Connect the Dots for Resilience, Comfort, and Energy Efficiency with Support and DIY

Post / October 2, 2025

This year, we moved our family into a 1924 bungalow. Moving is always difficult, but it felt particularly challenging because we needed to downsize, maximize usable space, and make updates. I thought about priorities for safety and resilience, both in...

New podcasts about NBI research

Post / December 30, 2022

In our new podcast series, we dig deeper into the research papers authored by NBI staff. We begin with NBI staff that presented at the 2022 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency. Professionals from around the world came together at...

NBI honors energy efficiency and green building leaders as Senior Fellows

Post / June 22, 2022

New Buildings Institute recently expanded the NBI Senior Fellows program and is excited to announce the addition of eight industry luminaries. With this program we recognize and honor their significant contribution to energy efficiency and carbon reduction in the building...

We Hear You

Post / March 4, 2015

I recently checked in with as many NBI stakeholders as I could to learn a little more about them and to see how NBI’s doing. A few months ago an email containing a link to an online communications interest survey...