About

Your privacy is critically important to us. At the Building Biology Institute (BBI), we have a few fundamental principles: We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need…  

Interview with Kia Davis, BBA – first Dr. Martin Blank-SYB Scholarship recipient Kia Davis, founder and owner of the Carsyn Neille Foundation and the first-ever recipient of the Dr. Martin…  

The Institute board of directors set the goal in 2021 to increase the professionalism and professional knowledge of BBI students and graduates. I line with that goal BBI has decided…  

Helmut Ziehe’s Building Biology calling began with an “ah-ha” experience in North Africa in 1980 that changed the course of his life and career. As resident engineer for a city…  

Our mission, now in its 34th year, is to help create healthy homes, schools, and workplaces free of toxic indoor air, tap-water pollutants, and hazards posed by electromagnetic radiation. We…  

These guidelines help to assure a dwelling is life-enhancing for all its inhabitants, and not detrimental to its builders, with as little disruption to the environment as possible, and apply…  

Our board meets on the third Friday of each month, year round. Minutes of their meetings are available by clicking the “Board Minutes” panel at the bottom of this page.

The advisory board serves our board of directors and executive team, assessing and recommending new programming and providing scientific and technological information relevant to our policies, curriculum, and mission.

Our seminar instructors are preeminent in their fields of practice bringing decades of in-the-field experience to our students, and a deep commitment to passing this important knowledge forward, always reflecting…  

Meet Miriam and Annette, our Student Advisory Committee (SAC) co-chairs, each of them successful alumni of our professional certification programs. They are your curriculum docents and your personal liaisons to…