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Shining Light on EPDs - Comparing the Environmental Performance of Building Products
FREE
Description
Over the past few years, demand for tools like Environmental Product Declarations has been growing among the green building industry. Primarily intended for a specialized audience, life cycle assessments and their results displayed in standardized documents named EPDs are out in the open for everyone to see. However, EPDs are not mere documentation and are very technical. Green Building Programs, such as LEED, requiring EPDs for credit achievement have forced unspecialized professionals to understand it. This course is intended to give you the tools you need to get your head around EPDs and be able to compare them if needed.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 LEED SPECIFIC - BD+C + 1 LEED SPECIFIC - ID+C + 1 AIBD Elective + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1h
Sponsored by: Vertima
Today’s Radiator: Historic Integrity Paired With Optimal Heating Performance
FREE
Description
For architects, purposeful materials selection is a priority in any design. For restorations and renovations, product selection means more. Designers who re-use the building’s existing materials not only preserve historic beauty but also reduce the embodied carbon of the building. On a rare occasion, a re-used product can deliver even more. This course features that one product – the cast-iron radiator. Of course, we’ll discuss the history and beauty of the radiator. Most importantly, we’ll talk about how a century-old product can deliver a modern, energy-efficient heating system with less environmental impact than other options.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: Ecorad
NEW!
Using HPDs, EPDs and LCAs in Design
FREE
Description
This course educates attendees as to what HPDs, EPDs and LCAs are & their importance in design and construction as well as how working with manufacturers who have these declarations may assist design professionals in obtaining credits toward LEED certification.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1h
Sponsored by: Fire-Trol
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Designing Low Voltage Technology Infrastructure Spaces
FREE
Description
Modern environments such as classrooms, collaboration, meeting and board rooms have seen a transformation in both their overall layout and how they are being utilized, post pandemic. Low voltage systems, IT, AV, and building managements systems in the past were stand alone systems and this isolation between them caused issues for the users experience in a negative way. By working together on the early design phases, this will eliminate many challenges for designers and engineers planning a space layout. Audiovisual and data applications in various spaces will be covered, and the connectivity requirements associated with them for onsite and remote applications. This presentation will show how combining facility management, IT and AV teams on the usage of the spaces early...
Presented By: Glenn Collinge, Strategic Relations Manager
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: FSR Inc
Acetylated Wood: A Natural and Durable Choice for Siding, Decking, and More
FREE
Description
This course discusses the process of wood acetylation, the resulting changes to wood, applications for acetylated wood, its green credentials and several case studies involving acetylated wood.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA)
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Length: 1h
Sponsored by: Accsys Technologies - Titan Wood Inc.
Hotel Marcel & Sinclair Hotel-A case study on Hotel Energy Efficiency
"Very interesting material and presentation on new technologies greatly increasing buildings energy efficiency."
- Yvona
FREE
Description
In the last few years, two hotels in the US stand out regarding hotel efficiency, the Hotel Marcel and the Sinclair Hotel.
The Sinclair Hotel installed low voltage lighting and other technologies with state of the art technology and lowered the overall cost of their overhead by over 35% percent.
The Hotel Marcel took this one large step further and is the first net-zero energy hotel. Both of these hotels are registered as historical buildings.
This presentation focuses on the low voltage technology that is making it happen!
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Elective + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 Climate Action (OAA)
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: FSR Inc
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Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and Graphite Polystyrene Insulated Vinyl Siding
FREE
Description
This 0.5 credit course provides greater detail about the environmental performance declarations (EPDs) for both graphite polystyrene and vinyl siding and how these can be used to help guide sustainable design decision-making.
Presented By: Jack Armstrong,
Credits: 0.5 AIA LU HSW + 0.5 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 0.5 AIBC Core LU
Length: 1h
Sponsored by: BASF
Acetylated Wood: A Natural and Durable Choice for Siding, Decking, and More
"Good course. Definitely useful for my work in residential apartment buildings. Will surely look for areas to specify."
- Annette
FREE
Description
This course discusses the process of wood acetylation, the resulting changes to wood, applications for acetylated wood, its green credentials and several case studies involving acetylated wood.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1h
Sponsored by: Accsys Technologies - Titan Wood Inc.
Durable Timber: Designing for the Life Cycle of Embodied Carbon
"Very importamt topic for Architects who can lead in designing & building a sustainable environment."
- Ricardo
FREE
Description
Architects have always had to adapt to a variety of performance indicators like energy use for their buildings. Recent years have seen a complex shift towards embodied carbon as an indicator. This shift has occurred without a full understanding of the principles of life cycle analysis (LCA), that go into the data sets for carbon. The rise of mass timber has fueled a broad interest in wood and bio-sourced building materials as a potential carbon storage solution. However, there is a real difficulty of capturing complex and regional variations in the simple frameworks of most carbon comparisons. There are competing agendas, methodology, and data presented to specifiers from all sides. Even the best advocates for timber must be humble about...
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Net Zero (ZNCD) + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA)
Length: 1h
Sponsored by: QWEB (Quebec Wood Export Bureau)
Mastering Timber: How, When, and at What LOD to Introduce Carbon-Fixing Assemblies into Architectural Design
FREE
Description
Introduce wood structure and biogenic material alternatives at the proper level of detail in schematic design.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA)
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: QWEB (Quebec Wood Export Bureau)
Today’s Radiator: Historic Integrity Paired With Optimal Heating Performance
FREE
Description
For architects, purposeful materials selection is a priority in any design. For restorations and renovations, product selection means more. Designers who re-use the building’s existing materials not only preserve historic beauty but also reduce the embodied carbon of the building. On a rare occasion, a re-used product can deliver even more. This course features that one product – the cast-iron radiator. Of course, we’ll discuss the history and beauty of the radiator. Most importantly, we’ll talk about how a century-old product can deliver a modern, energy-efficient heating system with less environmental impact than other options.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: Ecorad
LEED Pilot Credit #103: Integrative Analysis of Building Materials
FREE
Description
In the materials selection process, builders seek to balance numerous product performance attributes, including durability, aesthetics and health, safety and environmental impacts. Transparency and life cycle thinking are central components of a robust materials selection process, one that enables builders to choose the most appropriate materials for their project.
The U.S. Green Building Council now offers an innovative LEED pilot credit (#103), Integrative Analysis of Building Materials, to encourage building project teams to evaluate products and materials using available life cycle information to identify those that have positive environmental, health and safety impacts. The credit informs project team decisions by providing access to information shared by building materials manufacturers on their product’s life cycle impacts.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC & CAGBC) + 1 IDCEC + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1h
Sponsored by: American Chemistry Council (ACC)
Understanding Hazard Exposure and Risk in the Built Environment
FREE
Description
Product and materials selection is a critical aspect of the building design and construction process. A variety of factors drive materials selection decisions, including sustainability, health and wellness issues like indoor air quality, and the desire for innovative, functional, state-of-the-art building spaces that meet 21st century needs.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1h
Sponsored by: American Chemistry Council (ACC)
Thermally Modified Hardwood and its Role in Architectural Design
FREE
Description
This presentation will provide information on the thermal modification process; discuss the environmental advantages and performance features of Thermally Modified Hardwood (TMH); and showcase Thermally Modified Hardwood in both outdoor and indoor applications. At the conclusion, specifiers will be comfortable sourcing this unique building material.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: HMA - Hardwood Manufacturers Association
Biophilic Design for All: Affordable, Low-Maintenance Materials That Mimic Nature
FREE
Description
Most architects have heard about biophilic design and agree with the concept of bringing the outdoors inside. However, very few designers take purposeful steps to incorporate it into their plans. Designers may assume that biophilic design is expensive or high maintenance, reserved for only those high-end projects. One may assume that bringing nature inside is complicated and requires customization. An architect may assume that some projects don’t warrant biophilia, like a warehouse. In this one-hour course, we’ll address those assumptions that hold architects back. We’ll introduce a simulated-wood product that mimics nature and delivers that positive human response. You’ll see numerous design ideas and applications that exemplify economical and low maintenance solutions for any project type. At the end of...
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1h
Sponsored by: Modern Mill
Mastering Timber: How, When, and at What LOD to Introduce Carbon-Fixing Assemblies into Architectural Design
FREE
Description
Introduce wood structure and biogenic material alternatives at the proper level of detail in schematic design.
Presented By: Eli Gould,
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA)
Length: 1h
Sponsored by: QWEB (Quebec Wood Export Bureau)
Making Zero Possible: Efficiency-First Decarbonization
"An excellent overview of the many tools and concepts in moving to net zero in building design."
- Ann
$25
Description
This session describes a process for designing buildings that couple reductions in greenhouse gas emissions with reductions in energy use. Proceeding along the project roadmap from pre-design through building occupancy, we will take a look at key decision points at each phase. Along with the emphasis on net zero design as a process, this session will take brief detours to explain related issues in building science, project management, and greenhouse gas accounting.
Presented By: Jack Rusk, CEO and Co-founder, C.Scale
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Net Zero (ZNCD) + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA)
Length: 1h
Sponsored by: ATS Seminar - America Training Solutions
Shining Light on EPDs - Comparing the Environmental Performance of Building Products
FREE
Description
Over the past few years, demand for tools like Environmental Product Declarations has been growing among the green building industry. Primarily intended for a specialized audience, life cycle assessments and their results displayed in standardized documents named EPDs are out in the open for everyone to see. However, EPDs are not mere documentation and are very technical. Green Building Programs, such as LEED, requiring EPDs for credit achievement have forced unspecialized professionals to understand it. This course is intended to give you the tools you need to get your head around EPDs and be able to compare them if needed.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 LEED SPECIFIC - BD+C + 1 LEED SPECIFIC - ID+C + 1 AIBD Elective + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: Vertima
NEW!
Making Zero Possible: Efficiency-First Decarbonization
$25
Description
This session describes a process for designing buildings that couple reductions in greenhouse gas emissions with reductions in energy use. Proceeding along the project roadmap from pre-design through building occupancy, we will take a look at key decision points at each phase. Along with the emphasis on net zero design as a process, this session will take brief detours to explain related issues in building science, project management, and greenhouse gas accounting.
Presented By: Jack Rusk, CEO and Co-founder, C.Scale
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Net Zero (ZNCD) + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA)
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: ATS Seminar - America Training Solutions
Shining Light on EPDs - Comparing the Environmental Performance of Building Products
FREE
Description
Over the past few years, demand for tools like Environmental Product Declarations has been growing among the green building industry. Primarily intended for a specialized audience, life cycle assessments and their results displayed in standardized documents named EPDs are out in the open for everyone to see. However, EPDs are not mere documentation and are very technical. Green Building Programs, such as LEED, requiring EPDs for credit achievement have forced unspecialized professionals to understand it. This course is intended to give you the tools you need to get your head around EPDs and be able to compare them if needed.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1h
Sponsored by: Vertima
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Embodied Carbon: Incorporating Climate-Friendly Materials in Residential Projects
$40
Description
This course aims to educate architects and engineers about the importance of understanding the climate impact of the products they specify in building designs. Participants will be introduced to the basic concepts of embodied carbon emissions for building products, learning about the extent of the problem and the key strategies for measuring and reducing these climate impacts. Embodied carbon will be centered in a multi-criteria approach to product selection that prioritizes health impacts, resource efficiency, cost, code-compliance, and energy efficiency alongside embodied carbon to demonstrate how this approach can lead to stacked benefits. Two...
Presented By: Chris Magwood,
Manager, Carbon-Free Buildings at RMI; Board Member, Builders for Climate Action; Chief Climate Officer, Okomwrks Labs
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Net Zero (ZNCD) + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA) Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: ATS Seminar - America Training Solutions
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How do you get an existing home to net zero carbon?
$40
Description
This session will present a systematic approach to assessing residential remodeling projects for decarbonization opportunities, viewed through the lens of a Northern California custom home renovation. The project incorporated electric replacements for all natural gas appliances, a total HVAC swap, a solar array, and battery energy storage, along with an innovative approach to upgrading the building’s thermal enclosure to reduce heating and cooling loads while improving comfort. Driven by the drought-prone location and local water supply constraints, advanced water conservation measures are also featured.
Presented By: Ann Edminster, Zero-Energy/Emissions Consultant, Educator, Author
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Net Zero (ZNCD) + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA)
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: ATS Seminar - America Training Solutions
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Residential Solar & Storage to Support Net Zero Goals
$40
Description
After a home has been made as energy efficient as possible, it can make sense to power that home on-site with rooftop solar panels. This session will address if, when, and how much solar to add to efficient homes. We will address a second question regarding whether to add local energy storage at the same time, later, or not at all, and how much storage capacity is recommended. We will consider typical payback periods – financial, energy, and greenhouse gas emissions – for each option and some rules of thumb for determining whether those investments are worthwhile under various conditions. Lastly, we will consider how the attractiveness of solar and energy storage can differ...
Presented By: Chris Calwell,
Energy Storage, Renewables, and EV Consultant, Educator
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Net Zero (ZNCD) + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA) Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: ATS Seminar - America Training Solutions
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What’s better than a new net zero building? A net zero existing building.
"Great class ,but I would like to see a model of cost per BTU for electric vs cost per BTU for gas."
- Peter
$40
Description
Reusing buildings, even ones that have been renovated and upgraded, generates less total carbon emissions than building new ones. In this session we’ll address a couple of myths about reuse, consider what we should be saving and what types of new buildings we should avoid building. We’ll show examples of reuse projects that take into account both embodied and operating carbon emissions. We’ll give a demonstration of the CARE Tool, an early-stage design tool for estimating the carbon benefits of reusing and upgrading an existing building compared to replacing it with new a new one.
Presented By: Larry Strain, FAIA, CARE Tool Developer
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 Net Zero (ZNCD) + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA)
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: ATS Seminar - America Training Solutions
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Designing for Zero Carbon: A Case Study of Sonoma Clean Power’s Grid Optimal Headquarters
$40
Description
Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) is a not-for-profit public electricity provider that provides customers in California's Sonoma and Mendocino counties with clean energy from renewable resources. To reflect its commitment to fight climate change, SCP tapped San Francisco–based architecture firm EHDD to fully renovate a 1979 commercial office building in downtown Santa Rosa as a headquarters and a showcase for zero-carbon design, technologies, and operation. The project is also the initial pilot project for the Grid Optimal Initiative—a joint program of the New Buildings Institute and USGBC devoted to lowest-cost decarbonization of the electricity grid.
EHDD principal-in-charge Brad Jacobson will talk through the implications of designing and operating for zero carbon instead of zero energy, including examples of microgrid...
Presented By: Brad Jacobson, FAIA, LEED AP, DBIA
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Elective + 1 Net Zero (ZNCD) + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA)
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: ATS Seminar - America Training Solutions
NEW!
Ethics and the Environment: An Architect’s Intent, Process, and Path to Net Zero
$10
Description
The topic of ethics has never been more prevalent for today’s architects, especially in our obligation to the environment. With new data constantly published about the human toll on today’s world, the construction industry must take purposeful steps to not only reduce the environmental impact in the building process but also promote a sustainable design that will last for generations. This one-hour presentation will discuss ethics and the architect’s obligation to the environment. We’ll review what it means to meet Net-Zero goals and the outside influences, including cost, that may pose challenges.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 AIBD Primary + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: ATS Seminar - America Training Solutions
Shining Light on EPDs - Comparing the Environmental Performance of Building Products
FREE
Description
Over the past few years, demand for tools like Environmental Product Declarations has been growing among the green building industry. Primarily intended for a specialized audience, life cycle assessments and their results displayed in standardized documents named EPDs are out in the open for everyone to see. However, EPDs are not mere documentation and are very technical. Green Building Programs, such as LEED, requiring EPDs for credit achievement have forced unspecialized professionals to understand it. This course is intended to give you the tools you need to get your head around EPDs and be able to compare them if needed.
Credits: 1 AIA LU HSW + 1 GBCI (USGBC/CAGBC) + 1 LEED SPECIFIC - BD+C + 1 LEED SPECIFIC - ID+C + 1 AIBD Elective + 1 Sustainable Design + 1 AIBC Core LU + 1 AAA Structured LU + 1 OAA, OAQ, SAA, MAA, AAPEI, NWTAA + 1 Climate Action (OAA)
Length: 1 hour
Sponsored by: Vertima
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