The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) has opened the awards process for Building Innovation 2025.

The call for awards nominations closes Feb. 14, 2025.

Building Innovation is a premiere meeting for built environment professionals to connect and come up with actionable solutions to assist with challenges to our buildings and communities. BI2025 will take place May 19-21, at The Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner in McLean, Virginia.

This year’s conference theme is Thrive: Strategies for Resilient Communities.

Awards open for nominations include:

• NIBS Distinguished Service
• Exceptional Woman in Building
• Future Leaders
• NIBS Innovator
• NIBS DEI Leadership
• The Mortimer M. Marshall Lifetime Achievement
• Beyond Green High-Performance Building and Community Award

NIBS also is collecting applications for the Betty and Mort Marshall Memorial Scholarship, which was established to promote diversity in the building sciences and benefit students pursuing a career in architecture and engineering at a historically Black college or university. The scholarship was started in 2020, in memory of the Marshalls. Mort was the first member of the National Institute of Building Sciences. The application deadline is Feb. 21, 2025.