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How to Calculate the Wood Carbon Footprint of a Building

How to Calculate the Wood Carbon Footprint of a Building

Buildings consume nearly half the energy produced in the United States, use three-quarters of the electricity and account for nearly half of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Due to these impacts, building for environmental sustainability is critical. This carbon footprint course explains the ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: Think Wood
Credits: AIA LU/HSW
CLT in Residential Typologies, Presented by Jennifer Bonner

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 Resilience: Expanding the Concept of Sustainability

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
Designing for Earthquakes

Designing for Earthquakes

Wood is a proven choice for seismic-resistive construction. Earthquakes cannot be prevented but sound design and construction based on research and compliance with building code requirements can reduce their effects. The relative good performance of wood buildings is often attributed to the ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: Think Wood
Credits: AIA LU/HSW
Designing for High Winds

Designing for High Winds

All buildings are at risk of experiencing damage during high winds. Each structure, with its own unique set of characteristics, reacts differently to wind loads. However, wood is conducive to meeting the challenges of wind-resistive design. For example, wood can carry substantially greater ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: Think Wood
Credits: AIA LU/HSW
Introduction to Wood Building Systems

Introduction to Wood Building Systems

Whether designing for light frame or mass timber structural systems, project teams that design with wood can benefit from the material’s versatility, sustainable supply chain, and the benefits to occupants. Designing with wood can also meet thermal, acoustic, seismic and fire performance goals. ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: Think Wood
Credits: AIA LU/HSW
Maximizing the Design Benefits of Podium Construction

Maximizing the Design Benefits of Podium Construction

Throughout North America, specifying podium construction is an increasingly popular option for dense, urban areas, particularly when projects require infill scenarios. Limited space and rising costs of land and construction materials, such as concrete and steel, have prompted developers and ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: Think Wood
Credits: AIA LU/HSW
Opportunities for Wood in Low-Rise Commercial Buildings

Opportunities for Wood in Low-Rise Commercial Buildings

This continuing education course is intended for building designers who want to learn more about the use of wood framing systems in low-rise commercial buildings. This course provides practical information that can be applied to projects, starting with code-related topics including cost ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: Think Wood
Credits: AIA LU/HSW
The Business Case for Building with Wood

The Business Case for Building with Wood

Several converging trends are presenting both design challenges and new market opportunities. Cities are getting denser, spurring mixed-use projects that combine ground-level retail and several stories of residential units. Firms are under pressure to innovate, implement lean practices, and ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: Think Wood
Credits: AIA LU/HSW
Using Wood to Achieve Thermal Performance Goals

Using Wood to Achieve Thermal Performance Goals

Thermal performance contributes to a range of important goals for most projects, including energy efficiency, comfort, durability, code compliance, structural integrity, and sustainable outcomes. Designing commercial and residential buildings with wood not only meets thermal performance ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: Think Wood
Credits: AIA LU/HSW
Wood and the Indoor Environment

Wood and the Indoor Environment

The objectives of sustainable design are broader than just environmental effects, having come to embrace issues of human health and performance. As sedentary and service-related work becomes more prevalent in our society, the amount of time people spend inside buildings increases—the average ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: Think Wood
Credits: AIA LU/HSW
The Impact of Wood Use on North American Forests

The Impact of Wood Use on North American Forests

This course is intended for professional architects and engineers who desire to improve their knowledge of the sustainability of using wood as a building material in comparison with other substitutable products. While ecosystems, supply chains, and building materials are complex, using natural, ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: Think Wood
Credits: AIA LU/HSW
Beauty and Strength: An Examination of Western Red Cedar Finishes

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: 1.5
Provider: Think Wood
Credits: AIA LU/HSW