CEU Offering - Online

1.0 LU/HSW Hour Zoom Registration required Course Description:  This course examines permanent outdoor power delivery offerings, including charging stations and in ground power boxes, that support the growing demand for connectivity and data and audio/visual communications in outdoor spaces and help to create an outdoor environment  that promotes longer stays, stimulates creativity, and increases productivity. […]

1.5 LU/HSW Zoom Registration required Course Description: This presentation will provide an overview of HVAC, electrical and plumbing system design. We will cover basic scientific principles on heat transfer and electricity, HVAC, electrical and fire protection system options, and also how they affect architectural design. Topics include: heat transfer, ventilation, air and water cooling systems, […]

1 HSW Zoom Registration required Course Description:  Provide an overview of builders’ hardware or finish hardware choices; options, applications and information for users and designers to reduce misapplications. We will discuss building code administrations, laws, code compliance, and industry standards for providing security and safety measures while providing accessibility and emergency egress to meet the […]

1 HSW Zoom Registration required Course Description:  The courseexplores the human-nature connection and attraction to nature, identified as biophilia, and the benefits of incorporating elements of nature, both real and simulated, into built spaces.  We explore the ways that our lives are dependently and beneficially intertwined with nature. We look at the trend towards Biophilic […]

1 HSW Zoom Registration required Course Description:  This course presents the background and results from a unique study of how high-performing buildings can impact the outcomes for their occupants. A large sample group of professionals of diverse functions were studied as they performed their tasks and lived their work lives in two distinct office environments. […]

1 HSW Zoom Registration required Course Description: This course describes the multiple challenges in designing high performance building envelopes in order to deliver energy performance, sufficient glazed area for optimized daylight admission and views, thermal comfort and condensation resistance (indoor air quality) as well as structural and durability performance, yet still providing architectural design freedom. […]

1.0 LU This program will discuss how businesses can get a better understanding of the market today as it relates to servicing their customers within the digital disruption going on during and post COVID-19. You will gain a better understanding of the different types of tools available to keep your services relevant and of your […]

Wednesday's webinar has been canceled.

1 HSW Zoom Registration required Course Description:  This is a webinar designed to completely familiarize the participants in the most sustainable material in the world- BAMBOO.  Starting with the growing /harvesting and initial preparation to complete Architectural Interior Products.  The use has greatly expanded from flooring and cabinets to digitally crafted wall and ceiling panels.  […]

1 HSW Zoom Registration required Course Description:  How to help (or harm) your building’s reputation with bathroom design. Learning Objectives: Discuss the importance of a restroom experience to building occupants and visitors. Explain how functionality of restrooms affects not only perceptions of a whole structure but also the productivity and performance of its occupants. Identify […]

1 HSW Zoom Registration required. Course Description:  The state of Rhode Island has been a leader in the implementation of measures to minimize the impact of commercial buildings on the environment. Recent examples of this include passing of the Green Buildings Act (RIGL §37-24) and Governor Raimondo’s executive order directing the development of a stretch […]

1 HSW Zoom Registration required. Course Description:  This course will teach the benefits of radiant heat to an architect’s practice and the clients they serve. It will update you on the new technologies in radiant and include a historical overview, the physics of radiant heat, how it integrates with building systems, and how it affects […]