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Goal 1: BDRI's building Diagnostics protocols will be recognized and used as a "best practice guidelines" in evaluating and classifying building performance during design, construction, and operational phases in both the public and private sectors.
Objectives:
- For at least four functional types of buildings (e.g., schools and other educational facilities, corporate and governmental office facilities, hospitals and other health care facilities, and hospitality facilities), protocols and criteria will be developed for evaluating biohazards and other indoor exposures, and for diagnosing their effects on health, safety, environmental security and productivity in virtual and actual buildings.
- Obtain and respond to peer reviews for at least two sets of protocols, including their evaluation and classification criteria.
- Demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of the peer-reviewed protocols in least two functional types of buildings for which the protocols have been developed.
- Publish and disseminate at least four sets of protocols together with their evaluation and classification criteria for diagnosing, managing and sustaining healthy building performance during design, construction and operations.
Goal 2: As a result of BDRI's research, education and training and outreach, the concept of continuous accountability for building performance will be nationally accepted by the general public, policy makers and building owners, and those responsible for the design, construction and operation of the buildings.
Objectives:
- Using the building Diagnostics protocols and their evaluation and classification criteria, conduct and publish results from scientifically designed research projects that evaluate the relationships between building system performance, biohazards and other indoor exposures, and their effects on health, safety, environmental security and productivity.
- Based on the building Diagnostics protocols and their evaluation and classification criteria, clearly define a process and the incentives for achieving continuous accountability of building performance.
- Through dissemination of research results, education and training, and public outreach, advocate for a change in the approach to management that will realize positive rates of return for investments in continuous accountability of building performance for health, safety, environmental security and productivity.
Goal 3: BDRI will establish and support educational and training partnerships through which the BDRI protocols will be conveyed to educate those responsible and accountable for the design, construction, and operation of buildings.
Objectives:
- Training manuals, seminars, training courses, workshops, websites, and other educational material will be developed by BDRI with which to educate and train those responsible for the design, construction and operations of healthy buildings.
- Partnerships and cooperative agreements will be established with colleges and universities, technical and professional societies, apprenticeship programs, and other nonprofit organizations through which coursework and training can be offered to qualified students.
- Internships, graduate research assistantships, and corporate-sponsored fellowships will be offered by BDRI through which students may obtain practical experience in the theories and practices of building diagnostics.
- Consultations with building professionals in the private sector, and in local, state and federal agencies will be offered in support of those who are applying the results of the Institute's research and protocols.
- Evaluation of the proficiency of professionals to assess indoor environmental systems and to diagnose health, safety and productivity concerns will be offered by BDRI.
Goal 4: Through BDRI's leadership and advocacy, public understanding of the relationships between indoor environmental conditions, health, safety, security, and productivity will be widely accepted based upon credible, scientific evidence.
Objectives:
- Interact with professional organizations, public policy makers, local school districts, and the general public with regard to the relationships between building system performance, environmental health, safety, security, and productivity.
- Disseminate the Institute's research and pedagogy through peer reviewed publications, journals, seminars, websites, news media and other means.
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