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Financing Small Commercial Building Energy Performance Upgrades: Challenges and Opportunities
In this report, the Institute’s Council on Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (CFIRE) issued findings and recommendations on the…
Functional Recovery Planning Committee Report
Following the January 2021 FEMA P-2090 / NIST SP-1254 Recommended Options for Improving the Built Environment for Post-Earthquake…
Implementing an Outcome-Based Compliance Path in Energy Codes: Guidance for Cities
This guidance document, developed by the National Institute of Building Sciences and the New Buildings Institute, gives jurisdictions…
Modular Construction For Multifamily Housing
Modular multifamily housing construction can increase the development of healthy affordable housing by saving significant cost, time,…
National BIM Guide for Owners
The purpose of the National Building Information Modeling Guide for Owners (NBGO) is to outline for the building Owner how to develop…
Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2019 Report
The Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2019 Report represents the most exhaustive benefit-cost analysis of natural hazard mitigation,…
Mitigation Saves 2005
From 2000 to 2005, the MMC, commissioned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), conducted a Congressionally mandated…
NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions 1985-2015
The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures is a…
NEHRP/PUC Recommended Future Issues and Research Needs (September, 2021)
As part of its efforts to regularly update the NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures, the…
NIBS Calls for Incentivizing more Resilient Buildings
A collaborative approach removes silos and incentivizes investors, owners, lenders, insurers, developers and local governments to work…