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Tiburones community members asking IBTS staff questions at an info
By Karen Johnson July 18, 2025
Discover how IBTS Puerto Rico’s strategic community engagement approach helps overcome challenges, build trust, and create resilient, locally driven solutions.

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Tiburones community members asking IBTS staff questions at an info
By Karen Johnson July 18, 2025
Discover how IBTS Puerto Rico’s strategic community engagement approach helps overcome challenges, build trust, and create resilient, locally driven solutions.
Duplex Style Manufactured Home; 2024 Affordable Housing Showcase
November 5, 2024
Manufactured homes play a vital role in affordable homeownership in the U.S., providing the largest share of unsubsidized affordable housing nationwide.
A carpenter 's shop with a sign on the door that says carpinteria.
By Gabby Geraci September 13, 2024
The Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) is proud to unveil the findings of a comprehensive economic study that underscores the significant impact of its Workforce Training Program (WFT) in Puerto Rico.
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Tiburones community members asking IBTS staff questions at an info
By Karen Johnson July 18, 2025
Discover how IBTS Puerto Rico’s strategic community engagement approach helps overcome challenges, build trust, and create resilient, locally driven solutions.
Duplex Style Manufactured Home; 2024 Affordable Housing Showcase
November 5, 2024
Manufactured homes play a vital role in affordable homeownership in the U.S., providing the largest share of unsubsidized affordable housing nationwide.
A carpenter 's shop with a sign on the door that says carpinteria.
By Gabby Geraci September 13, 2024
The Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) is proud to unveil the findings of a comprehensive economic study that underscores the significant impact of its Workforce Training Program (WFT) in Puerto Rico.
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Podcasts


Rudy Saporite, IBTS Program Director, and Gabby Geraci, Host, are featued in a screenshot.
April 9, 2024
Solar standards are critical to ensuring the performance, resilience, and safety of solar photovoltaic installations and, accordingly, to protecting building owners, installers, manufacturers, and jurisdictions. In this episode of On Further Inspection, learn about the history of solar standards and IBTS' role in their evolution from our guest, Rudy Saporite, Program Director for IBTS' Energy Services.
March 26, 2024
In this first episode of IBTS' podcast On Further Inspection, host Gabby Geraci invites guests Chris Miller, IBTS Director of Local Government Services, and IBTS Inspector Jesse Harris to share insight into how jurisdictions can benefit from third-party inspections and other building department services.

Case Studies


Two construction workers are looking at a tablet.
November 29, 2023
The Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) is a national, nonprofit professional services organization providing on-call, third-party building department support for local governments. In this white paper, IBTS shares its experiences with remote building inspections to help jurisdictions evaluate the utility of this emerging approach for their own building departments. IBTS is also seeking to establish a steering committee to help define best practices for local governments. For more information, visit ibts.org/remote
An inspector assessing a row of fire extinguishers.
December 11, 2020
In this case study, learn how the three organizations worked together to develop the platform that has revolutionized CAL FIRE’s project workflows.
The city of central louisiana from incorporation to community success : a case study
October 1, 2019
Incorporation to Community Success: A Case Study Examining the Journey and Achievements of Central Louisiana.
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Guides


September 4, 2018
Download the solar inpsections checklist below.
A picture of a house with solar panels on the roof.
May 16, 2017
IBTS has developed a Solar Labeling Requirements guide to help during Solar PV installations and inspections.

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