Incorporating Environmental Sustainability and Disaster Resilience in Building Codes
The overall objective of the project 'Incorporating Environmental Sustainability and Disaster Resilience in Building Codes' is to integrate elements of environmental sustainability and disaster resilience both vertically (across government levels) and horizontally (across construction sectors) in codes that govern planning, design and construction of buildings in urban areas. Another objective is to gain an overview of current integration of disaster resilience and environmental design in building codes and building code compliance in the Asia-Pacific region, and to determine incentives for stakeholders in this region to further integrate these elements in their work.
The building codes of nine countries were evaluated for elements of environmental sustainability and disaster resilience.
An Expert Group Meeting was organized on 26 and 27 April 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting discussed draft versions of the above-mentioned reports and made recommendation for next steps. The meeting was attended bygovernment officials from Singapore, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand as well as researchers and experts from Japan, India, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea and Thailand.
Incorporating Environmental Sustainability and Disaster Resilience in Building Codes