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ONLINE Adapting Water Management to Evolving Conditions: Part 1
Growing and concentrating populations, shifting weather patterns, increasing frequency and ferocity of storm events, disappearing water supplies, and rising costs have made providing potable water and managing other water-related issues increasingly difficult for many communities. This…ONLINE Adapting Water Management to Evolving Conditions: Part 2
Water management is a complex and significant process affecting all levels of planning and building design and is tasked with solving a number of new and emerging issues. This course reviews current stormwater and wastewater management…ONLINE Carbon Leadership Forum Series: Embodied Carbon 101 and Buy Clean
The first course of this series from the Carbon Leadership Forum provides a high-level overview of embodied carbon: how it is defined, its significance in the global climate crisis, and how it is impacted by the…ONLINE Carbon Leadership Forum Series: Embodied Carbon Transparency and Disclosure
Policies targeting the reduction of carbon emissions associated with building products require the disclosure of embodied carbon data to inform those policies and verify whether reduction targets or incentive requirements have been met. This course aims…ONLINE Contractor and Subcontractor Prequalification
Prequalification of contractors is a method used to manage the risks of an open tender process. It ensures the contractors invited to bid on the project have demonstrated applicable experience and are capable of delivering the…ONLINE Current Approaches to Sustainable Community Planning, Part 1
The tools, techniques, and approaches to sustainable community planning (SCP) have evolved substantially in the last few decades, turning it from an abstract notion into a most comprehensive and beneficial planning approach. Part 1 of this…ONLINE Current Approaches to Sustainable Community Planning, Part 2
The principles, tools, and techniques for sustainable community planning (SCP) outlined in Part 1 of this course have evolved into various approaches to the actual implementation of SCP around the world. These approaches have been developed…ONLINE Making It Work: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Remote Working
Before the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, organizations chose remote working to improve productivity, accommodate favored employees, and reduce their real estate costs. When governments ordered mandatory office closures to contain the virus, businesses with little or no…ONLINE Nehemiah Initiative Seattle: Leveraging Black Churches to Stabilize Communities and Address Racial Inequities in Seattle’s Central District
Seattle has ranked among the country’s fastest-growing cities since the mid-1990s, causing gentrification and displacement of vulnerable communities. For example, African Americans accounted for 73 percent of Seattle’s Central District (CD) population in 1970 and have…ONLINE Rethinking Solid Waste Management
The magnitude and negative impacts of solid waste have become increasingly apparent, especially in regard to plastics and their presence in the oceans. As a result, there have been many approaches to rethinking what constitutes waste…ONLINE Social Justice in Architectural Practice: Housing as a Foundation for Equity and Growth
When building professionals gather, as they often do these days, to confer under the banner of ESG, the E tends to get the lion's share of the airtime. After all, there is a direct and readily…ONLINE Structure for Architects: Preventing Partial or Progressive Building Collapse
ASCE 7-16, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, provides several design alternatives that architects and engineers can use to reduce the potential for either partial or progressive collapse due to extraordinary…ONLINE Structure for Architects: Thoughts for an Inspector of Record Building Inspection Model
Code-mandated requirements for inspections first appeared in the Uniform Building Code in 1927, and their original intent is still recognizable in our current codes: inspections by a building official are required at specific points in the…ONLINE Transitioning to a Clean Energy Future: Part 1
Energy creation, distribution, and consumption are all in a period of transition. Understanding this transition and its various aspects is critical to sustainable transitional energy planning (STEP). This course delves into the reasoning behind the STEP…ONLINE Transitioning to a Clean Energy Future: Part 2
The reasons for and benefits of adopting STEP have become increasingly clear as both national and international communities continue in their efforts to transition from dirty fuel sources to renewable ones. This course reviews the various…ONLINE Transitioning to a Clean Energy Future: Part 3
Energy creation, distribution, and consumption are all in a period of transition. Understanding this transition and its benefits is critical to sustainable transitional energy planning (STEP). This course reviews the nature of the transition, the forces…AEC Daily Live Courses
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LIVE Housing as a Foundation for Equity and Growth
When building professionals gather, as they often do these days, to confer under the banner of “ESG,” the “E” tends to get the lion’s share of the airtime. After all, there is a direct and readily…LIVE Improving Community Resilience with Resilient Water Management Strategies - Emerging Water Management Planning, Conservation, Water Quality, and Wastewater Treatment Strategies
This course examines new planning tools and approaches to address emerging water issues. Discover how to strengthen long-term community resilience with a sustainable, healthy water supply and how to adopt recently developed water collection and retention…LIVE Improving Community Resilience with Resilient Water Management Strategies - Examining Water Behavior and Existing Management Techniques
Growing and concentrating populations, shifting weather patterns, increasing frequency and ferocity of storm events, disappearing water supplies, and rising costs have made the provision of potable water and the management of other water-related issues increasingly difficult…LIVE Improving Community Resilience with Resilient Water Management Strategies - Forecasting Emerging Water Issues and Their Impact on Community Planning
Growing and concentrating populations, shifting weather patterns, increasing frequency and ferocity of storm events, disappearing water supplies, and rising costs have made the provision of potable water and the management of other water-related issues increasingly difficult…LIVE Making Space
The design industry will play a critical role in meeting the challenges of our increasingly changing world. However, the current practice of design is flawed and becoming increasingly marginalized by standard operating procedures.“Business as…
LIVE Nehemiah Initiative Seattle: Leveraging Black Churches to Stabilize Communities and Address Racial Inequities in Seattle’s Central District
Seattle has ranked among the country’s fastest growing cities since the mid-1990’s causing gentrification and displacement of vulnerable communities.For example, African Americans accounted for 73 percent of the Seattle’s Central District (CD) population in…
