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BETEC Resources 

Publications

Any of the publications below can be ordered from the Institute publications store.

Bugs, Mold & Rot II
These proceedings are from a workshop on control of humidity for health, artifacts, and buildings sponsored by BETEC. (151 pp/1994)

Bugs, Mold & Rot
These proceedings are from a workshop which focused on residential moisture problems, health effects, building damage, and moisture control. (71 pp/1991)

National Program Plan: Building Thermal Envelope Fourth Edition
The fourth edition of the National Program Plan (NPP4) describes 18 major research areas with high priority for the building industry. (1993)

Superinsulations and the Building Envelope
These are the proceedings of the November 14, 1995, Symposium addressing evacuated superinsulation concepts and their potential applications to the building envelope. (180 pp/1995)

Sustainable Building Envelope Materials Symposium II
These are the proceedings of the June 7, 2000 symposium held in response to the growing interest in using sustainable materials for new and existing building envelopes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, and enhance sustainable economic development. (2000)

Sustainable Building Envelope Materials Symposium
These are the proceedings of the November 19, 1997 symposium addressing emerging technologies in sustainable building envelope materials. (100 pp/2000)

Periodicals

Journal of Building Enclosure Design (JBED)

An official publication of the Building Enclosure Technology and Environment Council (BETEC) of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)

The Building Enclosure Technology and Environment Council (BETEC) established a relationship with Matrix Group Publishing in the production of the Journal of Building Enclosure Design—the premier publication for research and development on building enclosure systems for North America. Download issues and subscribe.