May 2011 - Illuminating Engineering Society

POLICY POINTS
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A WORTHY CHARTER
The National Institute of Building
Sciences (NIBS) is an organization whose
charter. . . well, here it is directly from their
website: “The National Institute of Building
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R E S I D E N T I A L C O M M E R C I A L R E T A I L I N S T I T U T I O N A L
housing, commerce and industry throughout
the United States. . . . The Institute’s mission
to serve the public interest is accomplished
by supporting advances in building sciences
and technologies for the purpose of improving
the performance of our nation’s buildings
while reducing waste and conserving
energy and resources.”
NIBS has a group called the Consultative
Council, of which IES (that’s me) is an
active member. The council was charged
with identifying the high-level issues
currently impacting the building community
and offering findings and recommendations
related to these issues. These
findings are then to be submitted to the
President (of the U.S.) and Congress.
The initial issues identified were:
• Defining high-performance and common
metrics
• Energy and water efficiency
• Codes and standards adoption and
enforcement
• Sustainability
• Education and training
• Existing buildings
Committees were formed to address each
of these topics. Their individual reports were
consolidated and summarized in a cover
report for submission to the President and
Congress. In case you were wondering what
I have been doing as part of all this, in addition
to being a member of the Consultative
Council, I am on the Existing Buildings committee,
chaired by the head of the Building
Owners and Managers Association (BOMA).
The report should have been submitted
by the time you read this. Check the
IES Public Policy webpage, http://www.ies.
org/public-policy for the status.
Bob Horner is director of public policy for
the IES.
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