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Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) have been gaining fast recognition as the gold standard of product disclosures. We explore the inherent limitations of these tools, and discuss potential strategies for project teams to use EPDs for product specification.

In this one-hour course, the design professional will explore the impacts of light pollution, including harm done both to people, and to the environment. Strategies used by LEED projects to achieve SS Credit: Light Pollution Reduction are considered for all LEED BD+C v4 compliance options, including calculation methods and the B.U.G. prescriptive methods to assess compliance for light trespass and sky glow. We conclude with a reference list of lighting terminology.

Stormwater runoff in urban areas is one of the leading sources of water pollution in the United States. As the runoff flows over the land, paved streets, parking lots, and building rooftops, it accumulates chemicals, sediment or other pollutants that can adversely affect water quality if the runoff is discharged untreated. Through a series of video interviews with specialists from the City of Portland, we explore green infrastructure (GI) and low-impact development (LID) rainwater management strategies.

Our planet is facing significant environmental challenges. There are over 7 billion people on our planet vying for limited resources. Our oceans are overfished, polluted with toxic chemicals, plastic, and sewage. Our forests have been clearcut for timber, mining, and livestock purposes. We are living in the 6th mass extinction, with a large number of plants and animals being annihilated every year. The good news is that there are strategies to solve these challenges and ensure a future for our children. This presentation focuses on selecting a sustainable site for building a LEED project.

A new Music and Science complex was added to the Hood River Middle School in 2010, earning LEED Platinum certification. Through a series of interviews with the school faculty and the design team, we explore the creation of a net-zero-energy building that complements the children’s studies of the balance of nature. Learn how the school’s existing permaculture curriculum drove the sustainable design of the building and resulted in achieving the ‘School as a Teaching Tool’ credit with one of the most robust sustainable curriculums in the world.

In this one-hour course, the participant will explore design strategies that encourage beneficial occupant behavior. Consider the impacts occupant behavior changes can have on a building over its lifetime, dispel myths that key occupant behaviors cannot be directed by designers, and learn how these strategies can help achieve LEED certification.

In this one-hour course, the participant will discover the importance of high quality indoor air, factors that contribute to quality, and strategies to support the health of construction workers and occupants. Consider the heavy emphasis placed on indoor air quality in LEED credit allocations, and learn how to design and implement indoor air quality management, best practices, and assessments that can help achieve LEED credits.

Grow your insights into the new LEED v4 rating system. We explore the fundamental concepts behind the development of LEED v4, including the expansion of the system into new market sectors as well as internationally.

In this one-hour course, the design professional will learn about various materials that lockers are composed of as well as options to consider when designing a locker configuration, including the assorted features that lockers offer. The participant will explore the specific components of the HDPE lockers and analyze various industry applications in order to understand how HDPE lockers are able to offer clean, durable, flexible design options that meet a variety of needs.

In this one-hour course our team explores how scientists can help building product manufacturers meet the challenges of LEED v4 MR credits. We discuss how scientists help manufacturers develop product declarations and documentation for LEED v4 projects. We review the obstacles of achieving the LEED v4 BD+C MR credit: Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Material Ingredients. Finally, we examine free resources that can help manufacturers and AEC firms with LEED projects.

Materials make the built environment possible, and collectively, the effects of millions of materials choices have massive consequences for the ecosystem and human health at local, regional, and global scales. Selecting materials with desirable human health and environmental attributes that deliver comparable or improved function, durability, and maintainability—has always been an important component of green building.

In this presentation, design professionals will learn how California disability access requirements affect doors, signage, counters, and seating. We will discuss the proper placement of signage, proper measurements for counters, and how to determine accessible seating. Great course for TX architects as well.

During this education course, we will provide a comprehensive review of California disability access requirements as they relate to parking. We will learn how to determine parking areas so they meet compliance. In addition, the course will teach participants how to calculate the number of accessible parking spaces required for a project. Finally, we will review #1 cause of ADA lawsuits and how to design for success. Great course for TX architects as well.

During this education course, we will provide a comprehensive review of California disability access requirements as they relate to parking. We will learn how to determine parking areas so they meet compliance. In addition, the course will teach participants how to calculate the number of accessible parking spaces required for a project. Finally, we will review #1 cause of ADA lawsuits and how to design for success. Great course for TX architects as well.

Throughout this education course, we will review toilet rooms according to the 2010 ADA Standards. Our team will discuss grab bar positions and measurements. We will review water closets, knee and toe space, and lavatories according to the 2010 ADA Standards. Finally, we will discuss how California disability access requirements affect sinks & toilet room accessories. Great course for TX architects as well.

In this education presentation, we will review how California disability access requirements affect the architect and engineer during the design process. We will discuss the most common ADA barriers and identify the number one lawsuit generator for projects. Finally, we will discuss how ADA requirements affect contractors and how they can improve their efforts. Great course for TX architects as well.

This one hour course will empower project teams and design professionals to take leading roles in using materials selection to promote human health and protect the environment.

Lighting enables visual engagement with our built environment, with innovative manufacturers raising the performance bar ever higher. Join us in this course to evaluate how lighting products contribute to LEED v4 certification. We will review the program frameworks and most important LEED v4 credits, as they relate to lighting products, and identify steps that can be taken by the manufacturer to increase their products’ contributions to these rating systems.