Green buildingUS EPA Kansas City Science & Technology Center.
National Institute of Building SciencesThe National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), whose creation was authorized by the U.S. Congress in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974., was tasked to serve as the U.S.' authoritative source of findings and recommendations in the nation's built environment. It is an independent, non-partisan 501(c)(3). As of May 18, 2026, George K. Guszcza is the president and CEO of the NIBS.
BuildingSMARTbuildingSMART, formerly the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI), is an international organisation which aims to improve the exchange of information between software applications used in the construction industry. It has developed Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) as a neutral and open specification for Building Information Models (BIM) as well as Information Delivery Specification (IDS).Industry Foundation ClassesThe Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) is a CAD data exchange data schema intended for description of architectural, building and construction industry data (ABCII). The IFC file format is based on ISO 10303-21 standard and definitions of ABCII are documented by using underlying EXPRESS. It is a platform-neutral, open data schema specification that is not controlled by a single vendor or group of vendors.
ISO 19650ISO 19650 is a family of international standards for information management using building information modelling (BIM) across the life cycle of built assets. The series sets out concepts, roles and processes for specifying, producing, exchanging, checking and securing information, and is widely used alongside national implementation guidance such as the UK BIM Framework.
ConstructionProcess of building or assembling a building or infrastructureConstruction site and equipment prepared for start of work in Cologne, Germany (2017)Construction is the process involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and design that continues until the asset is built and ready for use.
Building DesignBuilding Design, or BD, is a leading online platform for architectural news, analysis, and commentary, based in London. BD was launched in 1969 by publisher Morgan Grampian as a closed circulation weekly at a time when high-tech architecture was just starting to take off. It ceased its print edition in March 2014, becoming a digital-only publication. Unlike some other architectural publications, BD's editors and staff are mainly journalists rather than architects.
Structural engineeringStructural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering in which structural engineers are trained to design the 'bones and joints' that create the form and shape of human-made structures. Structural engineers also must understand and calculate the stability, strength, rigidity and earthquake-susceptibility of built structures for buildings and nonbuilding structures.
CobieCobie is a Dutch female given name, a short form of Jacoba. It may refer to: Cobie Buter (born 1946), Dutch swimmerCobie Floor (1930–2017), Dutch diverCobie Sikkens (born 1946), Dutch swimmerCobie Smulders (born 1982), Canadian actressCobie-Jane Morgan (born 1989), Australian rugby union playerSee alsoCobie Durant (born 1998), American football playerCobie Legrange (born 1942), South African golferCOBieThis page or section lists people that share the same given name.
Hard infrastructureHard infrastructure, also known as tangible or built infrastructure, is the physical infrastructure of roads, bridges, tunnels, railways, airports, ports, and harbors, among others, as opposed to the soft infrastructure or "intangible infrastructure of human capital in the form of education, research, health and social services and "institutional infrastructure" in the form of legal, economic and social systems.
Computer fileA computer file is a named collection of data treated as a unit by the system that manages it. Today, this system is called a file system. Many older computer systems lacked a distinct file system per se, yet a management feature is required in order to provide a file abstraction. Files can be shared with and transferred between computers and mobile devices via removable media, networks, or the Internet. Different types of computer files are designed for different purposes.
United KingdomCountry in northwestern EuropeThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a population of over 69 million in 2024.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.