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Free Online Education
Education unit will be submitted to both CSI CEN and AIA/CES on your behalf. |   | | 3-D Designing with Google SketchUp - PODCAST | 
| 2 hour program
Provides an overview of the steps used to import 2-dimensional CAD files into a 3-dimensional environment including the tools and methods utilized to design and place cabinetry and components of interior kitchens, fabric care spaces, garages, and outdoor kitchen installations.
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| | Built-in Kitchen Trends:The Design Landscape | 
| 1 hour program
Provides an overview of new Built-in kitchen concepts while emphasizing the entire culinary landscape. It also identifies and discusses new trends and designs for clients' future needs.
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| | Principles of Universal Design in Housing and Home Appliances | 
| 1 hour program
Provides an overview of universal design in housing and home appliances, including a discussion of the principles of universal design, solutions for kitchens, laundry areas, and storage areas, and universal design features in appliances.
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| | Sustainable Design Practices for Kitchens, Systems for Homes, and Lumber for Wood Framed Construction - PODCAST | 
| 1 hour program
Three case studies examine sustainable design practices and products which reduce the environmental footprint of an urban home. One study focuses on the kitchen space while another tours an urban home and discusses the innovative systems utilized throughout the space. In addition, the origins of sustainable harvested lumber, used for wood framed construction, are traced back to an FSC Certified Forest, contrasting it with harvesting lumber from a clear-cut plantation.
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| | The Greening of 'White Goods': Environmental Considerations When Specifying Appliances | 
| 1 hour program
Provides an overview of the importance of sustainability when selecting appliances, as well as information on how to evaluate, compare and specify energy efficient refrigerators, dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers.
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| | Two Faces of Sustainability: Passive and Active Systems in Residential Design and Use of Fly Ash in Concrete - PODCAST | 
| 1.5 hour program
Provides an overview of the materials, technologies, techniques, and systems that make a design project sustainable. Case study discussions explain how fly ash reduces the carbon footprint of concrete, while others discuss the active and passive features of a sustainable home construction project, and the benefits of radiant floor heating.
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| | White Goods: The Design Landscape and Sustainability - PODCAST | 
| 2.5 hour program
Sections 1 and 2 of this podcast provide an overview of the importance of sustainability when selecting appliances, as well as information on how to evaluate, compare and specify energy efficient refrigerators, dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers.
Sections 3 and 4 of this podcast provide an overview of universal design in housing and home appliances, including a discussion of the principles of universal design, solutions for kitchens, laundry areas and storage areas, and universal design features in appliances.
Sections 5 and 6 of this podcast provide an overview of new built-in kitchen concepts while emphasizing the entire culinary landscape. It also identifies and discusses new trends and designs for client’s future needs.
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 Bringing innovation and quality to Every Home ... Everywhere
Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of over $11 billion, 68,000 employees, and nearly 50 manufacturing and technology research centers around the globe. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Brastemp, Bauknecht, Consul and other major brand names to consumers in more than 170 countries.
Whirlpool's global platform provides our operations with resources and capabilities no other manufacturer can match. Whirlpool's global procurement, product development and information technology organizations help our operations reduce costs, improve efficiencies and introduce a continuous stream of relevant innovation to consumers.
Inspired by our bold innovations and designs, customers around the globe trust Whirlpool to make their lives easier. More than ever before, our brands are connecting with customers in ways that will last a lifetime.
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