- Planification énergétique durable dans les collectivités
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1.5 hour program
Ce cours offre une vue d’ensemble de la planification énergétique dans les collectivités et comporte, en plus d’une démonstration et d’une sensibilisation aux principes, des discussions sur les modes classique et durable de la planification énergétique, le processus d’une planification durable en la matière et la gestion de l’offre et de la demande d’énergie.
- Polycarbonate Sheeting Solutions
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of how polycarbonates are manufactured, the nature of its properties, characteristics, and types, the advantages over other building products, and its multiple architectural applications.
- Pultruded Fiberglass Windows
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2 hour program
Provides an overview of pultruded fiberglass window systems and compares them with traditional wood, aluminum, and PVC window systems across a wide variety of performance attributes including: strength and durability, sustainability, condensation resistance, expansion /contraction, fabrication and installation.
- Solar Street and Area Lighting
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1.5 hour program
Provides an overview of solar street and area lighting and includes discussions on both on-grid and off-grid systems, current trends in technology, the importance of net-zero energy consumption, features and benefits of solar lighting systems, best practices, and design considerations.
- Solutions to Moisture Control in the Building Envelope
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of the building envelope and the issues of industry response to moisture problems. These are addressed through the discussion of glass-mat gypsum technology in exterior wall assemblies, interior assemblies exposed to weather, and low slope commercial roofing assemblies.
- Specifying Levels of Finish for Gypsum Wallboard
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of gypsum wallboard manufacturing, a review of the Gypsum Association's recommended levels of finish and examples of writing specification of levels of finish.
- Sustainable Building: From Concept to Design
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1 hour program
Provides a general overview of sustainability and the built environment and is intended to familiarize architects with sustainability concepts and the processes involved in building sustainable structures.
- Sustainable Community Energy Planning
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1.5 hour program
Provides an overview of community energy planning (CEP) and includes discussions on conventional and sustainable energy planning, developing a sustainable CEP, energy demand and supply management, and energy education, demonstration, and awareness.
- Sustainable Community Planning Essentials
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2 hour program
Provides an overview of sustainable community design, with a focus on applying the six basic planning principles to integrate buildings into communities which in turn create healthy, peaceful, environmentally conscious spaces.
- Sustainable Design With Recycled Rubber Surfaces
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of interior and exterior recycled rubber surfacing products in terms of their sustainable design benefits and applications and includes discussions on rubber manufacturing, post-consumer tires, and green building certification programs.
- Sustainable Design in Noise & Sound Barriers
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of the negative impacts of noise, the science of noise barriers, as well as a discussion on the features and benefits of absorptive and reflective noise barriers made of tongue and groove PVC rail.
- Sustainable Design of Architectural Water Features and Fountains
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1 hour program
Discusses the characteristics of water and how they can be manipulated to meet the visual, functional, structural, and performance requirements of sustainable architectural water features or fountains.
- Sustainable Site Pavement Systems
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of sustainable stormwater management, the use of permeable concrete pavers, their components, capabilities and uses.
- Sustainable Solid Waste Management Planning
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2 hour program
Provides an overview of the importance of developing an integrated waste management plan (IWMP) and includes discussions on the environmental impacts of waste, the keys elements of an IWMP and the steps involved in developing a comprehensive IWMP.
- Sustainable Thin Stone Veneer
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of thin stone veneer, how it contributes to sustainable design, its construction methods, characteristics and design options.
- Sustainable Water and Stormwater Management
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2 hour program
Provides an overview of site, neighbourhood, and watershed water and stormwater management approaches and their relationship to sustainable community planning and green building design.
- The Benefits & Design Considerations of Larger Brick Sizes
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1 hour program
Provides a cost and mason productivity comparison of exterior veneer walls built with various brick sizes and competing materials, as well as a discussion on design issues that are critical in addressing proper movement and wall tie provisions.
- The Design Advantages of Synthetic Roofing Solutions
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of the features and benefits of slate and shake synthetic roofing products, including a discussion on the testing methods used to rate specific performance characteristics.
- The FRESH Approach to Choosing Exterior Colors
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of the FRESH approach; a strategic method used for the selection of colors for the exterior of buildings. The course focuses on both residential and commercial design considerations, and details the steps to follow in the color selection process to achieve a harmonious design.
- Using Water Resistant Glass-Mat Gypsum Technology to Protect Against Moisture & Mold
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of the advantages of using water resistant glass-mat gypsum board technology to protect buildings against moisture and mold, including a discussion on moisture sources and transport through the building envelope.
- Wind Uplift Solutions - Increasing the Durability of Roofing Systems
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1 hour program
Provides an overview of uplift resistance requirements for low slope commercial roofing, review of recent changes to FM Global requirements and the use of coverboards to achieve higher uplift ratings.
