Our role, as the over-arching regulator, is to work with stakeholders so we can deliver fit-for-purpose, performance-based building regulation that protects the public's safety and property and helps lift the sector’s performance. We work with building practitioners, officials, consumers and other regulators to understand what matters to them, and to ensure they understand their roles […]
The Training Academy is the Institute's strategic commitment to its educational and training platform. Established in 2007, the Academy has evolved to provide the formal, vocational and practical skills required to gain and maintain Building Surveyor status. Through its National Diploma in Building Control Surveying and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) based courses the Training Academy's […]
The Canadian Institute for Energy Training (CIET) is an energy training centre founded in 1996 that offers a wide range of sustainable energy training programs across Canada. The Institute specialises in high quality energy management and energy efficiency training, as well as certification programs. Energy efficiency is by far the fastest, easiest and most logical […]
Introduction video Full Paper Project Abstract Huachiew Chalermprakiet University opened in 1992. The university has 886 staff many of whom have been working with the university from its early days. The university working days are from Monday to Saturday (3,744 hours per year). Aside from maintaining full-teaching operations, the university also […]
Strategy The origin of the concept is that the owners of some of the land with the best wind, hydro, geothermal and solar resources in the world are indigenous communities in developing countries and in most cases this native people has not been included as partners when developing large-scale renewable energy projects. The business-as-usual practice […]
The International Code Council (ICC) and Calidad and Sustentabilidad en la Edificacion A.C. (CASEDI) [Building Quality and Sustainability] are pleased to announce the publication of the Mexico Conservation Code for Buildings, the first Energy Efficiency code for Mexico. This code represents the cumulative efforts on behalf of CASEDI, Mexico’s National Commission for Energy Efficiency (CONUEE), […]
Building Operator Certification® (BOC) is the leading training and certification program for building engineers and maintenance personnel across the U.S. and Canada. Graduates make their buildings more comfortable, efficient and environmentally friendly, thanks to skills they master in our classes. The BOC Benefit: No matter where your building is located or what it is used […]
The SCEM programme is designed for engineering professionals who intend to build their career as energy managers. It gives a thorough understanding of the key energy issues either in the building or industry sector. The programme will help the participants to develop the technical skills and competencies needed to manage and track energy usage within […]
The Ecocasa Program supports the construction of 27,000 efficient homes that will help reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in Mexico, while improving the quality of life of the low-income families who live in these houses. The program also provides financial incentives and technical assistance to housing developers to achieve higher levels of energy efficiency, and […]
BIG just completed the first holiday home at their green-roofed Hualien Wellness & Residential development in Taiwan. Designed to provide a health-conscious and productive community for seniors, the 1,000-square-meter house in the first building on the site features the project's trademark elements-jagged green roof, solar panels and floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides of the volume. […]
