and

to participate in discussions of new design criteria and construction

practices for cyclone areas.

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Following the May 6, 1976, earthquake in Italy, AID, the National

Science Foundation, the US Geological Survey, and the NBS developed

an assistance plan which Vice President Nelson Rockefeller discussed

with the Italian Government on his May 21st visit to that country.

The plan included technical recommendations by CBT Disaster Research

Coordinator, Dr. Charles Culver.

After the Vice President's visit to Italy, AID requested additional

NBS assistance in carrying out the plan. NBS selected CBT's Dr.

Emil Simiu, Structural Research Engineer, who was detailed to Italy

to add structural engineering expertise to a seven-member US multidisciplinary team.

Information gained from the post- disaster investigation will provide

the Italian government with immediate on-site technical assistance

and information that will contribute to improved building practices.

PHILIPPINES SURVEY ON STANDARDIZATION AND MEASUREMENT SERVICES IN

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

Office of Science and Technology

Agency for International Development

Department of State

Washington, D.C. 20523

During May 4-17, 1975, NBS's Office of International Relations coordinated

a survey of standardization and measurement services in the Philippines.

One component of this survey addressed the state-of-the-art of Philippine

building technology. Over two dozen private and public building organizations in the Philippine community were visited. This survey is

part of an NBS continuing program (to survey selected developing

countries) sponsored by the Office of Science and Technology of the

Agency for International Development (AID) to utilize the industrial

technology capability of the National Bureau of Standards.

Results of the survey have been published and are available as NBSIR 76-1083, Report to AID on the Philippines Survey on Standardization

and Measurement Services.

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NEW KOREAN STANDARDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (KSRI) FACILITY

Dr. Zae-Quan Kim, Director

Korean Standards Research Institute

Seoul, KOREA

At the request of the Agency for International Development, Mr.

Philip Chen, Building Economics Section, CBT furnished technical

assistance which included the review of reports, specifications,

and working drawings with principal KSRI officials both at NBS

and in Korea. Mr. Chen traveled to Korea in October 1975 to

furnish consultative assistance in site planning, design and con- struction of a new Standards Research Institute Facility located

southeast of Seoul.

Dr. Kim Yung Man, architect of the new Institute, and President

of the Korean Institute for Urban Development made a return visit

to the NBS in February 1976. At this visit CBT provided further

technical assistance for the design and construction of KSRI's

facilities.

Mr. Paul R. Achenbach, Chief, Building Environment Division, Center

for Building Technology will provide consultation to the Korean

Standards Research Institution staff in July 1976. Consultation

includes the environmental conditions to be maintained in various

laboratories, mechanical systems to be installed to control environmental conditions and design opportunties to be considered for

conserving energy in operating the laboratories.

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CROWD MOVEMENT RESEARCH

Division of Building Research

National Research Council

Ottawa, Canada

The Center for Building Technology (CBT) is collaborating with the

Division of Building Research (DBR) of Canada's National Research

Council in a study of crowd movement during the XXI Olympiad in Montreal,

July 1976. Using videotape and film, the DBR-CBT team will record the

flows of large groups of spectators as they move into, out of, and

around the Olympic Stadium and other facilities constructed for the

Games. These records will then be analyzed to identify the performance

of various architectural systems with respect to rates of egress from

the different arenas, the flow of crowds to and from adjacent transport

facilities, and pedestrian movement on aisle-stairs and escalators.

The recording of architectural and pedestrian congestion over a prolonged,

sixteen day period will provide a singular opportunity to acquire a stable data base on building performance under peak use conditions.

Interestingly, these seldom observed peak occupancies are precisely the ones which all places of public assembly must be designed to accommodate.

John Archea, Research Psychologist, Architectural Research Section, CBT

is heading the US team. In June he joined the DBR team in Montreal to

observe the first public use of the Olympic facilities. From observations,

counts, and measurements made during that visit, the DBR-CBT researchers

were able to identify several critical situations suitable for study

during the Games and to outline preliminary research plans. Following

preliminary analysis of the data, a general report on the Olympic study

will be issued jointly by CBT and DBR. As data analysis proceeds

further, more technical reports on the specific relationships between

building performance and pedestrian movement will be published.

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS

CIB ACTIVITIES

Conseil International du Batiment pour la Recherche 1* Etude et la

Documentation (CIB)

Postbus 229, Weena 700

Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS

The International Council for Building Research Studies, and Documentation (CIB) was established in 1953 in response to recommendation

made by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. CIB's

major objective is to encourage and stimulate international cdoperation

in the gathering, refinement, and dissemination of building research

information. These mutual exchanges facilitate the development and

adoption of building standardization practices which in turn provide

for the effective sharing of building research data and interchangeability of products on the international level. Fifty countries are currently members of CIB and send delegates from building-oriented

organizations to participate in various CIB activities. Each full

member country appoints representative to the CIB General Assembly

which meets at least once every three years and in which the authority

of CIB is vested.

USNCCIB ACTIVITIES

United States National Committee for CIB (USNCCIB)

National Academy of Science

Washington, D.C. 20418

In 1962, under the aegis of the National Academy of Science, the

United States National Committee for the International Council for

Building Research, Studies and Documentation (USNCCIB) was organized

to represent the United States in the Intematinal Council for Building

Research, Studies and Documentation (CIB). Since that time the USNCCIB

has been a full member of the CIB.

The primary objectives of the USNCCIB are to: 1) Serve as a liaison

between US interests and the CIB and, thus, provide a mechanism through

which the ready exchange of building research data generated by US

private and public organizations and other CIB members in encouraged;

2) Stimulate, through the establishment of counterpart commissions

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and other working groups, the generation of research studies and

information on the state-of-the-art in the field of building research

and technology; and 3) Motivate organizations to take positive action

in furthering building research studies and documentation and improving

practice.

The membership of the USNCCIB is comprised of both Participating

Organizations- -private nonprofit national organizations and federal

agencies conducting, sponsoring, administering, or utilizing buildingrelated research studies and documentation- -and Members -at- Large- -individuals appointed in recognition of their competence in building

research and related activities without regard to their organization

affiliations.

One Institute for Applied Technology staff member, Mr. J. L. Haecker, continued a second term as the National Bureau of Standards Representative to USNCCIB, and as a member of the Executive Committee during the 1975 fiscal year.

Contracts or grants from various organizations provide the financial

support for the USNCCIB. Funds were received from the National Science

Foundation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the

Department of the Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory,

the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and, jointly,

from the Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards and

the Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory.

The full USNCCIB Committee met on January 14, 1975 to review and provide

guidance for the ongoing USNCCIB programs. The Executive Committee

met onJanuary 13, 1975 to review and advise on USNCCIB membershin

changes to be made for the 1975-76 fiscal vear and to discuss

financial support needs for the continuing USNCCIB program.

The USNCCIB was represented at the 6th CIB Congress in Budapest, Hungary,

October 3-19, 1974 by an official delegation consisting of the USNCCIB

Chairman, USNCCIB Representative to CIB, USNCCIB Executive Secretary,

and seven other delegates, all appointed by the Foreign Secretary of

the National Academy of Sciences.

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The number of participants in the USNCCIB Counterpart Commission (CPC)

to CIB W-62, Water Supply and Drainage for Buildings, has increased

to 21, and the group met in September and December 1974 and in March

and May 1975. This CPC also was represented at the September 1974

meeting of CIB W-62 (held in Copenhagen) by its Chairman and two

other participants. Twenty representatives from European countries

participated in the meeting which focused on water supply, drainage,

and contamination of drinking water from cadmium and lead fittings.

Attention also was given the activities of the following CIB W-62

working groups:

1. experimental techniques in research on drainage systems,

2. standardized techniques for measuring water closet performance,

3. performance criteria for piping materials as a function of

use,

4. and water demand.

CIB W-62 also accepted an invitation from USNCCIB to meet in the

United States on September 30, 1976 and, in conjunction with this

meeting, the CPC to W-62 is planning a two-day international symposium

during the last week of September 1976. The symposium, "Research

Needs in Water Supply and Drainage for Building," will be treated in

four sessions: 1) Water Supply and Conservation for Buildings,

2) Waste Water Drainage Systems for Buildings, 3) Performance

Concepts for Water Supply and Drainage Systems for Buildings, and

4) International Perspectives. The first three sessions will feature

the presentation of seven position papers identifying research needs

in the United States while the fourth session will be devoted to the

presentation of invited papers by international specialists who will

discuss research needs in other countries.

The USNCCIB Representative to CIB W-67, Energy Conservation in the

Built Environment, attended the CIB W-67 meeting in Oslo, Norway,

on February 11-12, 1975. The commission met again in the fall of

1975 and held a symposium on April 6-8, 1976 at the Building Research

Establishment, Garston, Watford, England. Dr. Snell, Chief, Office of

Energy Conservation, CBT attended the latter meeting.

The following CIB committees were represented by the Center for

Building Technology (CBT) staff members during FY 75-76.

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W-24: Dimensional and Modular Coordination (International Modular Group)

Establishment of rules for dimensional coordination of construction components and products and recommendations for their use.

C. T. Mahaffey, Office of Building Standards and Codes

Services, CBT

Mr. Mahaffey attended the 9th Plenary Session of the International

Modular Group (IMG), October 28-31, 1974, at the Bouwcentrum in

Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Mr. Mahaffey reports that at this meeting, Mr. Balch of Denmark

introduced a draft paper jointly prepared with Mr. Harrison

entitled ’’Geometry of Joints," intended for CIB publications

and asked for comments. Many were offered and the discussion

became deeply involved in the details of joints- -both vertical

and horizontal. Mr. Bergval of Sweden took the view that

the IMG ought to stay with the development of general principles

of joints relative to modular coordination leaving details of

their application in specific instances to designers and/or

component manufacturers. Mr. Blach agreed to revise his draft

and present it at the next meeting.

Mr. Volbide of the Bouwcentrum explained a recently developed

tartan shaped modular gride which was developed by his laboratory

and Stichting Architecture Research (SAR) . Applications of this

gride to a production process were demonstrated the following

day on the outskirts of Amsterdam at the famous Bruynzeel factory.

This company is now embarked on developing and marketing a building system for supplying the interior of living sections of

housing. Making use of the SAR tartan grid and the SAR philosophy

of enabling the occupant to be able to have some control over

the arrangement of interior of his home, Bruynzeel hopes to win

system acceptance in the new housing market and renovation market.

R. J. Kapsch, Assistant Chief, Office of Building

Standards and Codes Services , CBT

Mr. Kapsch participated in the 10th Plenary Session of the IMG

at Oslo, Norway, on September 24-26, 1975. The session was attended by 21 members from 12 countries. At this meeting the

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groups discussed a draft of the "Principles of Modular Coordination and Application Rules," which is a publication to further

develop an existing International Organization for Standardization

document, "Condensed Principles of Modular Coordination," to

assist the practical application of modular coordination.

The group accepted the final text of the "Geometry of Joints,"

which will be given to the CIB for publication.

Other topics discussed were: the selection of multiple, over- lapping and/or tartan grids and their use for particular purposes

as opposed to the use of simple incremental grids; systems of

"supports and detachable units;" a paper on the fixing of

components, (by "fixing," IMG is referring to connections between non- load bearing components between each other and to

the main structure) ; the problem of vertical increments of

size to be used in design; and the term "multi-module".

W-45: Human Requirements and Building Design

Development of a list of human requirements to aid in drafting

unified building codes.

Dr. A. I. Rubin, Chief, Sensory Environment Section, CBT

Dr. B. L, Collins, Research Psychologist, Sensory Environment

Section, CBT

Dr. Collins attended the W-45 Committee meeting of October 21-22,

1974, in London. She presented a talk on "Windowless Environments"

to the colloquium on Perception of the External World.

W-60: Performance Concept in Building

Development of a conceptual framework for a performance approach

to building as well as a terminology and a commentary of the

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existing situation.

R. J. Kapsch, Assistant Chief, Office of Building

Standards and Codes Services

On October 20-22, 1975, Mr. Kapsch attended the 8th meeting of

V the CIB W-60 Commission at the Princes Risborough Laboratory,

one of the Building Research Stations which comprise England's

Building Research Establishment.

At this meeting, the membership: reviewed the performance and

effect of temperature and humidity in building components;

suggested revisions to the paper, "Guidelines for the Preparation

of Performance Statements;" accepted the paper, "Mechanical

Performance Criteria;" discussed setting appropriate scales of

performance, weathertightness, hygrothermal properties, and a paper by Mr.

Blachere, Scientific Counselor of the Centre Scientifique et Technique du

Batiment, on Principles for the Harmonization of Building Laws and Regulations.

W-62: Water Supply and Drainage in Buildings

Research to develop standards for water supply and drainage

facilities in buldings.

Dr. J. E. Snell, Chief, Office of Energy Conservation, CBT.

Dr. L. S. Galowin, Chief, Building Services Section, CBT

R. S. Wyly, Building Services Section, CBT

(Activities reported under the USNCCIB activities)

W- 67 : Energy Conservation in the Built Environment

Study of all aspects of energy in relation to buildings apart

from energy usage in the product of building materials, and

consideration of building designs to minimize heat loss and

utilize solar energy, the consumption of service systems, and

the optimal ization of the use of primary energy sources.

H. R. Trechsel, Office of Energy Conservation, CBT

Dr. D. A. Didion, Chief, Mechanical Systems Section, CBT

Dr. J. E. Snpll, Chief, Office of Energy Conservation, CBT

Mr. Trechsel participated in the October 8-9, 1975 meeting of

W-67 at Stockholm Sweden. At the meeting reports were discussed

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and accepted from related CIB Streering Groups on: climate

definitions, and energy consumption requirements. Also discussed

and accepted were a register of ongoing energy research within

CIB, and a review of publications.

Dr. Didion participated in ithe first meeting of the Technical

Sub-Group on Heat Pumps of W-67 which was held at the Building

Research Station, Garston, England, on February 2-10, 1976.

Specialists from 12 countries attended. In representing NBS,

Dr. Didion was the only American and therefore tried to present

the status of the American heat pump industry. The significance

to this is that, at present, America is the only country with

manufacturers of unitary heat pumps for both heating and cooling.

The interest NBS has in the European work is the performance of

heat pumps in Northern climates and, in particular, studies

about "heating only" heat pump. It would of course be a non- reversing heat pump which would have higher performance for

cheaper first cost. Such a device would be equally advantageous

in the northern US.

The status of heat pump research in the participating countries

is as follows. 1) Active research programs involving present

day heat pumps in belief they can be adapted for their residential

needs include England, France, Austria, Belgium, Northern Ireland,

and the US. 2) Active research programs involving present

day heat pumps in belief they are currently not economically

sound for residences but may be in the future include Norway,

Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and Eire. 3) Developing a new heat

pump for own particular needs includes Germany.

Dr. Snell participated in the W-67 Symposium at Garston, Watford,

England on April 6-8, 1976. The symposium was attended by nearly

200 delegates from 21 countries. A principal outcome of the

meeting which followed the Symposium was a public "Statement On

Energy and Buildings." This statement, the product of some considerable debate, reinforces CBT's energy conservation

conclusions in the built environment.

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Of particular note, the last paragraph of the statement was taken

essentially intact from a paper, "Energy Conservation and Building

Occupants," which Dr. Rubin of' the CBT Sensory Environment Section

prepared for the Symposium.

It reads as follows:

,TWe would view a short-sighted approach any headlong rush to

building design which would conserve energy at the expense of

the quality of buildings as judged by the occupants. In this

respect an increased understanding is required of the

environmental requirements for buildings.' Building occupants

and building operatives have an important role to play in

energy conservation, but it is a role that is much less understood than other strategies for energy conservation. More

needs to be known concerning how the performance of an occupied

building can differ in opertion from the intentions of its

design. Much of the work reported so far leads us to emphasize

the need for an integrated design team in the initial stages

of building planning to enlist the co-operative efforts of the

architect, the engineer, the building owner, and contractor,

cm the energy requirements and design aspects of a new building."

Dr. Rubin attended the 6th Congress of CIB in Budapest, Hungary,

October 2-10, 1975, which has as its theme, "The Impact of

Research on the Built Environment." Mr. Blachere, of the Centre

Scientifique et Technique du Batiment (CSTB) and Chairman of CIB

W-45, delivered a keynote address which emphasized the need for upgrading the empirical data base of human requirements in buildings

rather than focusing on theoretical studies. He pointed out the

importance of methodological investigations which can facilitate the

collection of relevant data. Mr. Blachere called on all members of

the CIB to assist W-45 on developing a meaningful of human requirements

covering topics of: energy conservation, use of solar energy; indicating

needs by building type (offices, schools, homes) as well as individual

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characteristics of users/children, aged, handicapped, cultural

background; and which consider social psychological requirements.

Dr. Richard N. Wright, Director, Center for Building Technology,

attended the Research Managers Meeting of CIB in Bucharest, Romania

on September 16-20, 1975.

Dr. Wright presented a paper on assessing the impacts of architectural and behavioral research. The principal points were that building researchers must assess the impact on their activities, and that

this assessment requires the existence of an implementation program

which will be an order to magnitude larger than the research itself.

The meeting closed with a discussion of the individual manager’s

biggest problems which included the need for effective communication

with the building community (avoiding the walls which seem to

grow up by themselves around the research institute and between

the elements of the research institute), programming, long-range

planning, responding to institutional demands, keeping research

institutes creative, and keeping research staffs studying.

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ISO ACTIVITIES

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

1 Rue de Varembe

1211 Geneva 20, SWITZERLAND

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) comprised in

1975 the national standards bodies of 81 countries. The work of ISO

is aimed at world-wide agreement on International Standards for the purpose of the expansion of trade, the improvement of quality, the increase

of productivity and the lowering of costs.

Technical work is carried out through technical committees (TC) , the

secretariats of which are distributed among the member countries. In

order to better survey a broader field and to assess the needs for

International Standards in a particular field, ISO may create technical

divisions (TD) , which in general oversee the work of the TC's. The

technical committees may, in turn, create sub- committees (SC) and working groups (WG) to cover different aspects of the work.

An International Standard is the result of agreement between the

member bodies of ISO. A first important step towards the International

Standard takes the form of a draft proposal—a document circulated

for comment within the technical committee.

The draft must pass through several stages before it can be accepted

as an International Standard. This procedure is designed to ensure

that the final result is acceptable to as many countries as possible.

When agreement is reached within the responsible technical committee,

the document is sent to the Central Secretariat for registration as a draft International Standard (DIS) ; the DIS is then circulated to

all member bodies for voting. If 75 percent of the votes cast are in

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favor of the DIS, it is sent to ISO Council for final acceptance as an International Standard.

A number of the Center for Building Technology (CBT) staff participate

in ISO technical committees, either through membership in ISO subcommittees and working groups, or by serving in a U.S. liaison function

through ANSI.

TC 59 : Building Construction

Standardization of: 1) Terminology in the construction and civil

engineering industry; 2) General geometric requirements for buildings, building elements, components and products, including modular

co-ordination and its basic principles, joints, tolerances, and fits;

and 3) Other general performance requirements for buildings, building elements (user needs) including the co-ordination of these

with performance requirements of building components and products

to be used in the construction and civil engineering industry are excluded

- Bases for design of structures (TC 98)

- Particular geometric requirements and performance requirements

of building components and products which are in the scope of

separate ISO technical committees.

C. T. Mahaffey, Building Standards Program Manager, Office of

Building Standards and Codes Services , CBT

Mr. Mahaffey attended grouped meetings of TC 59, TC 98, and TD 3

in Stockholm on October 14-18, 1976. TC 59, Metrication, and the

International Modular Group (IMG) of CIB are three seemingly

separate activities which are closely related. TC 59 and the IMG are the international team responsible for all the dimensional

coordination standards in use among the various industrialized

nations. The link between dimensional coordination and metrication is ^demonstrated by the fact of Austrialia and Canada follow44
ing the British lead and are also typing dimensional coordination

to their metrication efforts. TC 59 and the IMG activities therefore take on considerable significance to the US building industry

as the US continues on the way into the use of SI units. The

important action by TC 59 taken in the Stockholm meetings, to

expand its operations to develop performance standards for buildings and building components further increases the significance

of its activities to the US building community.

TC 80 : Safety Color and Signs

Standardization and coordination in the field of safety colors

and signs, including test methods for the colors, and in certain

cases, the manner in, or device through which, the colors and

signs should be displayed.

K. L. Kelly, Sensory Environment Section, CBT

A final draft of the ISO proposed standard, Safety Colors and

Safety Signs, was circulated among the members, and it is anticipated that it will be voted upon and approved in 1976.

TC 86: Refrigeration

Standardization in the field of refrigeration, including cryogenics.

W. J. Mulroy, Thermal Engineering Section, CBT

There have been no meetings of this group for this period on which

to report.

TC 98: Bases for Design of Structures

Standardization of the bases for design of structures irrespective

of the material of construction including especially terminology

and symbols, loads, forces and other actions and limitations of

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deformations. Consideration and coordination of basic safety

requirements concerning the structures as a whole, including

considerations of structures made of particular materials

(steel, stone, concrete, wood, etc), as far as is necesary for

the preparation of common systems of safety, and in liaison

with the relevant technical committees.

C. T. Mahaffey, Building Standards Program Manager, Office of

Building Codes and Standards, CBT

Mr. Mahaffey attended the October 14-16, 1975 meeting which was

held in Stockholm. TC 98, launched for the purpose of developing

international standards for the bases for the design of structures,

has attracted the attention of the foremost design professionals

in each of many participating countries. Since one of the major

design bases within the scope of TC 98 is safety, the resulting

standards are of considerable interest to all government agencies

concerned with public safety related to buildings.

TC 108: Mechanical Vibration and Shock

Standardization in the field of mechanical vibration and shock

including: terminology; excitation by sources, such as machines,

and vibration and shock testing devices; elimination, reduction

and control, especially by balancing, isolation, and damping;

evaluation of acceptable limits for man, and in machines, vehicles

and structures; methods and means of measurement and calibration;

and methods of testing.

DR. R. A. Crist, Chief, Structures Section, CBT
TD 3: Building/Construction

ISO Technical Divisions (TD’s) are standards management type

committees established for the purpose of meeting in an orderly

fashion international standards needs in specific fields. There

are, in 1976, four Technical Divisions (TD) which have been

created to survey a broader technical field and to ensure a coherent planning and programming of the ISO technical work in

cooperation with other international organizations. The other

three deal with mechanical engineering, agriculture, and distribution of goods. Membership in technical divisions is open to

interested member bodies as participating or observer members.

C. T. Mahaffey, Building Standards Program Manager, Office of

Building Codes and Standards.

RILEM ACTIVITIES

Reunion Internationale des Laboratories de'Essais et de Recherches sur

les Materiaux et les Constructions (RILEM)

12 Rue Brancion

75737 Paris CEDEX 15, FRANCE

RILEM is an international nonprofit association governed by Swiss Law.

Its purpose is to facilitate contacts and exchange of scientific information among its members. Its aim is to constitute a medium of exchange

and of communication of experience, essentially the experience acquired

by the study of materials and building elements, by the observation

of works, by tests in the laboratory and in situ, and by research without which none of these activities could progress. The 1975 RILEM

membership list shows representatives from 70 different countries with

a total membership of 679 persons. Recently RILEM has become more

active in international standards organizations, particularly the

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has adopted

the policy whereby each technical committee must summarize its recommendations as prospective standards and submit them through the Permanent

Committee of RILEM to ISO for international standards.

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Dr. J. R. Wright, Deputy Director, Institute for Applied Technology,

National Bureau of Standards, is beginning his second year of a four-year term as a member of the RILEM Bureau. The Bureau of RILEM

corresponds to the Board of Directors of an organization such as the

ASTM in the United States. Concurrently, he is beginning his second

year of a five-year term as the RILEM Delegate for the United States,

and in this capacity represents 24 US RILEM members. The Paris

meetings of April 12-16, 1976, were a series of concurrent meetings

of the RILEM Bureau, and the Advisory Group, and the Coordinating

Group, and joint meetins of these three groups. As such, this series

of meetings was the major planning session of activities for the working year. Mr. William C. Cullen, Assistant Chief, Structures, Materials

and Safety Division, CBT, attended the meetings in his official capacity

as a member of the RILEM Coordinating Group.

Mr. Cullen was involved in a review of all active RILEM technical

committees. The annual, in some cases the triennial, reports of

all RILEM technical committes were reviewed in detail. The activities

or lack thereof, the progress, the technical accomplishments, the

sponsored symposia, and the recommendations of each specific committee

were noted and discussed in terms of the planned objectives of each

technical committee. A Progress Report of the Coordinating Group

to the Permanent Committee of RILEM was prepared. This report which

compiles all the technical committee reports, also provides the

comments and recommendations of the Coordinating Group to help the

technical committee meet their objectives.

The broad scope of RILEM activities are portrayed by the following list

of symposia which have taken place in the past two years. Non-destructive

testing of non-metallic materials, Constanza, Romania, September 4-6, 1974

Moisture problems in building (CIB/RILEM Symposium), Rotterdam, The

Netherlands, September 10-12, 1974- -Test and observation on models and

structures and their behavior versus time (RILEM/CISM Symposium) , September 18-20, 19 74 --Refractory concretes, Bonn, Germany, October 7-9, 1974-

Behavior in service of concrete structures (CEB/CIB/FIP/IABSE/RILEM

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Symposium), Liege, Belgium, June 4-6, 1975- -Bitumens and Bituminous

materials, Budapest, Hungary, September 9-12, 1975- -Fibre reinforced

cement and concrete, London, UK, September 15-17, 1975--Winter con- creting, Moscow, USSR, October 14-16, 1975.

USNCIIR Activities

United States National Committee for the International

Institute of Refrigeration (USNCIIR)

National Academy of Sciences

Washington, D.C. 20418

USA

The XIV Congress of the International Institute of Refrigeration (HR)

was held in Moscow in September, 1975. This Congress meets every four

years and the previous Congress was held in Washington, D.C. in 1971.

This organization, started in 1908, today consists of more than 50 member

countries which represent two- thirds of the world. Official languages

are English and French. The Institute consists of management groups

and 11 technical commissions covering cryology, thermodynamics,

transport processes, refrigerating machinery, biology and food

science, and air-conditioning.

The HR is an intergovernmental body by an agreement reached in Paris in

1954. The scope of the Institute covers all matters relating to the study,

specifically requested and will meet production and use of refrigeration

in the international field. Approximately 2000 people attended the

Congress from about 43 countries and over 400 papers were presented

and all of them will be published.

Membership in HR facilitates keeping up with research and technical

advances in over 50 countries, enables CBT to better plan its research

program, as well as in developing working relationships with scientists

and engineers 'throughout the world.

In 1957, the US National Committee was established to represent the

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. interests of the United States in HR. The Center for Building

Technology (CBT) supports the USNCIIR through the National Bureau

of Standards with an annual grant of $2,000.

During FY 1975-1976, three staff members of the Building Environment

Division, CBT, participated in the work of IIR, as Commission members.

B-l: Thermodynamics and Transport Processes

Mr. F. J. Powell, Assistant Chief, Building Environment Division, CBT

Mr. POWELL participated in the XTV Congress and, as a member of

Commission B-l, took part in the technical and business sessions.

He also presented the NBS paper, Development of the Robinson

Line -Heat -Source Guarded-Hot- Plate Apparatus for Measurement

of Thermal Conductivity by F. J. Powell and C. I. Siu, Thermal Engineering

Section, CBT. Commission B-l specifically requested the NBS site and

| it will meet at NBS in September 1976. Sessions of all Commissions

were held concurrently and several plenary- type sessions were

held. Technical visits to local Soviet facilities were also

conducted. At the many gatherings, three themes appeared to

dominate: how to feed the world utilizing refrigeration technology, energy consumption, and measurement.

D-2: Refrigerated Land Transport

M. C. W. Phillips,

1 Office of Energy Conservation, CBT

During this period, Commission D-2 has concentrated on the

development of a standard which includes rating procedures for

the heat transfer, heating and refrigeration capabilities of

truck trailers, other containers, and railway cars. This

commission has also assembled and issued a catalog which

lists the worldwide locations of the existing test facilities

where the various forms of refrigerated land transport can

be measured by these new rating procedures.

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EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

In addition to the cooperative research programs previously described

the Center for Building Technology' maintains close ties with many

other building organizations through exchanging building information

and making professional visits to research laboratories and organizations worldwide. Many of these organizations are listed below.

Australian Department of Housing and Construction

P.0. Box 690, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601

AUSTRALIA

Building and Road Research Institute

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

University P.0. Box 40

Kumasi, GHANA

Building Research Institute

28-8 Hyankunin- Cho 3-Chome

Shinjuku-ku

Tokyo 160, JAPAN

Central Building Research Institute (CSIR)

Roorkee (U . P . ) , INDIA

Centro de Investigaciones de ingeneria

Ciudad Universitaria Zona #12

Guatemala, City GUATEMALA C. A.

Cement Industry Research Institute (VDZ)

4 Dusseldorf Nord

Tannenstrasse 2, German Federal Republic

Danish Building Research Institute

Postbox 119, DK 2970

Horsholm, DENMARK

Division of Building Research

National Research Council

Ottawa, CANADA KIA OR6

Department of Mechanics

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Haifa, ISRAEL

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Division of Building Materials

The Lund Institute of Technology

Box 725

220 07 Lund 7, SWEDEN

Institut National des Science Appliques

Direction 209, 20, Avneue A. Einstein

69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, FRANCE

Institute of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete

of the USSR

Gosstroy, 2nd Institutskaya U1.6

109389 Moscow, USSR

Jamaica Bureau of Standards

Kingston, JAMAICA

Laboratory of Building Technology

State Institute of Technical Research

02150 Otaniemi, FINLAND

National Building Research Institute

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

P.0. Box 395

Pretoria x SOUTH AFRICA

National Industrial Standards Research Institute

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

199, Dong Sung-Dong

Chong Ro-Ku, Seoul, KOREA

Paint Research Association

Waldegrave Road

Teddington

Middlesex TW11 8LD, ENGLAND

Philippine Bureau of Standards

Quezon City, PHILIPPINES

The Royal Institute of British Architects

66 Portland Place

London, WIN 4AD, ENGLAND

School of Architecture

The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

S-100 44 Stockholm 70, Stockholm, SWEDEN

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGES

Foreign Guest Workers

The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) makes its facilities available

to qualified professionals to pursue individual scientific or technical building projects under conditions that are mutually acceptable.

The basis for acceptance of a guest worker is an agreement between

NBS and the guest worker which includes the scope of the project,

a work plan, and the anticipated time required to carry it out.

Information or recommendations from outside organizations supporting

a request for the acceptance may be submitted by a prospective guest

worker, but such organizations are not considered to have any formal

connection with the agreement.

As part of its overall interest in international cooperation, the

Center for Building Technology welcomes Guest Workers in line

with general NBS policy. During FY 1975-1976 the following

Foreign Guest Workers had assignments in CBT on the subjects

indicated.

September 1, 1975 - August 31, 1976

September 21, 1975 - July 31, 1976

March 1975 - June 1975

Dr. J. N. Andre

Centre Scientifique et Technique

du Batiment (CSTB)

Grenoble, France

Assigned: Materials and Composites

Section, CBT

Subject: Reduction of Corrosion of

Waterpipes in Buildings.

Dr. Y. Urano

Kyu-Shu University

Fukuoka, Japan

Assigned: Thermal Engineering Section

Subject: The Relationship of Fenestration,

Ventilation and Indoor

Comfort to Energy Conservation

in the Design of Buildings.

Mr. P. J. Sparks

Building Research Establishment

Garston, Watford, England

Assigned: Structures Section

Purpose: Structural Response on High-Rise Building to

High Wind Loadings.
FOREIGN VISITORS

The Center for Building Technology (CBT) provides an opportunity for

foreign visitors to obtain information pertaining to activities conducted

at the Bureau and other US building research organizations. Arrangements

are made annually to visit US laboratory facilities and technical staff

specializing in particular building areas. Thus, building professionals

of foreign countries and CBT staff have an opportunity to exchange

information and ideas on an informal basis.

July 1, 1974 Dr. G. Schueller

Institute for Massivbau

Technical University of Munich

Munich, GERMANY

Subject: Wind Loads Research

July 1-3, 1974 Mr. J. R. Mayne

Building Research Establishment, DOE

Garston, UNITED KINGDOM

Subject: US/UK Complementary Program

July 4-5, 1974 Prof. H. Ishizaki

Disaster Prevention Research Institute

Kyoto University

Kyoto, JAPAN

Subject: Wind and Pressure Instrumentation

July 9, 1974 Dr. A. Krishnan

Science Attache

Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.

Subject: Building Technology

July 16, 1974 Dr. K. Gottstein

Counselor (Scientific Affairs)

Embassy of Germany, Washington, D.C.

Subject: Energy Construction

July 17, 1974 Mr. R. Florez

Principal Architect

Institute of Research Technology

Sao Paulo, BRAZIL

Subject: US/Brazil Cooperative Program

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July 29, 1974 Dr. M. Amorelli, Director

State Council of Technology

Sao Paulo, BRAZIL

Subject: US/Brazil Cooperative Program

August 7, 1974 Dr. J. Holmes (on contract)

University of Western Ontario

Londen, CANADA

Subject: Present Lecture on "Characteristics

of Pressure Fluctuations on the Windward

Face of a Large Building"

August 15, 1974 Dr. A. Q. K. Afghan, Assistant Secretary

Ministry of Science and Technology

Dr. Z. A. Hashmi, Chairman

Pakistan Science Foundation

Dr. A. Wauid, Emeritus Scientist

University of Karachi

PAKISTAN

Subject: Building Technology

August 22, 1974 Mr. D. W. Quinton, Company Chief Engineer

Tarmac Construction Ltd.

Walverhampton, UNITED KINGDOM

Subject: Building Standards

September 3, 1974 Mr. G. Christensen

Danish Building Research Institute

Horsholm, DENMARK

Subject: Energy Conservation

September 5-

6, 10-1974

Mr. D. Dobson

National Building Research Institute, CSIR

Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA

Subj ect : Mobile Homas

September 11,

1974

Dr. M. H. Mussavi, Director

Chemical and Food Products Industries, ISIRI

Mr. A. A. Sabersheikh, Deputy Director General

Ministry of Economy, ISIRI

Tehran , IRAN

Subject: Building Technology

September 13,

1974

Dr. H. Bode

Mr. J. Haensel

Ins titut fur Konstructiven Inginieurbau II

Ruhr - Univessitat

Bohn, GERMANY

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September 18-20,

1974

Mr. S. J. Leach

Building Research Establishment, DOE

Gars ton, UNITED KINGDOM

Subject: Energy Conservation

September 20,

1974

Engineering Team (3 members)

Kobe Steel Ltd.

Kobe, JAPAN

Subject: Total Energy Systems

October 1, 1974 Italian Engineering Team (3 members)

Italconsult S.P.A.

Rome, ITALY

Subject: Solar Energy

October 3, 1974 Mr. R. S. Ferguson

Division of Building Research, NRC

Ottawa, CANADA

Subject: Building Fire Codes

October 7-10,

1974

Mr. P. Bakke, Assistant Director

Building Research Establishment, BRE

Garston, UNITED KINGDOM

Subject: Energy Conservation

October 10, 1974 Mr. R. Morse, Director

Solar Energy Studies Unit, CSIRO

East Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

Subject: Solar Energy

October 11, 1974 Dr. P. T. Gurtner

Bureau of Housing

Bern, SWITZERLAND

Subject: Potential Cooperative Program

October 15, 1974 Dr. G. R. Walker

James Cook University

Queensland, AUSTRALIA

Subject: Wind Loads on Buildings

October 19, 1974 Mr. B. Rosengren

EUROC

Arlov, SWEDEN

Mr. R. I. Andreasson, Science Attache

Embassy of Sweden, Washington

Subject: Energy Conservation

October 18, 1974 Prof. E. Burnett (on contract)

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, CANADA

Subject: Present Report on Progressive Collapse

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October 29, 1974

October 31,

November 1,

November 8,

November 13

November 18

November 19

November 29

Dr. A. M. Abou-El-Azm, President

Academy of Scientific Research and Technology

Cairo, EGYPT

Subject: Building Technology

1974 Japan Combustion Appliances Inspection

Association Team (21 members)

Tokyo, JAPAN

Subject: Building Technology

1974 Dr. T. Nishi

Tokyo University

Kawagoye-City, JAPAN

Subject: Building Safety

1974 Dr. C. A. Price

Building Research Establishment

Gars ton, UNITED KINGDOM

Subject: Stone Preservation

1974 Dr. R. G. Baker

Dr. D. A. Everest

National Physical Laboratory

Teddington, UNITED KINGDOM

Subject: Building Structures and Materials

1974 Dr. H. Aoyama

University of Tokyo

Tokyo, JAPAN

Subject: Present Talk "Design Earthquake

Loads for Reinforced Concrete Structures"

^1974- Mr. C. Dahlberg

Dr. J. Uhler, Deputy Director

National Swedish Board for Technical Development

Stockholm, SWEDEN

Mr. R. I. Andreasson, Science Attache

Embassy of Sweden, Washington

Subject: Research Laboratories

1974 Dr. J. Schroeder

Philips Laboratories

Aachen, GERMANY

Subject: Energy Conservation

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January 9, 1975 Mr. J. C. Knight, Chief

Property Services Division

Department of the Environment

London, ENGLAND

Mr. Colquhoun, Engineering Attache

British Embassy

Washington, D.C.

Subject: Engineering Aspects of

Buildings

March 7, 1975 French Visiting Team

Paris, FRANCE

Subject: General Building Technology

May 20, 1975 Mrs. Anne Dunn

National Research Council of CANADA

Subject: Introduction of NBS Research

June 18, 1975 Mr. Krivoborodov, Member

Soviet Delegation

USSR-US Joint Committee on Construction

in Housing and Other Construction

RUSSIA

Subject: Building Technology

July 17, 1975 Dr. Frank Bromilow

Division of Building Research

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial

Research Organization

AUSTRALIA

Subject: Technical Operations and

Economics of the Building

Industry and Recent Trends in

Operational Research

July 31, 1975 Mr. Moreira, Director

UDC Urban Development Company

Sao Bernardo, BRAZIL

Subject: Building Technology

September 9, 1975 Dr. Jean Van Keymuelen, Director

Applied Research and Development

BELGIUM Embassy

Subject: Solar Energy and Wind Studies

October 3, 1975 Dr. M. Anandakreshnan

Indian Science Attache

Dr. Bd. Nagchaudhrui , Vice-Chancellor

Jawaharlal Nehru University

INDIA

Subject: Energy Conservation

October 15, 1975 Swedish Broadcast System Representatives

SWEDEN

Subject: Heat Pump Project

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November 5, 1975 Dr. K. Shirayama, Director

Building Research Institute

Tokyo, JAPAN

Subject: Building Technology

November 11, 1975 Spanish Building and Standard

Group

(Under US- SPAIN Cooperative Agreement)

Subject: Structures, Materials and

Insulation Research

November 13, 1975 Mr. R. Proctor- Sims

National Building Research Institute

SOUTH AFRICA

Subject: Information Dissemination

December 10, 1975 Mr. Tutas

ROMANIA

Subject: Constructional Management

January 8, 1976 Dr. A. Madhava Rao, Scientist

Structural Engineering Research Center

Adyar , INDIA

Subject: Structural Research

January 19, 1976 Mr. Mikio Sakaki, Assistant Director

International Affairs Division

Science and Technology Agency

Tokyo, JAPAN

Subject: Information Dissemination of

Technical Research

February 6, 1976 Prof. Dieter Kind, President

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

Federal Republic of Germany

Subj ect : Solar Energy

February 9, 1976 Soviet State Committee for Construction

Affairs Delegation

RUSSIA

Subject: Concrete and Cement Testing

February 18, 1976 Dr. Henrique Almeida, Manager

Programma Ciencia e Tecnologia

BRAZIL

Subject: Building Technology

February 24, 1976 Dr. Kim Yung Man, President

Korean Institute for Urban Development

and Chairman of the Engineering Department

of Kook Min University

Seoul, KOREA

Subject: Architecture and Building

Technology

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March 10, 1976 Mr. William Allen

Bickerdike/Allen/Bramble

London, ENGLAND

Subject: Building Technology

March 15, 1976 Mr. K. N. Gupta, Scientist

National Metallurgical Laboratory

Jamshedpur, INDIA

Subject: Structural Research

March 18, 1976 Dr. T. L. Webb, Director

National Building Research Institute

SOUTH AFRICA

Subject: Building Research and

Architecture

March 19, 1976 Urban Development Team from the

Japan Productivity Center

Tokyo, JAPAN

Subject: Building Technology

March 24, 1976 Mr. T. H. Huang, Division Chief

Planning Division, Housing Department

Taipei Municipal Government

Taipei, TAIWAN

Subject: Building Standards

March 26, 1976 Dr. C. H. Van Vierssen, Scientific

Attache

Royal NETHERLANDS Embassy

Subject: Materials

April 14, 1976 Mr. Per Olaf Hanson, Commissioner

City of Stockholm

Stockholm, SWEDEN

Subject: Energy Conservation

April 14-15, 1976 Mr. Jaap Van Straaten

National Building Research Institute

SOUTH AFRICA

Subject: Building Technology

April 20, 1976 Mr. Aharon Amit

Standards Institute of Israel

ISRAEL

Subject: Electronics and Building

Engineering

June 4, 1976 Mr. Henry Broniak

Israel Institute of Technology

Building Research Station

Haifa, ISRAEL

Subject: Instrumentation, Concrete,

and Reinforced Structures

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June 11, 1976 Mr. Fumiyasu Endo

US Correspondent for Japanese

Newspapers

Tokyo, JAPAN

'Subject: Solar Energy

June 14, 1976 Mr. Mete Gurer

Ministry of Reconstruction and

Resettlement

Department of Regional Planning

Ankara, TURKEY

Subject: Disaster Mitigation

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1. PUBLICATION OR REPORT NO. NBSIR 76-1162-

2. Gov’t Accession

No.

3. Recipient's Accession No.

4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE

FY 1975-1976 International Building Research

Activities, Center for Building Technology

5. Publication Date November 1976

6. Performing Organization Code

7. author(S) Stephen G. Webber 8. Performing Organ. Report No.

9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20234

10. Project/Task/Work Unit No. 4602103

11. Contract/Grant No.

12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Complete Address (Street, City, State, ZIP)

National Bureau of Standards

Department of Commerce

Washington, D.C. 20234

13. Type of Report & Period Covered

Final

July 1974 - June 1976

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

15. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

16. ABSTRACT (A 200-word or less factual summary of most significant information. If document includes a significant

bibliography or literature survey, mention it here.)

This report documents international building

research activities Of the Center for Building

Technology (CBT) during Fiscal Year 1975 and 1976

(July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1976). CBT carries out

extensive interactions with foreign and international research organizations to exchange building

research efforts. This report presents a summary

of CBT' s cooperative programs in building technology, international organization memberships,

exchange programs, information exchanges, and

foreign visits to NBS.

17. KEY WORDS (six to twelve entries; alphabetical order; capitalize only the first letter of the first key word unless a proper name; separated by semicolons)

Building research; cooperative programs; information exchange; international building

research; international organization memberships; special foreign currency programs.

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