Links

These are some of my most used, visited, favored and disliked links. Apart from providing additional information to my visitors, links are, to me, an expression of personality, interest and association. And I would like to take the opportunity to share with you my thoughts, my opinion and my philosophy.

Last update July 2004

Architecture and Building Design related

RIBA – Royal Institute of British Architects

HKIA – Hong Kong Institute of Architects – a mini version of the above

AIA – American Institute of Architects

CAA – Commonwealth Associate of Architects

CIB – International Council for Research and Innovation in Building Construction

ACSA – Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

BRE – Building Research Establishment

AEC Info Center – Building industry information directories

RAIA – Royal Australian Institute of Architects

RAIC – Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

Architectural Record – Magazine of AIA

Metropolis – Covers broad spectrum of design issues

Vital Signs – An interesting project on Environmental Design in Architectural Teaching

Archinet – Architectural Information

Ove Arup – One of the world best engineering consultants

Fosters – Sir Norman Foster and his Partners

Anthony Ng Architects – One of the better architectural practice in HK

Lighting Design related

CIBSE – Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers

IESNA – Illumination Engineers Society of North America

IALD – International Association of Lighting Designers

CIE – International Commission on Illumination

IDMP – International Daylight Measurement Programme

IEA Task 21 – Task group on daylighting, International Energy Agency

Lighting Technologies Inc – provider of Lumen Micro

ADELINE – Provider of DOS version of Radiance

Lightscape – Lighting simulation software

Integra – Lighting simulation software

Lightwork Design – Lighting simulation software

Radiance – Synthetic Imaging system

3D Software – solar geometry and shading software

Philips Lighting – Lamp and Luminaries manufacturer

Osram Sylvania – Lamp and Luminaries manufacturer

Erco - Luminaries manufacturer

Lighting Resources – Links to lighting related resources

National Resource Center – Links to lighting related resources

Lighting Design @ Web – Information on lighting design in Japan

Lighting.com – Online Lighting Community

Northwest Lighting Online – Lighting resources

DPA – Lighting Consultants in UK

Martin Moeck – Done some interesting works on lighting

Architectural Lighting Magazine – tba

Joost van Santen – Light sculptures

Photonics – Everything you want to know but afraid to ask

Li-Cor Photmeters – maker of light meters and photometers

Krochmann Photmeters – maker of light meters and photometers, they also make multi-head datalogging systems

UDT Photmeters – maker of light meters and Photometers

Gossen Photmeters – maker of light meters and Photometers

International Light Photmeters – maker of light meters and Photometers

EKO – Japanese maker of light meters, Photometers and Sky scanners, can’t afford German, go Japanese

LightLab –maker of goniometers and integrating spheres

Kipp Zonen –maker of pyranometers

Eppley Lab –maker of pyranometers

CAAD related

ACADIA – Association for CAD in Architecture

ECAADE – Education in CAAD in Europe

CAAD Futures – tba

SIGGRAPH – Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics

IBPSA – International Building Performance and Simulation Society

Place2meet – My virtual studio with Branko Kolarevic

CAADRU – CAAD Research Unit, School of architecture, Liverpool University

Graphisoft – CAAD Software

FormZ – solid modeling software

Autodesk – AutoCAD and 3D Studio

M&E related

Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program, a government/private-sector partnership program
U.S. DOE – Energy Network, U.S. Department of Energy
DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Network
EEC - Environmental Energy Conservation, Ltd.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
Energy Star Program
EPA The Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. EPA - Energy Star Programs
U.S. EPA - Stratospheric Ozone Protection Home Page
FETA - Federation of Environmental Trade Associations of Great Britain
GHPC NIRC - Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium National Information Resource Center
HRAI - Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Institute of Canada
IAQ Environmental Protection Agency on IAQ
IEA - International Energy Agency
IGSHPA - International Ground Source Heat Pump Association
ISA - International Society for Measurement and Control
ISES - International Solar Energy Society
National Council on Competition and the Electric Industry
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
U.S. Patent - Classes - Engineering Group

ABMA - American Boiler Manufacturers Association
American Local Power Project
ACCA - Air Conditioning Contractors of America
ACCA-NCC - Air Conditioning Contractors of America - National Capital Chapter
AESP - Association of Energy Service Professionals
AFE Association for Facility Engineering
AGCC - American Gas Cooling Center
AIA American Institute of Architects
APPA - Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers
ARI Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
ASA - American Supply Association
ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASES - American Solar Energy Society Inc.
ASHE - American society for healthcare Engineering
ASHI - American Society of Home Inspectors
BOMA - Building Owners & Managers Association International
CIBSE - Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute
FETA/BFCMA - British Flue & Chimney Manufacturers' Association
FETA/BRA - British Refrigeration Association
FETA/HEVAC - Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Manufacturers' Association
FETA/HPA - Heat Pump Association
GHPC - Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium
GRI - Gas Research Institute
IAI - Industry Alliance for Interoperability
IDEA - International District Energy Association
IEA/HPC - Heat Pump Centre - U.S. National Team
IEEE - IEEE Control Systems Society
ICC - International Code Council
IFMA - International Facility Management Association
ISFE - International society of Facilities Executives
NARUC - National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
NFRC - Nation Fenestration Rating Council
NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
NSPE - National Society of Professional Engineers
SMACNA - Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association
SMWIA - Sheet Metal Workers International Association

Universities and Education Establishments

Institute of Architecture, Nottingham University – I graduated there, great campus

Manchester University, UK – I graduated there, nice city

Cambridge University, UK – Probably the best U in the World, they have an imitator the other side of the sea

Dept of Architecture, Cambridge University – I studied there 4 years, life afterwards is an anticlimax

Bartlett School, UCL, London – Used to be very boring, now very trendy. Great MSc in Lighting Course

School of Architectural Studies, Sheffield University – I taught there 4 years, rigorous and friendly

Dept of architecture, MIT – It is a nice place to be in, truly 24 hours, full of life

Dept of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong – I work there, it is a nice place to be in, thanks Tom

Dept of Architecture, Oregon University – Offers probably the best technology program in Architecture

Notre Dame College I – My secondary school. I graduated there, just before they wanted to expel me.

Notre Dame College II – a dysfunctional version of the above.

Sustainability and Environmental Technology Related

EcoDesign – tba

Florida Internet Center for Sustainability – tba

Sustainable Architecture – tba

The WWW Virtual Library on Sustainability – tba

Environmental Protection Dept, HK – tba

Green Building Information Council – tba

FoE – Friends of the Earth, HK

Jade Mountain – Seller of Sustainable products in US

Energy 10 – Energy Calculation software

Vital Signs – ET Curriculum material project based in Berkeley

The Pacific Energy Center – Useful Environmental Technology resources

Well designed and Artistic Web sites

BMW – simple and elegant

USM – Modular furniture system, simple and elegant

Useful Web Resources

Amazon – I buy most of my books from there

Yahoo – funny enough, this is my homepage of my browser

Networksolutions – my web site is hosted there

Bloomberg – my favourite web finance site

Centanet – Looking for a property in Hong Kong?

Midland – Another site for property in Hong Kong (Big 5)

HK Observatory – Started collecting data in 1883

British Standard – Useful references

Glass Website – All you need to know on Glass

NSSN – Directories of Global Standards

ANSI – American Standards

Most Liked Sites, Places or Entities

Apple Computers – maker of the best operating system, no good in marketing

Cedric Green Printmaker – Bridging the Arts and Sciences of Computer Technology

Big cats Online – all about cats – how machines in DT Lab is named

Most Funny and irrelevant

Joke – if you tell this joke in the wrong place, you could go to jail, else, enjoy

No chewing gum – “we welcome creativity and independent thinking, but not too much”

Quote of the century – “if you are not my solution, you are part of the problem! ^%$&*”

… still an associate professor ? … ooops