Report Featured at High-Performance Building Week Event Today, the National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council released its 2013 report, Moving Forward: Findings and Recommendations from the Consultative Council, during a briefing of the High Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition in celebration of High-Performance Building Week. Each year, the Consultative Council prepares the report, as required by the Institute’s enabling legislation, which is then... + continue reading
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 06:45 - 0 comment(s)
Free Tool Available to the Public via the WBDG Today, the National Institute of Building Sciences released the first broad-reaching, performance-based standard for use by facility owners and building industry professionals. The National Performance-Based Design Guide (NPBDG) Beta Version 0.5 is a free, online tool, available for reference and public comment through the WBDG Whole Building Design Guide®. The Institute announced the new resource this evening during a reception to celebrate... + continue reading
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 12:06 - 0 comment(s)
A task force of the National Institute of Building Sciences buildingSMART Alliance™ launched a new website today to offer readers a glimpse into the not-too-distant future of the building industry. The Alliance is developer of the nation’s building information modeling (BIM) standard, the National BIM Standard – United States® (NBIMS-US™). Its NBIMS-US Planning Committee formed the NBIMS-US 2021 Vision Task Force (VTF) last year to focus on defining, forecasting and, in some cases, guessing at... + continue reading
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 10:12 - 0 comment(s)
For the first time, leaders of America’s design and construction industry, along with building owners and operators, have agreed to promote resilience in planning, building materials, design, construction and operational techniques as the solution to making the nation’s aging infrastructure more safe and secure. Today, chief executive officers (CEOs) of almost two-dozen leading design and construction industry associations—with a combined membership of more than 750,000 professionals who are... + continue reading
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 14:59 - 0 comment(s)
Outcome-based path would focus on a building’s energy performance during operation Owners and design teams working toward high energy performance buildings have a potential new ally in the International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The development committee reviewing new proposals for enhancing the IgCC voted 8-5 on May 4 to approve a proposal that would add a first-ever outcome-based compliance path in a model energy code. The IgCC, which is updated every three years, defines the... + continue reading
