Albert Duwyn Announces Retirement as Chair of RCI Foundation Canada; Paroli Takes Over April 19, 2023 Albert Duwyn, RRC, F-IIBEC, longtime chair of the RCI Foundation Canada, has announced his retirement, and Dr. Ralph Paroli has been elected the new chair of the RCI Foundation Canada. About IIBEC
IIBEC Opposes Missouri Bill Expanding Cooperative Purchasing to Include Design Services April 18, 2023 On April 6, 2023, IIBEC submitted testimony to the Missouri State Senate Committee on Governmental Accountability outlining opposition to S. 544, which would expand cooperative purchasing authorizations to include architectural, engineering, and design services. Government Relations
IIBEC Chapter News – April 2023 April 14, 2023 Viva Las Vegas! IIBEC Welcomes Its Newest Branch IIBEC is proud to announce its newest outlying leadership, the IIBEC Las Vegas Branch. Under the guidance of the IIBEC Southern California… General Interest
IIBEC Members, Staff Visit IBHS Facility April 14, 2023 The Institute for Building and Home Safety (IBHS) hosted IIBEC members and staff this week at its research center in South Carolina. The IIBEC participants had an informative tour of the research center, including the full-scale main chamber facility, which includes a specially designed wind tunnel that is exceptionally large—6 stories tall and 145 feet wide by 145 feet long—followed by a tour of the hail lab where researchers create hailstones and then fire them at building enclosure components and systems using a hail-firing cannon. IBHS’s lab is the only one in the world that can test full-scale one- and two-story residential and commercial buildings in a controlled, repeatable fashion for highly realistic windstorms, wind-driven rain, hailstorms, and wildfire ember storms. General Interest
IIBEC Provides Maine Legislative Panel With Comments on Solar-Ready Mandate April 12, 2023 IIBEC submitted testimony to a Maine legislative panel as part of the panel’s April 4 discussion of solar-ready mandates for future commercial buildings, ensuring that building enclosure consultants’ interests were made known to the panel. Government Relations
Friends, Colleagues Celebrate Willers at Retirement Party April 6, 2023 John Willers (middle) at his retirement party, standing with IIBEC’s Alec Jeffries (left) and Karen McElroy (right) A retirement party for former IIBEC President John Willers (2008–2009), F-IIBEC, RRC, PE, founder of Rooftop System Engineers,… General Interest
Foundation Accepting Vehicle Donations March 23, 2023 The RCI-IIBEC Foundation has teamed up with CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services) to offer a vehicle donation program for our supporters. CARS is a nonprofit that helps the foundation accept and process donated vehicles, including cars, trucks, RVs, boats, and even airplanes! RCI-IIBEC Foundations
Canadian Government Confirms Support for Transition to Net Zero March 23, 2023 Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault outlined Canada’s support for a net-zero emissions economy through the fostering of economic environmentalism and a range of policies, including the launch of the independent Net-Zero Advisory Body, which will provide advice on the most likely pathways for Canada to reach net zero. Guilbeault made his remarks during a March 20, 2023, speech at the Americana 2023 environmental conference. Government Relations
