October 30, 2006—The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) will be the recipient of the National Institute of Building Sciences’ (NIBS) Honor Award for 2006, to be presented at the NIBS’ Annual Awards Dinner Wednesday, January 24, 2007.
Now in its fourteenth year, the Institute’s Annual Honor Award recognizes “individuals or organizations that have made exceptional contributions to the nation and the building community.”
The award letter stated that, “SBIC is being honored for its many contributions to and support for building-related technology transfer, affordability, sustainability, and energy conservation.” The letter went on to say, “SBIC’s work to define and advance the whole building concept to improve facility performance and its initiation and development of the Whole Building Design Guide as a service to the building community have truly advanced our industry.”
The National Institute of Building Sciences a non-profit, non-governmental organization which was authorized by the US Congress in 1974 as a public/private partnership to enable findings on technical, building-related matters to be used effectively, and to take full advantage of new and useful technology that could improve living environments. For more information, visit the Web site.
