Our new remote learning modules will soon be coming online! And we’re excited to be providing them to all of our Electromagnetic Radiation Seminar students, past, present, and future. These modules are video recordings of our IBE 212 seminar’s four morning-long meter use labs, hosted by certified Building Biologist Nate Johnson, EMRS. They will be included in seminar tuition at no extra charge to all current and future IBE 212 students, as well as available to all prior IBE 212 students for a nominal donation to our mission. Watch for our launch announcement, coming before 01 June.
Also coming soon our IEQ tools use intensive: Indoor Environmental Quality Tools Methodologies, a two-day hands-on training session, led by instructors Stephen Collette, BBEC, BBNC and Cathy Cook, BBEC, EMRS. You’ll learn how to measure and interpret readings using the most up-to-date technology available. All students who have successfully completed IBE 211 are eligible to enroll. Attendance will be strictly limit to 20 students to ensure each student gets personalized training. The dates for this weekend intensive are 15 & 16 January 2025. Meanwhile, learn more about what you’ll be taking away from this course by clicking here.
New featured free articles on our website: Longtime Building Biologist George Swanson has provided a timely report on alternative materials sourcing for restoring essential minerals to wood-frame projects (click here); and our in-house team has posted The 10 Most Effective House Plants to Clean Indoor Air (click here).
Our next online seminar this year is Indoor Environmental Quality (IBE 211). Taught by the incomparable Stephen Collette, online sessions will include prerecorded lectures and live Q&A sessions, as well as access to Stephen via email/phone after you complete his seminar. This seminar is scheduled for 10 through 14 June. It’s already half full (enrollment is strictly limited), so you’re encouraged to watch Stephen’s introductory video, download our seminar syllabus, and enroll today by clicking here.
Our next in-person seminar this year is Electromagnetic Radiation (IBE 212). Co-instructors Larry Gust, BBEC, EMRS, and Rob Metzinger, BBEC, EMRS look forward to engaging with you. Class days will include daily lectures and hands-on training in meter-use labs, in which students will gather in groups of five with our Lab Leaders who boast dozens of aggregate field experience years, and overseen by Larry, Rob, and senior Lab Leader Oram Miller. The dates are 23 through 27 September. This seminar fills faster than any other so we encourage you to watch a video presentation by Larry Gust on Magnetic Radiation Sources, download our seminar syllabus, and enroll today by clicking here.
Our second online seminar this year is Indoor Environmental Quality for New Construction (IBE 214). Taught by student favorite Stephen Collette, online sessions will include prerecorded lectures and live Q&A sessions, as well as access to Stephen via email/phone after you complete his seminar. This seminar is scheduled for 21 through 24 October. It’s filling fast (enrollment is strictly limited), so you’re encouraged to watch Stephen’s introductory video, download our seminar syllabus, and enroll today by clicking here.
Our final online seminar this year is Healthy Design & Community Planning (IBE 214). Taught by the incomparable architects Paula Baker-Laporte and Andrea Allen Siss, live real-time lectures will be recorded for those who cannot attend one or more sessions and live Q&A sessions will also be recorded, and you will have access to Paula and Andrea via email/phone after you complete his seminar. Scheduled for 28 through 31 October this seminar is filling fasy (enrollment is strictly limited), so you’re encouraged download our seminar syllabus, and enroll today by clicking here.
Our final in-person seminar this year is Advanced Electromagnetic Radiation (IBE 312). Rob Metzinger, BBEC, EMRS and Mitch Marchand, EMRS look forward to engaging with you. Class days will include daily lectures and hands-on training in meter-use labs, in which students will gather in groups of five with our Lab Leaders who boast dozens of aggregate field experience years, and overseen by Rob, Mitch and senior Lab Leader Oram Miller. The dates are 09 through 13 December. IBE 212 EMR is a prerequisite for attending IBE 312, and if you’re keen on becoming a certified EMRS, you are encouraged to enroll in 212 and 312 this year, as this advanced seminar won’t be held again until winter 2026. This seminar is already almost full so we encourage you to watch a video presentation by Larry Gust on Magnetic Radiation Sources, download our seminar syllabus, and enroll today by clicking here.
Our Building Biology/Building Physics Seminar wrapped up last month sending a fabulous intuitive class of our newest students home with all the fulfilling wisdom in their tool-belts that students have long since come to expect and respect from senior instructors Paula Baker-Laporte and Stephen Collette. Please join me in congratulating one and all involved and expressing best wishes for their future endeavors.
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