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Hazard Adaptation, Mitigation and Resiliency

The National Institute of Building Sciences Board of Directors developed the 2023-2025 Strategic Plan to guide the organization. The plan includes four major goals, each with specific strategies.

The goal of natural hazard adaptation, mitigation, and resilience requires advancing solutions and their adoption in the built environment. Building alliances with public and private sector organizations to develop and deploy innovative solutions is critical to this mission.

NIBS also must drive interdisciplinary and interorganizational collaboration resulting in the development of policies, codes, and standards. The organization also must share knowledge to advance resilient and sustainable communities.

Climate Adaptation, Mitigation and Resiliency
Nibs aids in advancing solutions and their adoption in the built environment by:

Building alliances of public and private sector organizations to develop and deploy innovative solutions.

Driving interdisciplinary and interorganizational collaboration resulting in the development of policies, codes, and standards.

Sharing knowledge to advance resilient and sustainable communities.

 

 

More on Our Commitment to Natural Hazard Adaptation, Mitigation and Resiliency

Upcoming Events and Webinars
Building Innovation: Emerging Technology Series

December 9-11, 2024 | National Harbor, MD
Join us as we deep dive into Digital Twins at this inaugural event. Digital twins plays a crucial role in enhancing resilience and mitigation in the built environment by enabling predictive analysis, design optimization, real-time monitoring, and disaster response.

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Building Innovation 2025

May 19-21, 2025 | McLean, VA
Building Innovation brings together federal, state, and local governments, the private sector, AECO professionals, scientists, and academics to tackle challenges in the built environment. BI2025 content will focus on mitigation and resilience.

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Initiatives and Volunteer Opportunities
Multihazard Mitigation Council

The Multi-Hazard Mitigation Council brings together a body of volunteer experts in a multitude of related fields that address the challenges associated with identifying and implementing effective mitigation and community resilience practices.

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Committee on Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (CFIRE)

The Committee on Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (CFIRE) examines the intersection of finance, insurance, investment and design, construction and ownership to encourage the development and assist in the affordability of high-performance buildings.

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Turbogrants

TurboGrants is a resilience one-stop shop that leverages technology to simplify the grant identification process, matches applicants with resources that fit their needs, and provides enhanced technical assistance.

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Lifelines Infrastructure Hub

The NIBS Lifeline Infrastructure Hub aims to help the nation with community resilience and recovery after disasters. Robust partnerships with government, the private sector, and various stakeholders to advance this effort are crucial for our safety and security.

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Past Events and Webinars
Lifelines Webinar Series hosted by MMC and BSSC

The Lifeline Infrastructure Hub was an ambitious initiative aimed at fostering robust partnerships across government, the private sector, and various stakeholders. Attendees confronted Lifeline Gaps, tackled National and Public Priorities, devised innovative policies, and engineered solutions to fortify our infrastructure against future calamities.

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Retrofitting for Resilience

Data from Architecture 2030 shows that in 2040, approximately 2/3 of the global building stock will be buildings that exist today.

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Resilience Incentivization Roadmap 2.0

In 2020, the NIBS Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (CFIRE) published A Roadmap to Resilience Incentivization, which calls for public and private incentives that allow owners of buildings and other infrastructure to facilitate the upgrade of existing infrastructure and better design of new infrastructure.

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Design for Resilience and Sustainability with Precast Concrete

This course discussed considerations for the holistic design and construction of durable, long-lasting structures that are sustainable, safe and resilient.

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Strengthening Infrastructure: Mitigating the Crisis

This session of the Infrastructure 2022 webinar series will highlight disaster preparation projects to address worsening natural disasters.

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Infrastructure 2022 Webinar Series

The National Institute of Building Sciences continues its mission to provide an open forum for discussion among the various facets of the building sector.

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Resilience 2021 Webinar Series

2020 was a year we will never forget—from natural disasters and social unrest to a pandemic that followed us into 2021. NIBS' monthly webinar series addresses how a year of unique challenges can ultimately build resilience in our communities, our infrastructure and the places we live, work, learn and play.

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