Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment
The Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (CSTB) operates closely with its partners in the building industry such as construction professionals and manufacturers. Its status allows it to be independent of any specific sector of the industry and to lead a multi-discipline approach to innovation and to solving the construction industry's most complex problems. CSTB comprises 600 employees, including 300 engineers, research workers and experts in a wide range of topics such as building materials and techniques, equipment, safety, thermal energy, acoustics, aerodynamics, lighting, environmental and health issues, advanced information and communication technology, as well as economics and sociology.
CSTB activities consist mainly in:
exercising the fundamental research works,
proposing its know-how in consultancy (study, technical assistance) to manufacturers, architects, building owners and authorities,
evaluating the innovative techniques and products for French and foreign manufacturers,
bringing its assistance to administration in setting up the regulations, the standards and the European normalisation.
CSTB actively participates in ENBRI (European Network of Building Research Institutes) which unites Europe main building RTD centres and is an active member in many CEN Technical committees . CSTB is also a key participant in several major European research specific programmes (involved in more than fifty projects in FP4) and is already helping several hundred clients in Europe.
CSTB has worked in the field of ventilation and energy since the middle of the sixties. The work in this field are conducted in the Energy, Indoor environment and Automation Service (32 employees) and covers a wide range of activities:
ventilation performance in buildings
air motion modelling within rooms
air flow and contaminant modelling in buildings
development of measurement techniques and test procedure
energy management in buildings
energy-efficient retrofit of buildings
CSTB
Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment
4, avenue du Recteur Poincaré
75782 PARIS cedex 16 - France
e-mail : millet©cstb.fr