Professor dr. ir. Michiel Haas – “Inaugural Lecture” good news
One of the founding member organizations of ECOHB is the Dutch or the ‘Netherlands Institute for Building-Biology and Ecology’ – ‘nibe’. As insiders know – the ‘birth’ of ECOHB took place in Desenzano sul Garda in Italy. The ETH (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule) Zurich architect – Michiel Haas was a representative as the director of the ‘nibe’ institute, at the Desenzano Constitutional Meeting of ECOHB in 1992.
Since this time, Haas made his doctorate thesis with the founder president of ECOHB, as his first supervisor, at the Netherlands Eindhoven University of Technology in 1997. Dr. Haas received the ECOHB AWARD for his intensive co-operation with ECOHB during an International Workshop at the University of Semarang, Indonesia in 2000.
Professor dr. ir. (engineer) Michiel Haas held his ‘Inaugural Lecture’ dealing with (freely translated from Dutch) ‘LCA – Jongleren met Milieugetallen’ – ‘LCA (Life Cycle Analysis) – Juggle (or Learning at an Early Age) with Numbers and Numerals Concerning Environment’ at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands on November 20th, 2009.
In his introduction at this ‘Inaugural Lecture’, the ‘rector magnificus’ of the Delft University of Technology mentioned Haas’ partnership with ECOHB. We wish professor dr. ir. Michiel Haas the very best in his further relevant work in the field of environmentally conscious and healthy building, and we extend these warm regards to his family.
Michiel Haas Inaugural Cover - Nov. 20 2009
The Global Network of Organizations for Environmentally-COnscious and Healthy Building – ECOHB was founded at Desenzano sul Garda on April 4th, 1992. The members, and partners, are institutions and individuals with common objectives with respect to a better quality of life in relation to the whole built environment. Scientific, technical, artistic, and practical aspects are integrated. 
