Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU
May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations
Participants will examine mini-LCA wall comparisons that demonstrate CMU's carbon benefits, then explore a prototype mixed-use building case study that scales these advantages to the structural level. The course emphasizes how efficient design strategies—including modular coordination, optimized structure and strategic grout and reinforcement placement—serve as major drivers for both carbon reduction and cost savings. By exploring the intersection of design efficiency with sustainability goals, participants will learn how thoughtful CMU design decisions simultaneously lower embodied carbon, reduce material usage, and improve project economics.
Learning Objectives:
- Discover the 3 reasons dry-cast concrete masonry units (CMU) are a low embodied carbon concrete, and explore how concrete masonry offers interconnected sustainability strategies.
- Compare the cradle-to-gate embodied carbon of several different wall assemblies with simple wall sections.
- Investigate the cradle-to-gate embodied carbon of 3 different structural systems, by exploring a prototype mix-used building LCA case study.
- Introduce and explore efficient design strategies and discover how these strategies can lower both the embodied carbon and also the cost of a project.
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