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Designing for Durability

Even as the use of wood is expanding, one significant characteristic of wood buildings is often underestimated: their durability. When designed to mitigate moisture, insect damage, and local climate impacts, wood buildings stand the test of time. And beyond their physical properties, wood can ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

Designing Beneficial Spaces for Living, Working, and Well-being

Occupant health and well-being is more important than ever, especially given the fact that Americans, on average, are spending approximately 90 percent of their time indoors. As a result, building professionals are rethinking how we design, use and occupy buildings. COVID-19 is also changing the ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

Design and Construction of Taller Wood Buildings

Over the past several years, a number of tall wood buildings have been completed around the world, demonstrating successful applications of new wood and mass timber technologies. With rising demand for new urban buildings, and increased interest in efficient and environmentally friendly ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

CLT in Residential Typologies, Presented by Jennifer Bonner

This presentation will examine the use of CLT in residential typologies - with a focus on projects that utilize space and geometry in a unique way. The presentation will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of using CLT and the opportunities where CLT was specified in various case studies....

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

Building the Regenerative City, Presented by Alan Organschi

The built environment is responsible for an estimated 40% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions as well as a host of other global ecological and social impacts. By 2050, there will be 2.5 billion new inhabitants of global cities. Demand for new buildings and infrastructure will grow ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

Building Resilience: Expanding the Concept of Sustainability

This course will consider traditional wood framing and mass timber systems in the context of resilience and sustainability in multiple ways. This includes performance during and after earthquakes, hurricanes and other disasters, as well as wood’s light carbon footprint and low embodied energy. It...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

Beauty and Strength: An Examination of Western Red Cedar Finishes

This course will explore mass timber construction, including the different types of mass timber products that are manufactured from Douglas fir, spruce-pine-fir, and Southern pine species; their performance and environmental benefits; and applications for this type of construction. The course ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

Architecting Change: Design Strategies for a Healthy, Resilient, Climate Smart Future

The architectural, engineering and construction sector has grappled with unprecedented technological and socioeconomic changes along with challenges to the health of our communities, our cities, and our planet. While these challenges are daunting, industry leaders increasingly see it as an ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW, GBCI CE

2021 IBC: Building Bigger and Taller with Low Carbon Wood

In this course, you’ll learn about the 2021 International Building Code (IBC) changes related to tall wood construction, including three new building types that allow for wood buildings up to 18 stories and even taller using an Alternate Materials and Methods Requests (AMMR). Rigorous fire ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW