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Dear Building Biology Institute alumni and associates, We are writing to share some significant updates regarding recent changes to our leadership and our vision for the future of the Building…  

Our longtime executive director Michael Conn has decided to retire and pass the torch at the end of November, and I have been named incoming director. I am deeply grateful…  

Beginning today, take advantage of our biggest online course discounts of the year! Ring in the new year with a renewed commitment to turning your home into a health-supporting indoor…  

Empire Communities and ERTH360 are proud to announce that they have been recognized with the prestigious Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) Excellence in Healthier Homes Award. This award, presented…  

I am very pleased to announce our partnership with the Electromatic Field International Standard, originated in Switzerland, in support of their best practices for creating sleep sanctuaries in residences worldwide.…  

One of the foremost impacts (and one of the few positive outcomes) from the dreaded “Covid” era has been the near global uptick in awareness of the impacts of our built environment…  

Indoor air pollution is a silent foe in the quest for a healthier home environment. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the levels of indoor air pollutants are often…  

Awareness is rising among parents and teachers of the impacts of ubiquitous wireless radiation in classrooms on students’ learning, behavior and health.  As such, we Building Biologists need to educate…  

New Developments in “Green” Building Materials I’ve been working as a green materials specifier for the last eight years and these are the positive trends in the industry that I…  

This article is a list of the building components that I find to be the most problematic as well as their healthier substitutes. I am not able to say the…  

Wireless technology is everywhere around us and will soon become more prevalent due to the upcoming adoption of the 5G network.  Unfortunately, it is unlikely that this trend will slow…  

The Dr. Martin Blank – SYB Scholarship has been created to encourage the participation of under-represented communities in the area of building health, safety and education by covering the tuition…  

BBI certified alumnus Lucie McCullough, BBNC, launched Village Forest School, two years ago, a bilingual, Steiner, outdoor, multi age school. She and her partners expect forty to fifty young students…  

“The present FCC thermal regulation, in addition to lacking any sound scientific foundation, as pointed out by Petitioners, is perpetrating a continuing, ever-expanding, and cruel injustice.” – Building Biology Institute CHD…  

Balancing your physical requirements for a house with your wish list for your forever home can be challenging. But ensuring a healthy home living environment is one of Building Biology…  

This, the most important project of our lives, could speak to you, and even inspire the life change you or someone you know may be looking for, just as it…  

The EMF Medical Conference 2021 is scheduled from January 28-31, 2021. First held in 2019, this virtual conference brings together leading physicians, clinicians, and scientists for a series of presentations…  

If you’ve ever wondered how to talk with your teens about the dangers of electromagnetic radiation exposure, there’s now a powerful tool to add to your arsenal. The Quick &…  

Calling all Building Biology Institute students and alumni!  Are you looking for more consistent support in your new career?  Stumped by a peculiar issue from your last job?  Looking for…  

On 11 June 2020, the Building Biology Institute rolled out its first-ever online seminar as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions. A record 45 students participated…  

The Healthy House Quest By Jerry Evans ©2019 Turquoise Rose Publishing Review by Erik Rosen: “Having a roof over my head was something I took for granted until I had…  

What is a virus? Viruses are microscopic parasites, significantly smaller than bacteria, approximately 5-300nm in size (a nanometer is a millionth of a meter)1. These tiny particles consist of RNA…  

Congratulations to our students, instructors, and support staff on completing our Electromagnetic Radiation Seminar for 2019. Five days of comprehensive lectures, hands-on meter-use and interpretation labs, and mitigation solutions about…  

Our institute and more than twenty of our professionally certified alumni were heralded time and again by speakers at this year’s three-day EMF Conference, in Santa Cruz, California. Dr. Devra…  

Mitch Marchand will be co-instructing our Advanced Electromagnetic Radiation Seminar, IBE 312, beginning in 2020, with longtime IBE 312 co-instructors Larry Gust and Rob Metzinger. And this inner circle of…  

Our bodies need physical and emotional nourishment, not once in a while but regularly. If you don’t nurture, clean and nourish your mind and body, you tend to notice changes…  

Check out the video below to see some of the exciting features of our new website, as well as a demonstration on enrolling in, and accessing an online course.

Reprinted with kind permission from Boston Parents Paper: A primary responsibility of being a parent is diligently protecting the safety and well-being of your children. We spend a lot of…  

Winter is approaching the countryside. The cold makes you realize the need for shelter. There’s a remote cottage tucked away in the trees. It’s small and sparsely furnished. Inside you…  

How much radiation does a cell phone emit, compared to what exists in nature? If Neil Armstrong had brought a cell phone to the moon in 1969, it would have…  

My degree is in Architecture. I never imagined that being a Healthy Home Consultant would become a regular part of my professional practice. In the early 80’s I lived in…  

First published in the March 2010 issue of Conscious Design Magazine; reprinted here by kind permission of the author. In this hurry-up-and-go society, we tend to take our bodies for…  

Introduction Are you chemically sensitiveor do you know someone else who is? If you are and if you’re looking for a new home, here is a list of criteria that…  

We would certainly all agree that health and environmental consciousness has been increasing over the past two decades. Organic foods, yoga centers, mind body programs, health clubs and the healing…  

Originally posted on Monday, 30 November 2015, this article appears here by kind permission of Devra Davis and the Environmental Health Trust, Washington, DC. http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/devra-davis-phd-mph-delivers-deans-lecture-at-the-university-of-melbourne-on-mobile-phone-and-wireless-radiation-645478.htm Teton Village, Wyoming: Devra Davis,…  

Author’s Note: This article was written before the preliminary results of the landmark $25 million National Toxicology Program study were released earlier this year. The results showed cancer and DNA damage in rats at non-thermal…  

Water filterscome in many forms, but they all rely on a limited number of technologies to remove the numerous contaminants typically found in water. Municipal water treatment systems employ several…  

If you ask most green building consultants about their top priority, energy efficiency typically rolls off their tongue like oil over a wetland. Sadly, many people buy simple energy efficiency…  

Three conditions must be met to have mold growth: a food source, fungal spores, and moisture.   Food for mold is everywhere- plants, plant debris, wood, fabric, paint, paper- anything with…  

Having discovered the Building Biology Institute (known at the time as International Institute for Bau-Biology & Ecology) three weeks prior to its 2008 Conference in Tennessee, I was as fresh…  

As I develop my plans for my healthy living retreat and contemplate trying to meet the needs of the environmentally ill, I realize how much I need to know. After…