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Building Innovation 2019 Conference & Expo Recap
Conference Presentations Now Available
Building Innovation 2019 — The National Institute of Building Sciences Seventh Annual Conference & Expo brought together hundreds of building industry professionals to explore strategies aimed at Optimizing for Tomorrow. Held January 7-10, 2019, at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C., the event included four enriching days of quality programming and activities; 60 expert speakers giving 36 presentations in 17 educational sessions offering 25.5 continuing education units; three keynote presentations; four networking events; one inspiring award ceremony; 15 exhibits; and an unveiling of the Mitigation Saves: 2018 Interim Report. From the completed follow-up survey, Conference attendees gave Building Innovation 2019 an overall rating of 8.75 out of 10 points and provided positive feedback on the quality of programs and presenters. View a brief recap of the daily events.
The Conference presentations are now available online for reference. Missed a presentation or want to go back and take a second look at a speaker’s great graphic? From the Conference presentations page, click on the event in question and then the presentation link to view the presentation in Acrobat pdf.
National Institute of Building Sciences Refreshes Brand
Unveils New Logo at Building Innovation 2019
The National Institute of Building Sciences has a new look. Earlier this month, the Institute revealed its refreshed logo and brand identity during Building Innovation 2019: The National Institute of Building Sciences Seventh Annual Conference and Expo. The revitalized brand is a result of extensive research and evaluation of the Institute’s unique role within the building design and construction industry. With the launch of the refreshed brand identity, the Institute is well positioned for the future. Read the announcement.
Institute Welcomes 2019 Board, Says Farewell to Retiring Directors
The National Institute of Building Sciences welcomes four new members to its Board of Directors this January. Charlie (Chuck) D. Curlin, Jr., Russell Manning, Daniel E. Nichols and Dominic Sims will serve three-year terms. In addition, Board members Paul R. Bertram, Jr. and Anne M. Ellis were reelected to serve second terms. Chairman Joseph Donovan and Vice Chair Carl Hedde will serve second one-year terms on the Executive Committee. Ellis joins the Executive Committee as treasurer and Thomas Izbicki as secretary. Past President Stephen T. Ayers, Past Treasurer Cindy L. Davis, Richard B. Hayter and Past Secretary Joy Marshall Ortiz, who have completed their terms, are retiring from the Board. Read the full release.
Institute Honors Exceptional Service during Annual Awards Ceremony
Each year, the National Institute of Building Sciences hosts an Awards Reception and Banquet to recognize individuals and organizations that have provided outstanding service to the Institute, the building community and the nation. The Institute honored the 2018 award winners at an annual awards ceremony January 9, during Building Innovation 2019: The National Institute of Building Sciences Seventh Annual Conference and Expo, at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C.
The 2018 Institute Member Award Goes to…
Cheryl A. Smith, AIA, LEED-AP, (center) principal at Cope-Linder Architects in Philadelphia, accepts the Institute Member Award from Institute Board Chairman Joseph Donovan (right) and Institute President Lakisha A. Woods.
The 2018 Institute Honor Award Goes to…
Sponsors of the Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2017 Interim Report accept the Institute Honor Award from Institute Board Chairman Joseph Donovan (right) and Institute President Lakisha A. Woods. Pictured from left: Donovan; Robert Ivy, chief executive officer of The American Institute of Architects; Whitford E. Remer, counsel and director, public policy, Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety; Seth Statler, director, government affairs, National Fire Protection Association; Dominic Sims, CBO, chief executive officer, International Code Council; and Woods.
The 2018 President’s Award Goes to…
President Emeritus Henry L. Green, Hon. AIA presents the 2018 President’s Award to Executive Assistant to the President Holly A. Velez.
The 2018 Mortimer M. Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award Goes to…
President Emeritus Henry L. Green, Hon. AIA accepts the Mortimer M. Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award while Marshall’s daughter, Joy Marshall Ortiz, AIA, NCARB, immediate past secretary of the Institute Board and president of The Marshall Group, looks on.
The winners included: Cheryl A. Smith, AIA, LEED-AP; sponsors of the Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2017 Interim Report; Holly A. Velez; and Henry L. Green, Hon. AIA. Learn more about the 2018 award recipients.
Institute Recognizes 2018 Beyond Green™ Award Winners
The National Institute of Building Sciences recognized the winners of the 2018 Beyond Green™ High-Performance Building and Community Awards January 9, at its Annual Awards Banquet, held during Building Innovation 2019: The National Institute of Building Sciences Seventh Annual Conference and Expo.
2018 Beyond Green™ Honor Award, First Place in the High-Performance Buildings Category
Institute Chairman Joseph Donovan (left) and Institute President Lakisha A. Woods (right) present a 2018 Beyond Green™ Honor Award, First Place in the High-Performance Buildings Category, to Ruth Chao, corporate affairs manager, Delta Electronics (Americas) for Delta’s new headquarters.
2018 Beyond Green™ Honor Award, First Place in the High-Performance Buildings Category
Representatives from the Sonoma Academy’s Janet Durgin Guild & Commons project embrace upon receiving a 2018 Beyond Green™ Honor Award, First Place in the High-Performance Buildings Category. Pictured from left are Institute Chairman Joseph Donovan; Adam Woltag, AIA, LEED AP, partner, WRNS Studio; Rick Theis, Sonoma Academy trustee; and Pauline Souza, AIA, LEED Fellow, partner and director of sustainability, WRNS Studio, who served as lead architect.
2018 Beyond Green™ Award of Merit in the High-Performance Buildings Category
Lori Arguelles, president and chief executive officer of The Alice Ferguson Foundation (center); Karen Jensen Miles, facilities and land use manager, The Alice Ferguson Foundation; and Justin Weisser, RA, LEED AP, BECxP, architect, RE:Vision Architecture, address the audience upon accepting a 2018 Beyond Green™ Award of Merit in the High-Performance Buildings Category for the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Environmental Education Center.
2018 Beyond Green™ Honor Award, First Place in the
Innovations for High-Performance Buildings and Communities Category
Mike Mazor, PhD, Fellow, Carbon Mitigation, Olympic & Sports Solutions, Dow (right) shakes hands with Institute Chairman Joseph Donovan upon accepting a 2018 Beyond Green™ Honor Award, First Place in the Innovations for High-Performance Buildings and Communities Category for Dow’s program, the Olympic Movement: A Low-Carbon Legacy.
2018 Beyond Green™ Award of Merit in the
Innovations for High-Performance Buildings and Communities Category
Institute Chairman Joseph Donovan (left) and Institute President Lakisha A. Woods present Deane Evans, FAIA, Executive Director of the Center for Building Knowledge at New Jersey Institute of Technology, a 2018 Beyond Green™ Award of Merit in the Innovations for High-Performance Buildings and Communities Category for its Community Microgrids Planning Academy.
A 2018 Beyond Green™ Honor Award, First Place in the High-Performance Buildings Category, went to Delta Electronics (Americas), Ltd. for its new headquarters in Fremont, California, and to Sonoma Academy for its new Janet Durgin Guild & Commons facility in Santa Rosa, California. The Institute recognized the Alice Ferguson Foundation's Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Environmental Education Center in Accokeek, Maryland, with a 2018 Beyond Green™ Award of Merit in the High-Performance Buildings Category. A 2018 Beyond Green™ Honor Award, First Place in the Innovations for High-Performance Buildings and Communities Category went to Dow and its Olympic Movement Initiative: A Low-Carbon Legacy. A 2018 Beyond Green™ Award of Merit in the Innovations for High-Performance Buildings and Communities Category went to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for its Community Microgrids Planning Academy. Read more about the award winners.
During the Beyond Green™ portion of the Institute’s Annual Awards Banquet, the recipients each gave slide presentations highlighting their award-winning topics. The winners will be featured as case studies on the WBDG Whole Building Design Guide®. To view case studies of Beyond Green™ winners from previous years, visit the WBDG.
2018 Moving Forward Report Looks to the Future
Consultative Council Releases Report at Building Innovation 2019
 The National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council released its 2018 report, Moving Forward: Findings and Recommendations from the Consultative Council, January 10 during its Annual Meeting, held as part of Building Innovation 2019: The National Institute of Building Sciences Seventh Annual Conference and Expo.
Each year, the Council develops a Moving Forward Report to examine important issues before the industry. The 2018 report addresses ways to improve the performance of the nation’s existing building stock. The Council outlines efforts undertaken to date and the challenges that still remain. The report is intended to be a starting point for a much broader dialogue across the building industry and with policymakers, and offers a number of recommendations to move forward.
The Consultative Council looked at financing and incentives; codes and standards; materials and waste; workforce; and information resources and market drivers. The report includes recommendations to a variety of stakeholders, from Congress and federal agencies to standards developers and building owners. Read the release. Download the report.
Off-Site Construction Council Releases Results of Industry Survey
 Four years after the National Institute of Building Sciences Off-Site Construction Council (OSCC) conducted an initial survey to gain an understanding of how the U.S. construction sector is using off-site construction techniques and technologies, the Council issued a follow-up survey to see how the industry’s use has changed. On January 7, at its annual meeting held during Building Innovation 2019: The National Institute of Building Sciences Seventh Annual Conference and Expo, the OSCC released the report compiling the 2018 industry survey results.
Most respondents (87.62%) indicated they had utilized off-site fabricated components to some degree over the past 12 months, while 81.63% expected to utilize off-site construction more often or the same amount in the next 12 months. The participants (who could select multiple categories) are using off-site elements for commercial construction, industrial, healthcare, education, multi-family, hospitality, single-family and data center construction. The respondents identified the primary benefit of off-site construction to be a reduced overall project schedule, and specifically, the duration of the construction phase. Other realized benefits included quality of the product and cost effectiveness. Read the news release. View the report.
Institute Issues Interim Report on the Value of Mitigation
Looks at Benefits that Can Be Achieved by Designing Buildings
to Up-to-Date Codes
 The National Institute of Building Sciences unveiled the Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2018 Interim Report January 7 during the Opening Keynote Breakfast held at Building Innovation 2019: The National Institute of Building Sciences Seventh Annual Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C.
For this part of the ongoing study, the Institute’s project team looked at the benefits of designing buildings to meet the 2018 International Residential Code (IRC) and 2018 International Building Code (IBC)—the model building codes developed by the International Code Council (ICC)—versus the prior generation of codes represented by 1990-era design and National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) requirements. The project team found a national benefit of $11 for every $1 invested.
The 2018 Interim Report highlights the significant savings that result from implementing mitigation strategies in terms of safety, and the prevention of property loss and disruption of day-to-day life. The report is a compilation of the project team’s results to this point and includes the finding from the 2017 Interim Report, released in January 2018, and a second report, Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: Utilities and Transportation Infrastructure, released in October 2018.
Download the Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2018 Interim Report.
FMOC to Meet at NFMT
Save the Date: March 26, from 2:00-3:00 pm
The National Institute of Building Sciences Facility Maintenance and Operations Committee (FMOC) will hold an upcoming meeting during the National Facilities Management and Technology Conference (NFMT) 2019 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. The committee will discuss topics related to transitioning from construction to operations; artificial intelligence (AI) in building; designing for maintainability; the total cost of ownership; ISO 41000: Standards in Facility Management; and comprehensive capital reinvestment prioritization for a property portfolio: a risk-based approach. Be sure to attend the FMOC meeting March 26 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in Room 331 to learn about these and other FMOC activities.
NFMT 2019 will take place March 26-28 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Register for NFMT in advance to get free admission. Registration includes access to more than 125 educational sessions, entry to the FM Expo, facility tours and networking events. View the full NFMT schedule. Learn more about the FMOC.
Institute to Host BECx Workshop during CxEnergy 2019
The National Institute of Building Sciences will hold a Building Enclosure Commissioning Workshop (BECx) Workshop April 16 in conjunction with the upcoming CxEnergy 2019 Conference & Expo in Orlando, Florida. This BECx Workshop will offer three two-hour modules: BECx Standards and Process, BECx Laboratory Testing and BECx Control Layers 2. Participants who also complete the five additional modules through NIBS will be eligible to earn a ASTM/NIBS BECx certificate by successfully passing an exam.
The $250 workshop registration fee includes breakfast and lunch. In addition, participants who register for the BECx Workshop will receive a 10% discount toward CxEnergy 2019 registration.
The Sixth Annual CxEnergy Conference & Expo provides topical, in-depth educational presentations for commissioning; testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB); and energy management professionals. The National Institute of Building Sciences is a supporting organization of the event.
Registration is now open. Members of the National Institute of Building Sciences receive a 10% discount for CxEnergy 2019 (use promo code “NIBS10”). The attendee registration includes access to technical sessions, the Expo Hall, breakfast, lunch and two receptions. The CxEnergy Technical Program offers 32 AIA CEU approved presentations on an array of topics related commissioning, energy management and the built environment. Register at www.CxEnergy.com.
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