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XXVJil ABOUT THE EDITORS

Goodfellow has presented numerous courses internationally in the clean air
technology field, both for industrial clients and at conferences and seminars,
and he has presented and/or published over 100 technical papers.
Dr. Goodfellow has worked with TEKES and the INVENT team in Fin-
land since 1993. He spent three months (April-June 1997} lecturing at the
Helsinki University of Technology, initiating research projects in the ventila-
tion field, and working with Finnish experts in the planning stages of the De-
sign Guidebook.

Esko Tahti, Ms, S. Eng.
Esko Tahti is Managing Director of Suomen Talotek-
niikan Kehityskeskus Oy (TAKE, Finnish Develop-
ment Centre for Building Services, Ltd.). The
company is owned by Finnish associations and com-
panies in the business area of building services. The
company is established to accomplish R&D projects
in the field of building services.
The company was founded in 1991 and started its
activities in 1996 when Esko Tahti became its manag-
ing director. TAKE's scope of activities includes the
whole area of building services. Its other major projects have been in the area of
energy use in buildings, life cycle economy, water services, indoor air control,
clustering, and IT technologies and automation.
One of the first projects has been the Design Guidebook, the "bible" of
industrial ventilation. The project has been administrated by the COST secre-
tariat. Esko Tahti has been Chairman of the Management Committee together
with Helsinki University of Technology Professor Markku Lampinen and re-
searcher Kalevi Pontinen.
Esko Tahti graduated in 1967 from the Helsinki University of Technology
Laboratory of Applied Thermodymanics. He has been working in different
positions in the Finnish companies Metso (Valmet Paper Machines), ABB, and
Nokia and also in the Ministry of Environment and Helsinki University of
Technology. He has held various positions within Finnish organizations in the
area of building services, acting as teacher, researcher, author, and administra-
tor. One important role has been in international projects, especially at the Eu-
ropean level and as a contact person for Russian scientists in the area of
industrial ventilation. Esko Tahti was also the coordinator of the Finnish tech-
nology program INVENT for the period 1991-1996. This program initiated
this handbook during an international brainstorming session at Zurich in
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