Giving Tuesday 2022 November 30, 2022 Foundations Receive Record Gifts for Giving Tuesday Both RCI-IIIBEC Foundation and RCI Foundation Canada reached their highest level of giving on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, as part of the global Giving Tuesday. Specifically, $114,072.53 was… General Interest
TAC and Codes and Standards Committee Seek Your Input November 30, 2022 The IIBEC Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Codes and Standards Committee (CSC) need your input. A major TAC objective is to identify building enclosure technical issues important to IIBEC membership. As you encounter topics, issues, or concerns, please notify the TAC so they may be considered for possible advisory development. Technical Advisories are developed and approved by the TAC, reviewed and approved by the IIBEC Board of Directors, and then posted to the IIBEC website for use. Codes and Standards
IIBEC Puts Its On-Demand Education and Select Digital Publications on Sale Through December 31, 2022 November 28, 2022 IIBEC has launched an end-of-the-year sale on its on-demand education and select digital publications. Act by December 31, 2022, to get your discounted education courses and digital publications! Publications
ICC Governmental Members Approve IIBEC Secondary Drainage Proposals November 21, 2022 Results of the International Code Council’s (ICC’s) online governmental consensus vote—including the passage of both of IIBEC’s code change proposals (CCPs) submitted for the 2024 International Building Code (IBC) and International Residential Code (IRC)—were posted last week. This step finalizes results from the ICC’s Public Comment Hearings in Louisville, Kentucky, where IIBEC Senior Director of Technical Services Emily Lorenz, PE, was joined by IIBEC Secretary/Treasurer Chris Dawkins, PE, in defending IIBEC’s two CCPs related to minimum slope and secondary drainage during reroofing. Codes and Standards
IIBEC/AEI Symposium a Great Success in Milwaukee November 17, 2022 Strong attendance and well received educational content marked the IIBEC/AEI Building Enclosure Symposium (BES), a two-day educational event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that wrapped up November 15, 2022. General Interest
IIBEC Organizes Opposition to Proposed Alabama Regulation Gutting QBS November 9, 2022 In early October IIBEC became alarmed after reading Alabama Department of Transportation (AL DOT) proposed draft regulations overhauling state procurement procedures. Specifically, the proposal instituted a new procedure for architecture, engineering, and design services based on price (low-bid) for state-funded projects, while maintaining the requirement that qualifications-based selection (QBS) is used for projects that use federal funds. IIBEC reached out to organizations in the state that also support QBS to raise the alarm and confirm the proposal was, in fact, gutting QBS for state funded projects. IIBEC submitted comments on November 4, 2022, opposing the proposal. News/Advocacy
IIBEC Joins Industry Letter Warning of Unintended Consequences of Low Carbon Mandates November 3, 2022 IIBEC joined the National Roofing Contractors Association and Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association on a November 3 letter responding to the US General Services Administration’s (GSA) request for information regarding construction materials with substantially lower embodied carbon. The response seeks to assure GSA that Environmental Product Declarations for materials used in the building enclosure sector are increasingly widely available and that designers base their material selection decisions on numerous factors. The letter makes this unambiguously clear by stating, “We oppose policies that restrict choice among design professionals and building owners based on environmental impacts alone.” News/Advocacy
IIBEC Encourages IRS to Use IIBEC-Credentialed Professionals to Oversee Commercial-Building Energy Efficiency Projects November 3, 2022 The Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently asked for comments on a series of questions to determine how to best implement Section 179(D)—the commercial building energy efficiency tax credit that Congress recently passed. IIBEC began its comments reminding the IRS that “one of the concerns that helped convince Congress to expand and revise Section 179(D) was that the tax credit was underused and in order to achieve nationwide energy efficiency goals, the provisions needed to be more flexible and accessible.” This theme runs through IIBEC’s comments. News/Advocacy
