| Expert Name | Dr. Yair Etzion |
| Title | Head of Center |
| Division | Center for Desert Architecture and Urban Planning |
| Institution | Ben Gurion University of the Negev |
| City | Sde Boker Campus |
| Country | Israel |
| Telephone | 972 7 659 6875 |
| Email | etzion(at)bgumail.bgu.ac.il |
| Work Experience | Head of an academic research center for desert architecture and urban and regional planning.
Head of design team of various experimental and innovative design projects in desert architecture in which emphasis was focused on passive energy techniques and low energy design, including the first solar neighborhood in Israel.
Consultant to many projects of the Israeli Ministry of Housing.
Consultant to various private enterprize projects in Israel. |
| Qualifications | Doctor of Architecture, Texas A & M University, Texas USA, 1980
Building Systems, Building Economics |
| Number of Publications | 56 |
| Awards | Incumbent of the "Bank Research Chair in Desert Architecture", Ben Gurion University of the Negev - Israel |
| Other Activities | 1. 1990-92: Member, Standard Committee N° 159, "Thermal Insulation in Buildings", Israel Standards Institute.
2. Member, Advisory Board on Energy in Buildings, Israel Ministry of Science and Energy.
3. 1995-on: Reviewer, Foundation for Research Development, Pretoria, South Africa.
4. 1995-on: Member, Committee on Alternative Energies, The Israeli Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
5. 1995-on: Member, Editing Board, Building and Environment, Pergamon Press. |
| Publications | 1. 1986 Etzion Y., Saller M., "Earth Construction - A Review of Needs and Methods", Architectural Science Review, Vol. 30 pp. 43-48.
1988 Meir Y., Etzion Y., Fairman D., Energy Aspects of Design in Arid Zones, A Design Manual prepared for the Israeli Ministry of Energy, 165 pp., May 1990.
2. 1989 Etzion Y., "The Thermal Behavior of Non-Shaded Closed Courtyards inHot Arid Zones", Architectural Science Review, Vol. 33, pp. 76-80.
3. 1989 Etzion Y., "A Desert Solar Neighborhood in Sede-Boker Israel", Architectural Science Review, Vol. 33, pp. 103-109
4. 1992 Erell E., Etzion Y., "A Radiative Cooling System Using Water as a Heat Exchange Medium", Architectural Science Review, Vol. 35, N° 2, pp. 39-49
5. 1992 Etzion Y., "An Improved Solar Shading Design Tool", Building and Environment Vol. 27, N° 3, pp. 297-303. |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 27/07/2011 15:28:00 |
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