Following the catastrophic and devastating events in Surfside, IBHS CEO Roy Wright sat down with Chief Engineer Anne Cope to discuss high-rise condos—their construction, building codes, maintenance, and aging.
Back to the Basics: Hurricanes Training [Members Only] Duration: 40min This module will provide a basic meteorological explanation of what hurricanes are, explore the threats they bring and identify the damage they cause to communities and the built environment. Having a better understanding of these severe weather events is key to preventing avoidable suffering and…
Commercial Wind Loss Training [Members Only] Duration: 2.5 hours (Approx. 25-30 minutes per module) This five-part training will enable you to better identify, evaluate and understand how commercial building components perform when exposed to wind. If you have a better understanding of the impact that high winds can have on a building, you can provide…
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) celebrated its 30,000th FORTIFIED Home™ designation at a home in Atlantic Beach, NC. The home’s resilient roof was funded in part by the Strengthen Your Roof program operated by the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA) and meets the stringent resilience requirements of the FORTIFIED program.
Non-profit’s preparedness guide, app offer actions to prepare homes ahead of fall’s windy conditions based on scientific research
Standard to Lay Out Science-based Home Improvements, Neighborhood Characteristics, and Ongoing Maintenance Steps Shown in Testing to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Research IBHS members have raised concerns over higher hail claims frequencies in the Front Range and High Plains. This report explores possible physical science reasons behind this difference in hail claims for those regions compared to other areas of the Great Plains. Hailstorms in the higher elevations of the Front Range and adjacent High Plains…
Research IBHS is investigating whether large quantities of small hail can lead to notable granule loss on asphalt shingles that would accelerate the decline of a roof’s service life. Preliminary results of this study indicate the following: More granules are lost after weathering of panels vs. storage of panels Granule loss was visible by human…
Following the catastrophic and devastating events in Surfside, IBHS CEO Roy Wright sat down with Chief Engineer Anne Cope to discuss high-rise condos—their construction, building codes, maintenance, and aging.
IBHS researchers are working with collaborators from the U.S. Forest Service and Tall Timbers to better understand influence of wind speed and fuel moisture on fire spread at fuel breaks. Come inside IBHS’s large test chamber to see these experiments in action. This event will be streamed across multiple platforms and is open to everyone.
