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Built Environment Award Winners Announced at NIBS Meeting

Building industry leaders and scholarship recipients received awards at the end of the National Institute of Building Sciences meeting

September 8, 2023

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NIBS also named two recipients of the Betty and Mort Marshall Memorial Scholarship, which was established to promote diversity in building sciences.

Building Assessments Provide a Prosperous Path for Contractors

While every building verification tool differs in its approach, each offers contractors an opportunity to pursue guaranteed revenue

Herb Woerpel

August 8, 2023

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Building vertifications serve as environmental and sustainability badges of honor, demonstrating excellence not only for the facilities but the contractors twisting the wrenches as well.

BPI Updates Home Energy Auditing Standard

June 21, 2023

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The updated standard, ANSI/BPI-1100-T-2023, defines the minimum criteria for conducting a science-based, whole-building assessment of a residential building.

ASHRAE Certification Program Adds Building Decarbonization-Related Job Tasks to Exams

April 11, 2023

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The new and updated job tasks resulted from a job task analysis study, which included an industry-wide survey in which respondents were asked to rate how important and frequently the job tasks are performed.

The Growing Importance of Sustainable Building

Honeywell, Reuters report shows majority of senior executives stress importance of reducing carbon emissions

Hannah Belloli

January 28, 2023

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A recent report from Honeywell and Reuters shows organizations are investing in things such as better IAQ, energy management systems, and reducing carbon emissions to drive sustainability, but barriers such as a lack of resources and expertise, and cost struggles, hinder progress.

Scott Cochrane, president and CEO of Cochrane Supply, (left), and Jim Young, founder and CEO, Realcomm (right).

Controls-Con Tackles Digital Technology and Building Automation

The building industry is integrating more and more smart technology

Gordon White

May 21, 2021

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Controls-Con, presented by Cochrane Supply on May 5-7, 2021, discussed the impact of smart controls on the building industry.

Armstrong Fluid Technology Zeros in on Living Performance

Herb Woerpel

January 31, 2017

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Armstrong Fluid Technology discussed several new products and a desire to enter the building performance management sector during an evening press conference that brought the first day of the 2017 AHR Expo to a close.

South Carolina Building Performance Association Set to Launch in January

The association will represent home performance contractors, building performance contractors, and more

November 25, 2016

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The South Carolina Building Performance Association (SCBPA) is a new 501(c)(6) not-for-profit trade association being formed to represent the companies and professionals working in South Carolina’s home and building performance industry.

GSA, DOE Seek Innovative Building Technologies

Looking to improve performance of federal and commercial buildings

October 4, 2016

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The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a joint request for information (RFI) for next-generation building technologies in support of their respective Green Proving Ground (GPG) and High Impact Technology (HIT) Catalyst programs.

Standard for Energy Performance Rating Open for Comment

Proposed standard is open for public comment until Sept. 19, 2016

August 24, 2016

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Several changes to a proposed standard to address building energy performance in rating programs are open for public comment. ASHRAE Standard 214P will provide a standardized approach for determining and expressing building energy performance in a rating program.