# Building Biology Institute (BBI)

> The US building-biology training and certification body. Its Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist (EMRS) credential is the one most residential EMF consultants in North America hold, and it publishes a searchable register of currently certified professionals.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/organizations/building-biology-institute
- Collection: Organizations
- Record id: `organizations:bbi`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/organizations/building-biology-institute
- Also known as: BBI, International Institute for Building-Biology & Ecology, IBE, EMRS certification

## Key values

- **Role:** certification
- **Jurisdiction:** US, CA, International
- **Website:** https://buildingbiologyinstitute.org/

## Certifications and methodologies

- Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist (EMRS)
- Building Biology Environmental Consultant (BBEC)
- Building Biology New-Build Consultant (BBNC)
- Building Biology Advocate (BBA)

## Related records

- [Institut für Baubiologie + Nachhaltigkeit (IBN)](https://emfbase.com/organizations/ibn): The German institute behind the SBM building biology testing methodology and its precautionary evaluation bands, and the training body for building-biology consultants.
- [Building Biology SBM-2024 evaluation guidelines](https://emfbase.com/standards/building-biology-sbm-2024): Precautionary assessment bands used by building biologists to grade bedroom measurements from 'no anomaly' to 'extreme anomaly'; not exposure limits and not law.
- [How do I find a qualified EMF consultant?](https://emfbase.com/questions/how-do-i-find-a-qualified-emf-consultant): Search the certifier's own register (BBI, IBN, SRP), or an ISO/IEC 17025-accredited lab where the result has legal weight, and judge the survey by whether the report names instrument, calibration, method, positions and the limit compared against.

## Sources

- `bbi-certifications` Building Biology Institute (US). *Certifications — Building Biology Advocate (BBA), Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist (EMRS), Building Biology Environmental Consultant (BBEC), New-Build Consultant (BBNC)*. https://buildingbiologyinstitute.org/certifications/ — ngo, link checked 2026-08-12
- `bbi-certified-professionals` Building Biology Institute (US). *Certified Professionals directory*. https://buildingbiologyinstitute.org/certified-professionals/ — ngo, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

This record is reference data, not medical or legal advice. Regulatory limits, scientific guidelines and precautionary values are labelled separately and answer different questions.