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ZEMCH 2012 International Conference Proceedings

This edited book is the proceedings of the ZEMCH 2012 International Conference, which Noguchi edited following the ZEMCH conference held at The Glasgow School of Art from 20th to 22nd August 2012.

ZEMCH (Zero Mass Customised Housing) aims to address issues of climate change through the development of industrialised building production.

ZEMCH builds on the concepts of mass customisation in housing first espoused by Alvin Toffler in his 1970’s book ‘Future Shock’ and on later work such as Joseph B Pine II (1993) and Pillar and Tseng’s 2009 ‘Handbook of Research in Mass Customisation’.

ZEMCH was established by Noguchi and his collaborating partners in 2010, after specialist missions to Japan between 2006 and 2010. The ZEMCH Network now consists of over 200 international academic and industry partners, who are researching and/or practicing the delivery of zero energy mass custom homes. Following the success of ZEMCH 2012 International Conference, ZEMCH 2013 International Conference was recently held in Miami, USA, from 30th October to 1st November 2013 and it led to further reinforcement of ZEMCH education.

In addition to his editorship of this volume, including preface and his coordination of the conference itself, Noguchi also contributed to six of the papers in the collection. These are the chapters entitled: ‘Design Issues for Net Zero Energy Buildings’ (Aelenel et al), ‘Promoting Energy Consious Behaviour of Occupants through Monitoring Energy Usage Patterns’ (Han et al), ‘Cost-Effectiveness Measurement Model for Scottish Energy Efficient Affordable Housing Design’ (Rohatgi et al), ‘Examining the Physical and Metaphysical Performance of the Wind Turbine Applied to Urban Housing in Scotland’ (Raidu et al), ‘Examining Cost-Effectiveness of PV/T MVHR Systems Applied to Scottish Housing’ (Damne et al) and ‘Measured Indoor Environment and Energy Consumption Compared to Accepted Standards: A Case Study Home in South Ayrshire, UK’ (Altan et al).