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

Wood-Frame Shear Walls and SDPWS

Experimental studies of cyclic performance of wood-frame shear walls give insight into structural performance and have informed recent changes implemented in the 2021 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS). Experimental results for 10d short nails, shear wall end post details, and...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: American Wood Council

Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU

Brief Introduction to Wood Material Science: Wood as a Structural Engineering Material

Wood material science influences its behavior from harvest through the use phase and beyond. This course will provide an introduction to wood material science, wood-moisture relations, and wood anatomy. The types of wood products structural engineers may use in designs, and the standards ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: American Wood Council

Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU

Mass Timber Structures: Codes and Adoptions

With encouragement from the U.S. wood products industry, in 2016, the International Code Council (ICC) formally began to explore the feasibility of adding provisions for tall mass timber buildings in the U.S. model building codes. Since that time, the ICC Tall Wood Building (TWB) Ad Hoc ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: American Wood Council

Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU

Mass Timber Shafts and Shaft Wall Solutions for Mass Timber Buildings

The rapid growth of mass timber construction in the U.S. has led to a variety of solutions for shaft wall framing. Mass timber buildings can have mass timber shaft walls, light-frame wood shaft walls, or shaft walls constructed of a different building material altogether. The prefabricated nature...

Learning Hours: 1.5

Provider: WoodWorks

Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Design of Mass Timber Diaphragms and the new CLT Diaphragm Design Guide

When striving for material efficiency, the design of mass timber floor and roof systems to resist horizontal wind and seismic loading through diaphragm action is an important consideration. The design of diaphragms with mass timber panels typically follows one of two load path strategies. For ...

Learning Hours: 1.25

Provider: WoodWorks

Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU

Design Strategies for Affordable Mass Timber Multi-Family Housing

This webinar will explore the essential design decisions for achieving cost-effective and sustainable solutions in mass timber multi-family housing projects. Our expert panel will explain the fundamental principles behind successful mass timber housing project design, from structural innovations ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: WoodWorks

Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU

Designing Durable Balconies: Weather, Fire, Structure

Balcony design in mixed-use and multi-family projects can be a challenge. Cantilevered balconies may be the most vulnerable element of the building in that they are exposed to weather and have limited structural redundancy. Not only do they require careful design and detailing to ensure safety ...

Learning Hours: 1.5

Provider: WoodWorks

Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU

Embodied Carbon Assessments of Wood: From Early-Stage Analysis to WBLCA

More and more often, carbon calculations are an important component of building design as ownership and design teams strive for more sustainable structures. As architects and engineers embrace carbon accounting as part of the design process, it is important to understand how to correctly account ...

Learning Hours: 1.5

Provider: WoodWorks

Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU

Lateral 101 for Architects

This is an introductory course designed to help architects better understand the basic structural nature of buildings under lateral forces which can in effect help create more efficient plan layouts, potentially reduce costs, and increase the lateral performance of the building. A 2-story example...

Learning Hours: 1.5

Provider: WoodWorks

Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU