This course explores the innovative ways building designers and architects are mimicking nature, using a sustainable design methodology called Biomimicry, to find solutions to some of the our biggest environmental challenges, such as depletion of nonrenewable natural resources, overpopulation, and climate change.
In this article, we will look at different types of waste we produce and analyze the processes currently employed to process it. We will analyze and learn from waste management practices employed by companies like Walmart and Microsoft, countries like Sweden, and an individual like Bea Johnson.
The series will guide you through the steps that the project team must complete to earn credit. We’ll also discuss the intent of key credits and the benefits of their fulfillment. Finally, we’ll go over some specific products, designs, and techniques that can be used to meet the credit requirements and even exceed them.
Learn about 3D printing applications, limitations, and how it relates to sustainability.
This course will look at the effects of these changes as well as dive into the credits and requirements that pertain to residential buildings going for LEED certification.
This presentation will look into the various legal issues regarding stormwater management and what may be mandatory in the future. We will also look at advanced stormwater management strategies like environmental site design, rainwater harvesting, and treatment trains.
This course also reviews what you can expect is terms of savings and how energy models may help you get your building LEED certified.
For this course, we will explore project 5: J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California and project 6: Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, Berkeley, California.
This course explores the sustainability components within the Olympics games and analyzes which components are served and which are not.
Since it’s inception, LEED has grown from a set of aspirations to a market place standard. LEED v4 is bolder, more specialized and stringent, and designed for a better user experience. Integrative process is embedded throughout the LEED v4 rating system. As LEED gets more strenuous, teams are rewarded for embracing integrative process up front. …
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The series will guide you through the steps that the project team must complete to earn credit. We’ll also discuss the intent of key credits and the benefits of their fulfillment. Finally, we’ll go over some specific products, designs, and techniques that can be used to meet the credit requirements and even exceed them.
This course walks you through the main highlights of the much anticipated LEED v4 rating system. After several comment periods, the final version is now in place.
This course will analyze the difference between traditional buildings and high performance interiors as well as the background of the LEED ID+C rating system. Discuss common strategies used by project teams completing ID+C certification with the new LEED v4 while identifying documentation requirements and other important factors to be aware of. Finally, case studies will bring to life the concepts discussed through this course.
Analyze available case study information to illustrate how the standard can impact the overall operations of a project.
Learn how the latest innovative digital programs and tools can assist you and your project to cut down on travelling to site, reduce printing, and enhance integrated project planning.
This course explores the topic of energy modeling and the availability of free energy modeling software like eQuest for green building design.
This course will look at the effects of these changes as well as dive into the credits and requirements that pertain to residential buildings going for LEED certification.
This course is part of our AIA series where we tour the AIA COTE Top 10 Green Buildings of 2016 with our industry experts. Learn about AIA COTE and how the COTE criteria are utilized to evaluate green building projects.
This course is part of our AIA series where we tour the AIA COTE Top 10 Green Buildings of 2016 with our industry experts. Learn about AIA COTE and how the COTE criteria are utilized to evaluate green building projects. Walk through each of the projects to understand some of the strategies employed to achieve the sustainability goals set out for each building.
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