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The COVID-19 pandemic is redefining standards for health and safety protocols in all aspects of life, including indoor spaces. As employers, educators and building owners seek to reopen their facilities, they are looking for ways to meet the heightened expectations of their workers and occupants.

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Learn how Specific Application Window Sprinklers are different than standard sprinklers, while also providing more flexibility in the building’s design as a result of codes and standards.

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Commercial bathrooms and showers are a necessary and often integral part of many different building types. Their design is influenced by a wide variety of different factors including codes, standards, cultural norms, changing views on privacy, etc. They can also be seen as security or safety risks in facilities with patients who have behavioral or mental health needs. 

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A motorized or manual retractable roof, wall, or floor refers to any type of structure where a portion can be moved or retracted to reveal the remainder of the space. A common misconception is that retractable roofs are only used for aquatic centers when in fact, the range of applications is far broader.

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With increasing frequency, design teams are turning to mass timber for its environmental attributes and natural warmth, as well as to speed construction. Sometimes, however, a hybrid structural solution might be a better fit, depending on local regulations, performance requirements, or architectural ambitions. 

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This presentation will offer a basic overview of rainscreen technologies being used to incorporate BIPV into even the most discriminating design demands. We will discuss the important role onsite power generation can play in creating positive environmental impacts, contributing to LEED certification goals, and positively impacting costs associated with energy use.

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Few specifications could be as important as those for hospitals and healthcare facilities. The ceiling system plays an important part in the overall healthiness of the building, as well as the patients and staff. Attention should be given to ceiling systems with excellent acoustic performance to cut down on noise that makes staff irritable and inhibits patient healing. 

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A growing body of research suggests that healthcare environments can positively influence the healing process, putting more emphasis on the importance of the work that designers and architects do every day. This course explores trends in healthcare design and looks at newly published research to offer evidence‐based strategies for creating quiet, authentic and nature‐inspired spaces that promote rest and healing.

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Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
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The development of glassfibre reinforced concrete was inspired by Rieder's vision of a concrete cladding panel that is both stable and lightweight. The aesthetic panels with only 13 mm thickness in various colours, surfaces and shapes give architects plenty of scope in the design of individual facades. 

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Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
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Architectural expansion joints are necessary, predetermined gaps in large structures that are designed to absorb environmental movement in buildings. When done right, they tend to be integrated with their construction such that they blend in with a design and almost disappear.