Message from our Executive Director

What's New at Our Institute for Summer 2024

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. I and our board members are especially pleased that this new alliance provides opportunities for our professionally certified alumni to work closely with EMFIS principals to help ensure optimum results in their building and retrofitting construction projects. One of our certified alumni is currently working with EMFIS in Dubai, and EMFIS is keen to bring more certified Building Biologists onboard. Please write to us by clicking here to express your interest in consulting on projects here and abroad with EMFIS.

Four new videos have been posted to our website that introduce our fabulous online self-study courses (view here: Designing a Bathroom for Wellness, Designing a Kitchen for Wellness, Managing Moisture in the Home and IBE 101) to potential students. Our goal is to record similar videos for our 29 online courses at a rate of three per month. Watch this space and our social media (Instagram, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn, and YouTube) postings for announcements of new videos as they come available.

Our long awaited IEQ tools use intensive: Indoor Environmental Quality Tools Methodologies is now scheduled for 01 & 02 February 2025. This two-day hands-on training session is 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 and encouraged to enroll. Attendance will be strictly limit to 20 students to ensure each student gets personalized training, and enrollment is already half full. To learn more about what you’ll be taking away from this course click here.

Our next in-person seminar this year Electromagnetic Radiation (IBE 212) is offering new learning features for this year’s class: a series of 4 videos that explore proper meter use methods and assessment of readings as taught in our hands-on lab sessions (hosted by certified Building Biologist Nate Johnson, EMRS); and video recordings of prior (2021, 2022) instructor-led (hosted by Larry Gust, Rob Metzinger, and Oram Miller) Q&A Sessions. These will be available to our students in perpetuity.

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.

The IBE 212 video recordings cited here above will also soon be available to all alumni of our prior Electromagnetic Radiation Seminar for a nominal one-time fee and be available in perpetuity. If you are interested in gaining access to these invaluable resources write to us by clicking here.

Our next 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 215). 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 fast (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 10 through 14 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.

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