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About NIBS For Over 50 Years, Innovation Has Been Our Mission Congress established the National Institute of Building Sciences as a nongovernmental, non-profit organization to serve as the nation’s independent, […]

The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) presents Empowered — a short film that captures how America’s progress is built, quite literally, on innovation in our infrastructure, construction, and building […]

(WASHINGTON, DC, April 23, 2024) The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) applauds Senators Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.)…

NIBS is participating in Net Zero Buildings Week with the New Buildings Institute (NBI) and many building industry organizations. Today, buildings account for nearly 40 percent of carbon emissions in […]

The Training Materials contains a set of slides for use with Volume I Design Examples. They are developed to correspond to each…

NIBS Board of Directors begins search for a new chief executive (WASHINGTON, DC, November 19, 2021) – The National Institute of Building Sciences announced today the departure of President & CEO Lakisha […]

Woods joined the board in August 2019, marking it the first time the National Institute of Building Sciences joined the USGBC board of directors (WASHINGTON, DC, February 4, 2021) – National […]

The challenge that has been driving the National BIM Standard-United States® (NBIMS-US™) effort since its inception is the industry’s challenges around information management in a fragmented networked industry. Emerging database technology such […]

A virtual town hall of the National Institute of Building Sciences has outlined many steps for buildings to be ready for reoccupation (WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2020) – Reopening the […]

The board plans to hold a virtual town hall to discuss the needs of the building industry, during this critical time around the coronavirus pandemic (WASHINGTON, DC, April 6, 2020) […]