From Building Standard to National Mandate: How Public Institutions Are Positioning Buildings for Health, Resilience and Biosecurity

Buildings used to be passive infrastructure. A growing Federal policy conversation, and a wave of new policy proposals, including a May 2026 Congressional briefing co-hosted by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), is changing that. The air inside public buildings — government offices, classrooms, terminals, hospital corridors — is now a national preparedness issue, re-positioning buildings as America's active line of defense against health threats, operational disruptions and the next public health emergency.

Join our complimentary webinar where Willow, Carahsoft and IWBI examine how Operational AI is closing that gap, connecting sensor data to real-time building response across universities, airports and critical facilities. We'll discuss what it takes to protect occupant health, build operational resilience and meet new Federal biosecurity standards. We’ll also explore what a defensible, auditable IAQ posture looks like for facilities and IT leaders today.

Specifically, attendees will learn:

• IAQ is now a health, resilience and biosecurity mandate
• Most buildings have sensors and most can't act on what they're reading
• Closing the gap doesn't require replacing your BMS
• What automated response actually looks like in production
• The compliance case, the cost case and the resilience case are the same action