Inventory of energy research in schools of architecture, 1972-1985

This inventory was undertaken to summarize and analyze the funded building energy research conducted in schools of architecture during the period 1972 to 1985. Individual project information was sought from faculty in all the accredited schools of architecture in the United States and Canada through a mail inventory process. Principal investigators were asked to complete an inventory form for each of their research projects describing the nature and contract value of each project. Seventy-five percent of the architecture schools responded to the request for information. From these institutions, data were collected on almost three hundred projects. This information was compiled using ''dBase III'' database software to provide three project summaries organized by schools, by principal investigators, and by key words. The key words were selected by the principal investigators from a list of key words included in the original inventory form. Using a series of programs written in the dBase III programming language, the data were also analyzed to provide insights into research topics, trends in research emphasis over the thirteen year period covered by the study, the extent of research funding, the institutional sources of funding and their topics of research preference, and levels of institutional and principal investigatormore » involvement in energy research.« less