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Objective of iibh
　

iibh has been established intended to promote the development of the domestic field of buildings and housings by means of effective international harmonization of technologies, systems, codes and standards, and communication of information with other countries and organizations in the field of buildings and housings.

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Membership of iibh
　

iibh is administrated by the funds which are the due for membership, within the rule of iibh and within approved annual budget. Membership consists of members listed below who have interested in the objective of iibh.

　

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport	Government Housing Loan Corporation
Urban Renaissance Agency	Japan Testing Center for Construction Materials
Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation	The Japan Architectural Education and Informantion Center
Building Administration Systems Information Center	Foundation for Senior Citizens' Housing
Japan Institute of Construction Engineering	The MACHINAMI Foundation
Cented for Housing Renovation and Dispute Settlement Support	Organization for Housing Warranty
Japan Building Equipment and Elevator Center Foundation	The Building Center of Japan
General Building Research Corporation of Japan	The Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association
Japan Housing and Wood Technology Center	Housing and Community Foundation
Center for Better Living	Curtainwall Fire Window's Association
Building and Equipment Life Cycle Association	Building Contractors Society
Japan Association for Building Research Promotion	Public Buildings Association
Japan Federation of Housing Organizations	Johkasou System Association
Gypsum Board Association of Japan	Urban Renewal Association of Japan
Japan Steel-rib Fabricating Association	Association of Urban Housing Sciences
Federation of Construction Material Industries, Japan	Japan Institute of Architect
Architectural Institute of Japan	Japan Structural Consultants Association
Japan Federation of Architects and Building Engineers Association	Japan Federation of Architect Office Association
Japan Rolling Shutters & Doors Association	Japan Housing Association
Japan 2X4 Home Builders Association	Membrane Structures Association of Japan
Wooden Home Builders Association of Japan	Japan Prefabricated Construction Suppliers and Manufacturers Association
Association of Living Amenity	Flat Glass Manufacturers Association of Japan
Japan Conference of Building Officials	Rock Wool Association

　

　

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The Structure of iibh Committees

iibh consists of the following groups of committees ;

・International Building Standards Research Committee
・International Information Committee in the field of Building and Housing
・Asian forum Committee

・International Cooperation Planning Committee
・International Conference Committee

・Secretariat of Sustainable Building 2005 Tokyo Conference

1. International Building Standards Research Committees

International Building Standards Research Committee intends to promote;

to research and investigate the technologies, standards and systems in overseas countries in the field of building and housing,

to research and investigate the international harmonization of the domestic technologies, standards and systems.

The committee consists of the following three groups;


A) ISO Advisory Groups
ISO (International Organization of Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards body, at present comprising 120 members, one in each country. The objective of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual scientific, technological and economic activity. The results of ISO technical work are published as International Standard (IS).

The technical work of ISO is carried out through technical committee (TC). Each TC may establish subcommittees (SC) and working groups (WG) to cover different aspects of its work.

iibh takes an active part in the works of the following TCs and SCs regarding to building and housing matters through Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC).

・TC10/SC8 (Technical drawings / Construction documentation)

・TC21/SC11 (Equipment for fire protection and fire fighting / Smoke and heat control 　　

　　　　　　　　　　systems and components)

・TC59 (Building construction)

SC1 (Dimensional coordination)
SC2 (Terminology and harmonization of languages)
SC3 (Functional/user requirements and performance in building construction)
SC4 (Dimensional tolerances and measurement)
SC13 (Organization of information in the processes of design, manufacture and 　　

construction)
SC14 (Design life)
SC15 (Performance criteria for single family attached and detached dwellings)
SC16 (Accessibility and usability of the build environment)
SC17 (Sustainability in building construction)

・TC92 (Fire safety)

SC1 (Fire initiation and growth)
SC2 (Fire containment)
SC3 (Fire threat to people and environment)
SC4 (Fire safety engineering)

・TC98(Bases for design of structures)

SC1 (Terminology and symbols)
SC2 (Reliability of structures)
SC3 (Loads, forces and other actions)

・TC163  (Thermal performance and energy use in the built environment)

SC 2 (Calculation methods)

・TC205 (Building environment design)

・TC219 (Floor covering)

B) IEA Energy Conservation in Building and Community System : Domestic Committee
iibh started working as a secretary of IEA (International Energy Agency) domestic committee in the field of "Energy Conservation in Building and Community System" from 1998.

C) Building Regulations Committee
Systems of building regulations in overseas countries are not always equal to Japanese system and that might disturb the communication of information with other countries and organizations, which is one of the objectives on iibh.
Building Regulations committee intends to collect and classify the information on overseas building standards/regulations/specifications, and investigate the actual conditions of them so as to reduce or remove the technical barriers.

・ICIS Domestic Committee
The International Construction Information Society (ICIS) is an association of organizations who provide national master specification systems or cost information systems.

ICIS Domestic Committee intends to examine and contribute the activities of ICIS and provide the information to the related domestic organizations.

D) Building Experts Committee
This committee is to exchange information on the wood products, wooden buildings and building regulations concerned in order to promote trade between Canada and Japan.

2. International Building and Housing Information Committee

3. Asian Forum Committee

Asian Forum is to promote mutual understanding and collaboration among Asian nations in order to prepare a framework for cooperation in the field of architecture and building construction.

4. International Cooperation Planning Committee

International Cooperation Planning Committee intends to investigate and plan the measures to promote the aid and cooperation to the developing countries in the field of building and housing.

5. International Conference Committees

International Conference Committee administrates the international governmental conferences between the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) and relevant overseas governmental bodies as follows;

・JAPAN - FRANCE Housing and Building Conference
・JAPAN - CANADA Housing Committee
・JAPAN - DENMARK Building and Housing Colloquium
・JAPAN - KOREA Building and Housing Colloquium
・JAPAN - CHINA Building and Housing Colloquium
・JAPAN - AUSTRALIA Building and Housing Committee

6. Secretariat of Sustainable Building 2005 Tokyo Conference

The 2005 World Sustainable Building Conference will be held in Tokyo in September 2005. A large number of building researchers, practitioners, officials, industry representatives and students from all over the world will gather at this conference to exchange the latest knowledge and experience regarding "Sustainable Buildings".

Iibh holds the conference secretariat of SB05 Tokyo.

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Other WWW Servers

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Japan
Building Research Institute (Japan)
Architectural Institute of Japan
The Building Center of Japan

　ISO online home page
TC10　TC21　TC59　TC92　TC98　TC163　TC205 　TC219
International Energy Agency (IEA)
The International Construction Information Society (ICIS)

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