NIBS council recommends building industry priorities to White House

by CS Editor | January 8, 2015 11:07 am

The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) Consultative Council has made its annual recommendations to the White House and Congress. Photo © BigStockPhoto/Bill Perry
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) Consultative Council has made its annual recommendations to the White House and Congress. Photo © BigStockPhoto/Bill Perry

A National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) initiative has released its 2014 report, “Moving Forward: Findings and Recommendations from the Consultative Council,” making suggestions in three areas: buildings-related workforce, resilience and changing climate, and the need to align government and business to deliver a cost-effective, high-performance built environment.

Every year, the Consultative Council—consisting of representative organizations from across the building industry—prepares recommendations to the President of the United States and the U.S. Congress. The focus is on policies and practices that, if implemented, would help advance the industry and the nation in realizing many goals.

The report [1]was unveiled during NIBS’ annual meeting, held as part of Building Innovation 2015 in Washington, D.C., during the first week of January. Its suggestions include:

The report also recommends the federal government work through NIBS to develop a scientific methodology for measurement, verification, and documentation of actual building performance across all high-performance building attributes. Further, it suggests all federally funded construction projects and operations contracts include clearly enumerated performance requirements, including methods for verification and procedures, in order to rectify non-achievement of performance targets.

Endnotes:
  1. report : http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nibs.org/resource/resmgr/CC/MovingForward-_Final.pdf

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