On the basis of the 4 targets of research and development shown by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism, BRI is focusing on the "Priority Research Themes" which are socially significant and urgent,
and putting about 75% of its research budgets intensively in research and development on those themes. BRI is
steadily conducting the "Basic Research Themes" too.
BRI is actively attempting to gain outside competitive funds, implementing joint researches with universities,
private companies, etc. in appropriate allocation of roles with them, accepting outside researchers and
conducting research evaluation by outside experts in order to carry out research and development properly
without overlaps with other research institutes. |
4 Targets of Research and Development shown by the Minister of Land, Infrastracture, Transport and Tourism
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Realization of Sustainable Housing, Buildings and Urban Communities by Green Innovations |
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Realization of Secure and Safe Housing, Buildings and Urban Communities |
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Maintenance and Revitalization of Existing Housing, Buildings and Urban Communities Coping with the
Declining and Aging Population |
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International Contributions by Building and City Planning Technology and Response to Informatization |
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Examples of Specific Research Subject
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| Improving Fire-safety in Existing Buildings |
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BRI develops comprehensive evaluation methods to
contribute to improving fire-safety in existing buildings without
satisfactory smoke-control equipment, etc.
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| Revitalizing and Utilizing of Existing Buildings
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Conversioning to
maisonette, enlarging
openings, etc. |
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BRI conducts research on institutional barriers and
technical standards in further renovation of existing buildings
including enlargements in space or vertical expansion.
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| Community Development Methods for Elders |
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BRI creates a guideline for community development to
ensure elders’ active lives, through studies on a mechanism of
the weak problem and locational conditions of convenient
facilities.
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| Design Methods for Hot-humid Regions in Asia |
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BRI conducts research to develop design guidelines of
energy efficient housing suitable for hot and humid regions
in Asia, where the population and energy consumption are
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| Development of LCCM Housing |
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LCCM Demonstrative House
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BRI develops a design guideline of Life-Cycle Carbon
Minus housing (LCCM housing) as well as advanced
evaluation methods for energy saving performance in
buildings.
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| Development of Larger Wood Buildings |
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BRI develops a structural design guideline of a larger
wood building for smaller builders as well as its test and
evaluation methods in order to increase the use of wood in
building field.
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| Measures against Huge Earthquakes for Skyscrapers |
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BRI sophisticates the long-period ground motions for
structural design coping with coupled huge earthquakes
and clarifies the criteria to evaluate seismic capacity of
skyscrapers.
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| Development of Countermeasures to Tsunamis |
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Simulation of
tsunami force on a
building |
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BRI carries out research and development to improve
technical standards for safer buildings against tsunami in the
light of lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
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Promotion of Research and Development in Socially Significant Themes