About the Council

Our Mission

• Who we are and what we do.

• Learn more about the "whole building" approach

• Visit the Whole Building Design Guide, a valuable tool to help builders and others achieve whole buildings

• Discover how SBIC informed Executive Order 13123: Greening the Government Through Efficient Energy Management

Our History
The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) was founded by the major building trade associations in 1980 as the Passive Solar Industries Council. While we continue to be an association of associations committed to high-performance design and construction, we have since changed our name to more accurately reflect the full scope of our efforts in the allied fields of architecture, engineering, building systems and materials, product manufacturing, energy analysis, and "whole building" design. 

We are still strong supporters of passive solar strategies and technology-driven building solutions, but from the beginning, our work has touched on all aspects of sustainable design and construction: energy efficiency, renewable technologies, daylighting, healthy indoor environments, sustainable building materials and products, and resource conservation . . . all the components that make integrated, better buildings possible.

After 25 years of operation, we continue to celebrate the unique relationship between each building and its natural environment. This has generated a solid base of loyal and happy members who rely on SBIC to provide them with the answers to their sustainability needs.
 

Click here for a more comprehensive overview of our history and achievements.

  SOFTWARE

Energy-10^TM Version 1.8 CD-Rom and User Manual 

Responding to the growing interest in "net zero" buildings Energy-10^TM Version 1.8 models Photovoltaic and Solar Domestic Hot Water technologies . . . Order it today!

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