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Charles J. Kibert is a
Professor in the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction,
College
of
Design
, Construction and Planning,
University
of
Florida
. He was the Director of the Center for Construction and Environment from
1991-1999 and of the
Rinker
School
from 1999-2002. He is also a
co-founder and chairman of the Cross Creek Initiative, a non-profit
industry/university joint venture seeking to implement sustainability principles
into construction. His research interests are: construction waste management,
environmental impacts of construction, construction and demolition (C&D)
debris recycling, and sustainable development and construction. He is the
Coordinator of an international working group known as Task Group 16 of Conseil
International du Batiment (CIB) on the subject of Sustainable
Construction.
Dr. Kibert teaches a newly
developed graduate course on Sustainable Construction at the
University
of
Florida
as well as continuing education courses to industry on the subject. He
organized the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Construction held in
Tampa
,
Florida
in November 1994, an event attended by 300 construction industry people from 30
countries. He also organized Green Building Materials ‘96 held in
Gainesville
,
Florida
in June 1996. He has published over 90 papers and books and edited several
publications on construction and the environment and related issues. He has been
the keynote speaker and lectured on sustainable construction in the
U.K.
,
Germany
,
Lithuania
,
Finland
,
Italy
,
Canada
, and the
U.S.
He is a Registered Professional
Engineer in
Florida
, a Chartered Engineer in the
U.K.
, and a mechanical and electrical contractor in
Florida
.
Dr. Kibert was the Project Manager for the creation of Sustainability Codes for
the Abacoa Project on behalf of the land developer and the owner, the John D.
and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. These Codes are a sustainable or
‘green’ development and construction overlay on the standard construction
documents used in construction. They are designed to make the Abacoa development
the first community in the world specifically built using sustainability
principles for its content.
Dr. Kibert was the Project Manager for Summer House, a demonstration of
‘green’ construction, to be located at
Kanapaha
Gardens
, an ecotourism attraction in
Alachua County
,
Florida
. He has also worked with the Neighborhood Housing and Development Corporation
in
Gainesville
in the renovation of derelict structures into high performance homes. He was
the Project Director in the creation of an innovative educational outreach
program for
Florida
building contractors: "How to Build Green and Profit." This
continuing education course, completed in March 1996, is expected to reach all
Florida
builders within 2 years, resulting in a dramatic impact on the way construction
is performed in the State. He also co-organized a 1996 series on sustainability
that consisted of seminars on sustainable development activities in various
economic sectors and a 1997 series with the theme of sustainable communities.
Dr. Kibert serves as a member of the State of
Florida Construction/Demolition
(C&D) Debris Task Force, a state legislated group that is recommending
appropriate practices and laws that should replace the existing process. He has
been involved with several C&D research efforts to include waste
characterization and an effort to assess the feasibility of improving the
recycling rate of C&D waste in
Orange County
,
Florida
. He has taught several continuing education classes on C&D issues at the
Southeast Building Congress in
Orlando
and at the National Association of Home Builders Annual Conference in
Houston
,
Texas
.
Prior to his current position he was Director of Design and Vice-President of
MMM Design Group International in
Dublin
,
Ireland
and
Frankfurt
,
Germany
. He has also been a mechanical and electrical contractor, a consulting
mechanical engineer, a nuclear reactor design engineer, and an Army officer. At
present he is a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and a unit commander.
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