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Shimeberg Center for Affordable Housing - The Mission of Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing is...To facilitate the provision of safe, decent, and affordable housing and related community development throughout the state of Florida and thereby, To establish Florida as the national and international model for successful affordable housing delivery. http://www.bcn.ufl.edu/shimberg


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TerraBuilt - The system utilizes stabilized earth blocks for construction, resultant cost savings are significant.  Collaborative effort lead by Foxfire LLC of Virginia with support from 
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National Consortium of Housing Research Centers:
Revised List 2/02/2000

BALL STATE UNIVERSITY Stephen Kendall Director Housing Futures Institute College of Architecture and Planning Muncie, IN 47306 (765) 285-1911 Fax: 285-1765 E-mail: skendall@bsu.edu www.bsu.edu/cap/programs/hfi/hfi.html

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Mark Hutchings Construction Management 230 Snell Building Provo, UT 84602 (801) 378-6489 Fax: 378-7519 E-mail: mark_hutchings@byu.edu

CINCINNATI, UNIVERSITY OF Ben O. Uwakweh / Herb Bill Construction Innovation Center 2220 Victoria Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45206 (513) 556-6553 Fax: 556-5323 E-mail: Benjamin.uwakweh@uc.edu

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY Craig DeWitt South Carolina Energy R&D Center 386-2 College Avenue Clemson, SC 29634-5180 (864) 656-2267 Fax: 656-0142 E-mail: cdewitt@clemson.edu

CORNELL UNIVERSITY Joseph Laquatra Dept. of Design & Environ. Analysis MVR Hall Ithaca, NY 14853-4401 (607) 255-2145 Fax: 255-0305 E-mail: JL27@cornell.edu

FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF Robert C. Stroh / Marc Smith Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing P.O. Box 115703 Gainesville, FL 32611-5703 (352) 392-7697 Fax: 392-4364 E-mail: stroh@ufl.edu www.bcn.ufl.edu/shimberg/hrc

GEORGIA, UNIVERSITY OF Anne L. Sweaney Dept. of Housing & Consumer Economics Dawson Hall Athens, GA 30602-3622 (706) 542-4877 Fax: 542-4862 E-mail: asweaney@fcs.uga.edu www.fcs.uga.edu/hce/hdrc

ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, UNIV. OF William B. Rose (Bill) (217) 333-4698 Fax: 244-2204 Jim Anderson, Chair (217) 333-1801 Bldg. Research Council One East St. Mary's Road Champaign, IL 61820 E-mail: w-rose1@uiuc.edu E-mail: jimand@uiuc.edu www.arch.uiuc.edu/research/brc

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Matt Syal Bldg. Const. Management 230 Farrall Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 432-2951 Fax: 355-7711 syalm@egr.msu.edu www.msu.edu/AgE/bcm/herc.htm Paul Streng (alternate) streng@msu.edu

MINNESOTA, UNIVERSITY OF Patrick Huelman Dept. of wood & Paper Science 203 Kaufert Lab 2004 Folwell Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108 (612) 624-1286 Fax: 625-6286 E-mail: phuelman@forestry.umn.edu

NAHB RESEARCH CENTER Mark Nowak NAHB Research Center, Inc. 400 Prince George's Blvd. Upper Marlboro, MD 20774-8731 (301) 430-6207 800-638-8556 Fax: 249-0305 E-mail: mnowak@nahbrc.org www.nahbrc.org Ross Heitzmann (301) 249-4000 ext. 680 E-mail: rossh@nahbrc.org

NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY, UNIVERSITY OF Kennard Larson Dept. of Industrial Technology Construction Management Program Kearney, NE 68849-2120 (308) 865-8504 Fax: 865-8976 E-mail: larsonk@unk.edu www.unk.edu

NEVADA AT LAS VEGAS, UNIVERSITY OF Neil Opfer Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering Housing Research Center Howard Hughes College of Engineering P.O. Box 454015 Las Vegas, NV 89154-4015 (702) 895-4047 Fax: 895-3936 E-mail: opfern@ce.unlv.edu

OREGON, UNIVERSITY OF G.Z. Brown Department of Architecture Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory Eugene, OR 97403-1206 (541) 346-5647 Fax: 346-3626 E-mail: gzbrown@aaa.uoregon.edu .

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Eric Burnett Dept. of Civil & Environ. Engr. & Arch. Engr. Pennsylvania Housing Research Center 219 Sackett Building University Park, PA 16802 (814) 865-2341 [Fax: 863-7304] E-mail: efb6@psu.edu www.engr.psu.env/phrc Mark Fortney E-mail: mf106@psu.edu

PURDUE UNIVERSITY Dale Koehler Dept. Bldg. Constr. Management 453 Knoy Hall West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-2459 Fax: 496-2246 E-mail: djkoehler@tech.purdue.edu

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Charles W. Graham Dept. of Construction Science College of Architecture College Station, TX 77843-3137 (409) 845-0216 Fax: 862-1572 E-mail: cwgraham@archone.tamu.edu

VIRGINIA TECH C. Theodore Koebel Virginia Center for Housing Research College of Architecture and Urban Studies 106 Annex/Trailer (0451) Blacksburg, VA 24061 E-mail: tkoebel@vt.edu www.arch.vt.edu/VCHR/VCHR.html Yvan J. Beliveau Head, Dept. of Building Construction 122 Burruss Hall (0156) Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-5948 Fax: 231-7339 E-mail: yvan@vt.edu www.arch.vt.edu/caus/bc/bcintro.html

ASSOCIATE/EMERITUS MEMBERS

JHW:C/M Consultants Jack H. Willenbrock 1601 Elizabeth Road State College, PA 16801 (814) 861-3132 Fax: same E-mail: jhw3@psu.edu

STATE FARM FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES Rose Grant Research Department 1 State Farm Plaza, D-3 Bloomington, IL 61710-0001 (309) 735-2964 Fax: 735-2968 E-mail: rose.grant.gsxj@statefarm.com www.statefarm.com

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South Carolina Energy R&D Center

Craig DeWitt Clemson University 386-2 College Avenue Clemson,SC 29634-5180 (864) 656-2267 Fax: 656-0142 E-mail: cdewitt@clemson.edu

South Carolina Energy R&D Center Mark Hutchings Brigham Young University Construction Management 230 Snell Building Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 (801) 378-6489 Fax: 378-7519 E-mail: mark_hutchings@byu.edu

 

Consortium list server: hous-center@listserv.vt.edu

Consortium web site: http://www.ben.ufl.edu/shimberg/hrc


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