Prix PLEA 2009
Meilleur article PLEA 2009, catégorie communication orale
Meilleur article PLEA 2009, catégorie présentation d'affiche
Bourse de voyage J Cook

Prix PLEA 2009

Presentation discourse delivered at the Château Frontenac on June 23rd:

“Dear delegates,
It is now time for the 2009 PLEA Award:
He has been at the forefront of the North-American passive solar movement,
He has personally taught several of today’s green architecture champions,
He has been working incessantly, bit of a workaholic, some would say but what a great example of dedication.

Our first contact with this year’s recipient of the PLEA Award dates back to 1991. At that time, internet was not yet the standard and at the beginning of our MSc Research Program, we used to write long and polite letter to reknown researchers in the hope that they would answer with enthusiasm to our naïve questions and research ambitions… We would send dozens of those letters, put a nice stamp on the envelope and then wait.  The answers were few. Envelopes were small… and light… Most would recognise the value of our research interrogations and invite us to come and talk to them, something hardly feasible when a continent lies in between and you are at the beginning of your graduate studies… But one return envelope was large, US letter size, and very heavy! In fact, in addition to an engaging letter, this man, so you know now he’s a man, had taken the trouble to attach no less than 6 copies of his most recent research papers for our information. We didn’t really know at the time the value of the simple word ‘sharing’ or ‘generosity’ in research but we understood then that this is probably the most important quality for any researcher and teacher, so you know now that he also teaches… Oh, one more thing, he has this most amazing cartoon-like name!

G.Z. “Charlie” Brown is the founding director of the Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory at the University of Oregon and a nationally recognized educator, author, and researcher on daylighting and energy use in buildings. Brown has authored or coauthored books, software applications, and more than 100 papers and reports including “Sun, Wind & Light” which has been translated into Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese. We are still waiting for the French translation though… He has been a Fulbright scholar in Norway and in Nigeria. Brown received the Cascadia Fellows Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 and the U.S. Green Buildings Council 2005 Leadership Award in research for his work on sustainable building practices. He was elected into the College of Fellows of The American Institute of Architects in 2006, and selected as a Fellow by the American Solar Energy Society in 2005. Brown has been honored by the Architectural Research Center Consortium with the James Haecker Distinguished Leadership Award in Architectural Research (2000). GZ had a founding role in the organization Society of Building Science Educators, now with more than 250 members in countries around the world. The Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory has performed more than $16 million in externally funded research since 1977 when Brown joined the faculty. The lab has supported more than 200 graduate research assistants and provided design assistance in energy conscious design on over 17 million square feet in the U.S. and abroad.
For this remarkable achievement, we now invite G.Z. Charlie Brown to join us and receive the 2009 PLEA Award!

Meilleur article PLEA 2009, catégorie communication orale
Les finalistes pour le meilleur article de présentation orale consistaient aux six documents qui avaient reçu deux mentions d’excellence lors de l’évaluation par les membres de du comité technique international. Les versions anonymes de ces six documents étaient accessibles sur notre serveur web pour vote électronique par le comité technique international.
Le meilleur article PLEA 2009 de catégorie communication orale est :

IHAB ELZEYADI Architectural Pride and Environmental Prejudice: The Effect of Personal Status, Historical Value, and Indoor Décor on Occupants Indoor Environmental Quality in Offices.

De gauche à droite : M-C Dubois, A Potvin, I Elzeyadi, C MH Demers et M-P Paré. Photo: G Roger.

Les finalistes pour le meilleur article PLEA de catégorie communication orale sont :

Meilleur article PLEA 2009, catégorie présentation d'affiche
En ce qui concerne la catégorie présentation d’affiche, aucun article n’avait reçu deux mentions d’excellence par le comité technique international. Nous avons donc rassemblé les sept articles qui ont reçu une mention d’excellence et une mention « très bon » et les membres du comité technique international ont procédé au vote électronique sur le serveur web de la conférence.
Le meilleur article PLEA 2009 de catégorie communication d’affiche est :

FAISAL ALJAWABRA, MARIALENA NIKOLOPOULOU Outdoor Thermal Comfort in the Hot Arid Climate : The effect of socio-economic background and cultural différences

De gauche à droite : M-C Dubois, A Potvin, Faisal Aljawabra, C MH Demers et M-P Paré toujours au travail Photo: G Roger.

Les finalistes pour le meilleur article PLEA de catégorie communication d’affiche sont :

Bourse de voyage J Cook

En l'honneur de Jeffrey Cook, une bourse de voyage de 1000 $ USD a été octroyée pour soutenir un étudiant présentant un document de la Conférence de 2009 PLEA à Québec. Le récipiendaire de cette année est une étudiante inscrite au programme de doctorat à la Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College, Londres, Royaume-Uni:

Les informations concernant la bourse de voyage J Cook sont disponibles sur le site web de la Society for Building Science Educators(SBSE).