The registration fee and entry deadline for the 2014 Design Awards & ArchiStar Award submissions is Friday, November 14, 2014, at 5:00pm. Click here  to upload your submission.    

This course presents basic building science principles, including the forces that affect the movement of air and moisture through building assemblies and materials. Forensic building investigation results are utilized to illustrate the structural and energy performance degradation that occurs when building science principles are not followed. The current commercial RI Energy Code provisions for envelope […]

This is the overview session for a series of trainings that are aimed at educating participants on the state energy code and better building practices in order to achieve higher performance in the field. We will focus on issues in the code that are open to interpretation or that may appear difficult to implement and use […]

Florian Idenburg (1975, the Netherlands) is Founding Partner of SO–IL and Associate Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. He is the 2010 laureate of the Charlotte Köhler Prize. Prior to founding SO–IL, Idenburg worked at SANAA between 2000 and 2008. Idenburg holds a MSc. in Architecture from Delft University of […]

Theo Jansen is a Dutch polymath who began an investigation in 1990 building large wind-powered mechanisms out of electrical conduit pipe that are able to traverse beaches. These creatures, called strandbeest are a fusion of art and engineering. He once said in a BMW advertisement, “the walls between art and engineering exist only in our […]

LOCATION: Hope & Main, 691 Main Street, Warren, RI 02885 This year AIAri will host its 2014 Annual Design Awards Celebration at Hope & Main, Rhode Island's first culinary business incubator in Warren, RI. Join us for passed hors d'oeuvres, beer, wine and spirits, music and fun! Please RSVP by November 26, 2014. Click here […]

The East Bay Met School, 115 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI 02840 Did you know that Rhode Island's school construction and renovation criteria-NE-CHPS-was recently updated? Come learn about the latest updates and more at this December workshop. Wrap up the day with an optional tour of the nearby Pell Elementary School.What: A forum for school construction […]

The goal of this workshop is to provide participants with design and construction practices and the building science that underpins the RI Energy Code.  This section will focus on the building enclosure in residential remodel/renovation and new construction projects.  Participants will learn about best practice strategies for building assemblies, from foundations through roofs.  Using case studies, exercises, and discussion […]

This workshop will be centered on the opportunities for improvement and to inform builders and design professionals of what they need to know about HVAC and the energy code. We will delve deeply into the issue of ductwork and its impact on health, safety, and energy savings, as well as best practices and right sizing for […]

89 Waterman Street, Providence, RI {{brown{{This project tour will showcase built examples of passive and active systems that were implemented at the Building for Environmental Research & Teaching (BERT) project to reduce its predicted site energy use by more than 25% when compared to its code equivalent baseline.  The Building for Environmental Research & Training […]