NEW!

Free New Tools for Planning Low-Carbon Buildings

Presented by: Hafsa Burt, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP | HB+A Architects; Presenter Jack Rusk, LEED AP | Climate Strategist, EHDD

AIA/CES (HSW) Learning Units: 2 Hours

This video course includes English language captions.

This course meets the requirements for Net Zero Carbon Design for California license renewals and is provided gratis to AIA members courtesy of AIA California.

Non-AIA members can purchase this cost for $40 or buy a ZNCD Passport for $75 and select up to 4 courses to meet the required 5 hours for license renewals.

New tools allow for actionable carbon reduction strategies and goals to be set at the beginning of a project when data is scarce but the potential for carbon emissions reduction is high. This session reviews how architects can use these tools during pre-design to chart a course to decarbonization, present the most impactful low-carbon design strategies to clients, and carry these strategies through the project life cycle. Presenters demonstrate the open access Early Phase Integrated Carbon (EPIC) assessment to model buildings and discuss the results. The session also reviews methods and assumptions for early-phase carbon modeling to understand the model results in greater detail while illustrating the finer points of planning low-carbon buildings.

This course, presented courtesy of AIA California, meets the requirements for continuing education coursework in Zero Net Carbon Design (ZNCD) for California architecture license renewals.

Upon successful completion of a multiple-choice quiz, a Certificate of Completion will be available for download and can be used to verify your licensure requirements.

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