?? #JustIn: The 2025 FORTIFIED Home standard is now available to review. Starting on January 1, 2025, #FORTIFIED service providers can begin implementing the standard and must comply with it by November 1, 2025. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gWHwK3Mm.
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS
非盈利组织
Tampa，Florida 6,403 位关注者
Top-tier science that translates into ways to strengthen our homes and businesses when facing weather disasters
关于我们
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is a national nonprofit organization funded by the property insurance industry. We are an independent, scientific research organization working to makes homes and businesses safer from natural hazards and everyday losses.
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https://www.DisasterSafety.org
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 非盈利组织
- 规模
- 51-200 人
- 总部
- Tampa，Florida
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 领域
- Disaster resistant construction、home retrofits、business continuity planning和building codes
地点
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS员工
动态
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Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS转发了
Most days at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS don’t involve dramatic demonstrations where we blow a two-story house out the back door of our test chamber, yet every day, we translate research into actions that narrow the path of Mother Nature’s destruction. Tune in to my talk with The Institutes Knowledge Group CEO Peter Miller as I share how the latest building science can mean more resilient communities for the next generation. https://lnkd.in/e4M4-jN6
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Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS转发了
Thank you for having me present Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS's research on the impacts of wildfires in our neighborhoods. Great conversation!
Assisting owners, designers, and builders to establish and achieve building enclosure performance expectations and occupant comfort.
Day 1 is in the books at the inaugural North American Modern Building Alliance Fire Safety Symposium! This was a great day of learning and networking, including: - “Design to Compliance” a panel discussion led by Justin Koscher (including DuPont’s own Jeff Hansbro); - “Impacts of Wildfire” by Anne Cope; - “Lab to Code” a panel discussion led by Daniel A. Martin, PE, CFEI, CVFI; - “Fireblocking in Rainscreen Assemblies” by Steven Gaynor; - “E-Mobility Devices and Fire Safety” by Don Davis, Karl Fippinger, CEM, PMP, and Greg Rogers, MS, CFO, FM, MIFireE Day 2 will include Jeffrey M. Hugo, CBO on “Sprinkler System in High-Rise Buildings” and Eric Banks on “Combustibles in the Building Enclosure” in addition to Daniel A. Martin, PE, CFEI, CVFI and yours truly discussing “Pitfalls and Challenges in Engineering Judgements”!!! A lot of great, useful information and perspective! If you care about #FireSafety and you are not here, you should be! DuPont Performance Building Solutions | The American Institute of Architects (AIA) | Construction Specifications Institute | IIBEC | International Code Council | ASTM International | NFPA | American Chemistry Council Indya Rogers | Colton N. | Dwayne Sloan | Tim Earl | Paul Coleman | Palmer Buck | Amara Rozgus | Ethan Grove | Tracie Stanush
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#Winter weather might not be top of mind yet, but the best time to prepare your home is BEFORE temperatures drop and icy conditions arrive. Follow our #WinterReady guidance at https://lnkd.in/exNdwcc7 and enjoy the holidays with peace of mind.
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Hear from IBHS CEO Roy Wright, as he shares details of how IBHS delivers top-tier science and translates it into action so we can prevent avoidable suffering, strengthen our homes and businesses, inform the insurance industry, and support thriving communities. #podcast
?? Building Resilience, One Roof at a Time ?? In the latest episode of Predict & Prevent by The Institutes, Roy Wright, President & CEO of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS, joins Peter Miller, CEO of The Institutes, to delve into the advancements in property resilience. Together, they discuss how these developments impact homeowners, the insurance industry, and public policy. ?? Tune in now to Building Resilience: From Rooftops to Results: https://bit.ly/3YTDIn8
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Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS转发了
Now is the time to get ready for winter weather. Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS's #WinterReady guide at?ibhs.org/winterready gives you an easy-to-follow checklist to get your home ready now before the temperatures drop.
Winter Ready Home
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#DidYouKnow that advanced monitoring systems can detect broken pipes or valves and alert you if the building’s temperature drops too low? Get notifications sent directly to your phone to help prevent costly damage to your business this #winter season. For more #WinterReady tips, visit https://lnkd.in/ecYy25tH. ??
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Discover ways to reduce your home's #wildfire risk with tips from Senior Director of Wildfire Steven Hawks!
After the Fire is always glad to share the news spotlight with Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS on how to keep your home safer from wildfire. Vents are a major factor in home ignition. Changing out your standard vents for ones with smaller gaps to reduce ember cast intrusion is one inexpensive and DIY change you can make today. "A simple and inexpensive A simple and inexpensive upgrade you can do to your home is change out the vents, explained Jennifer Gray Thompson, MPA with nonprofit After the Fire USA." Resiliency is a team sport with many facets. We highly recommend you visit www.wildfireprepared.org and find out more. #afterthefire #resilience https://lnkd.in/gDF_u52D
3 ways to make your home more wildfire resistant
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Hear details of?#FORTIFIED?and resilient construction from?FORTIFIED?Managing Director Fred Malik!
In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, building resilience has never been more important. Our very own Scott Lidberg joined Fred Malik from Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS and Marshall Gobuty from Pearl Homes Florida on Lisa Miller & Associates podcast to discuss innovative building techniques and materials that can help create structures resilient against fire, moisture, and extreme weather. Discover how these advancements are reshaping resilient construction and why adopting these practices is key to safeguarding our homes and communities. Read more and listen to the full episode here: https://bit.ly/4fNtD1I #ResilientBuilding #ConstructionExpertise #ClimateReady #NEXGEN #BuildingCommunity #SustainableConstruction #MAXTERRA #BuildingMaterials
Deciphering Resilient Building: Insights from Lisa Miller's Podcast
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?? New podcast alert! ?? On this month's Disaster Discussions Podcast, listen to an encore presentation of our recent LinkedIn audio event, Weathering the Storms: Strategies for Small Business Resilience with #IBHS, Insurance Information Institute and U.S. Small Business Administration. Then, hear from Chuck Miccolis, IBHS managing director of commercial lines, as he discusses common vulnerabilities of commercial buildings, as well as our research-backed mitigation methods for resiliency. ?? Listen in at https://lnkd.in/gabyYdRs. #podcast
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