AEC Daily

1 hour program

Provides an overview of the importance, components, and the design principles of perimeter curtain wall fire containment, along with a discussion of life safety elements and their utilization in a balanced approach to life safety.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of laboratory design principles and trends, laboratory pegboards and glassware drying racks, narcotic security storage cabinets, stainless steel countertops, and stainless steel shelving systems for the research laboratory and health care industry.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of fenestration systems that incorporate thermally broken frames, enhanced glass coatings, and high performance warm edge spacers, as well as a discussion on energy, codes/regulations and the impact of high performance fenestration on sustainability.

This course is part of one or more "Course Collections". Click here to view the details.

1 hour program

Provides a comprehensive overview of wood doors and includes discussions on materials, faces, fire doors, specialty doors, and specifying the appropriate door to meet current green building standards.

This course is part of one or more "Course Collections". Click here to view the details.

1.5 hour program

Drain Water Heat Recovery Technologies have been widely designed into residential and commercial buildings in Canada and many other countries. This course shall provide you with a thorough understanding of how Drain Water Heat Recovery Systems work and how to include them in the design of homes, multi-residential buildings and many commercial buildings, including health care, restaurants, laundromats, and prisons. You shall also be provided with general guidelines of energy savings and budgetary costing for most of the more common applications. Furthermore, you shall have a understanding of the potential LEED® point contributions for most of these building types. After taking this course, you will have an intuitive sense about where and when to consider Drain Water Heat Recovery in your projects along with the value that it can provide.

This course is part of one or more "Course Collections". Click here to view the details.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of various construction delivery methods, with a focus on scheduling benefits for the designer, contractor, owner and occupant of a project, along with a discussion on moisture management strategies and how product choices influence project scheduling.

This course is part of one or more "Course Collections". Click here to view the details.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of innovative rain screen design technology and includes discussions on the impact of moisture infiltration on the building envelope, weather resistive barrier design and construction, and sustainable rain screen design systems for the building envelope.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of role of HVLS fans and indoor air movement in achieving thermal comfort and energy savings.

This course is part of one or more "Course Collections". Click here to view the details.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of the manufacturing, characteristics, and performance properties of cements and Supplementary Cementitious Materials in concrete and how they can enhance concrete performance, including a discussion on their role in sustainable construction.

This course is part of one or more "Course Collections". Click here to view the details.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of sustainable design and the creation of healthier environments in reference to architectural paints. Included are discussions regarding the components of paint; independent testing methods and standards; categories of LEED®; and specification of paint systems for today’s designer.

This course is part of one or more "Course Collections". Click here to view the details.

1.5 hour program

Illustrates how the use of color can express our individuality and culture, and how the past can inspire us with fresh ideas for using color in the present. Highlighting the prevalent colors of more than ten decades, this course also looks at the societal, political, technological and cultural influences which impacted and defined the personality of each decade.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of the rolling commercial service door, fire door and rolling grilles and shutters covering the operation, parts, fire code requirements and wind load information.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of the value of home elevators, planning for home elevator installation, and code considerations.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of the features, benefits, and life cycle impacts of thermoplastic PVC roofing membranes that makes it a sustainable product.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of bird deterrent products, along with a discussion of the characteristics of common pest birds, bird problem assessment, and the issues and concerns associated with the roosting and nesting of pest birds.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of architectural wire mesh cloth and includes discussions on modern applications, fabrication methods, selection considerations, attachments systems, and sustainable benefits of wire mesh cloth.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of the lighting requirements and provisions of the ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2010 and the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code, and identifies light control strategies for energy efficiency.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and includes discussions on the history of LCA, LCA methodology, Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and eco-labels, and the steps involved in an LCA, using a high-pressure laminate LCA to illustrate the model.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of the characteristics of large opening glass walls that makes them valuable in green building design.

This course is part of one or more "Course Collections". Click here to view the details.

1.5 hour program

Provides an overview of walkable roof deck membranes and roofing systems, including a discussion of the key principles of deck design, design considerations, and how to install and specify roof deck membrane systems.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of water use and trends in the U.S., with a focus on “green building” programs, a discussion on green design restroom application, and how to choose water saving products.

This course is part of one or more "Course Collections". Click here to view the details.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of color basics, including terminology, color perception, the psychology of color, how light affects color, and current styles and color trends.

1 hour program

(Canadian Version) Provides an overview of colour basics, including terminology, colour perception, the psychology of colour, how light affects colour, and current styles and colour trends.

1 hour program

Fournit une introduction aux principes de base des couleurs, notamment la terminologie, la perception et la psychologie des couleurs, les effets de la lumière, ainsi que les styles et les tendances actuelles.

1 hour program

Provides an overview of the basic characteristics of concrete as a floor substrate; floor coating types and selection of appropriate materials; proper coating application and importance of preliminary inspection and surface preparation.