Research Activities

IFC related research and development as part of EU Projects co-funded by the European commission

• Integrated project InPro "Open Information Environment for knowledge-based collaborative Processes throughout the lifecycle of a building" --> read more at the project website
• Standards network project STAND-INN "Integration of building standards into business processes using IFC open standards to enhance innovation and sustainable development" --> read more about the project kick-off in Valencia at the Europe Innova website

IFC related research activities are carried out at the following universities and institutes

Germany

A summary of IFC related research activities at German and Swiss universities has been presented at the symposium "IAI Hochschulsymposium" during the IAI Summit April 2006 in Munich --> more here (in German)

• IFC at "Institute for Applied Computer Science, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe" --> more about research in IAI
• IFC at "Institute for Construction Informatics, TU-Dresden" --> more about research in CIB TU-Dresden
• IFC at "Institute for Industrial Building Production (ifib), Univeristy of Karlsruhe (TH)" --> more about research in IFIB University of Karlsruhe
• IFC at "Chair of Structural Analysis and Dynamics, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus" --> more at BTU Cottbus

Norway

• IFC at "SINTEF building an infrastructure, Norway" --> read more at SINTEF byggforsk buildingSMART

UK and Ireland