Legal status, strategy and economy
The Danish Building Research Institute (SBi) was established in 1947.
On 1 January 2007 SBi merged with Aalborg University. Until the merger the Act on Government Research Institutes governed SBi and it was attached to the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs.
As a government research institute SBi's activities followed a multi-annual strategy and annual performance contracts, which were negotiated with the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs.
The annual turnover of the Institute reaches DKK 70 million with over half the amount derived from governmental sources and the rest derived from income from business activities, by selling publications and computer programs and from EU research funds.
The Institute's annual report outlines its activities and economy during the previous year.