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The National Institute of Building Sciences has gone green. Our new, monthly e-newsletter, is designed to provide you with the relevant information you need about Institute activities and industry news in a timely, cost-effective format. Our premiere April issue should catch you up on all of the Institute’s news since our last printed issue in December. Future monthly issues will be streamlined to keep you in touch with current news and information. Review issues online or subscribe for free (below left) to have Building Sciences delivered to your mail box. 

 
 

Building Sciences Monthly E-Newsletter

April 2009 - Premiere Issue

Headlines This Issue:

THE INSTITUTE IN ACTION

  • Happy Earth Day!
  • Building Industry Urges Congress to Support Economic Stimulus
  • Welcome to the "New Kids" in Town
  • Institute Touches Base with Code Council
  • Call for Institute Board Nominations

SECURITY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

  • World Trade Center Recommendations Committee Talks Tactics
  • Almost Done -- NEHRP Provisions Update Committee Close to Finalizing 2009 Edition

FACILITY PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY

  • Transforming VA Healthcare Facilities in the New Millennium
  • High Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition Convenes
  • Get Energized about High Performance Buildings
  • New Agreement Will Advance Education in the Building Sciences

INFORMATION RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

  • This is a Test...of the AECOO-1 Testbed
  • Organizations to Look at BIM for Cost Engineering, Estimating Projects
  • FEDCon '08: The Highlights
  • Recovery Act Funding for School Facilities
  • Dept. of Education Talks Stimulus Bill Implementation
  • Learn the Latest about Federal Building Plans and Budgets

PUBLISHED REPORTS

Selecting Security Technology Providers
published by the Institute's National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities

INDUSTRY NEWS

  • ATC calls for Abstracts for Hurricane Hugo 20th Anniversary Symposium
  • Johnson to become new ICC Evaluation Services President
  • EMerge Alliance Forms Advisory Council

 

 

 

 
     

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