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Factors For Achieving Water Conservation Excellence
Factors For Achieving Water Conservation Excellence

Provides an overview of the architect's role in water conservation, the requirements needed to earn points for LEED-NC Water Efficiency Credit 3, calculating baseline and design case indoor water consumption, the new technologies and factors to consider when choosing water saving products today and the added hygienic benefits of sensor operated fixtures.

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Specifying Standing Seam Metal Roofing
Specifying Standing Seam Metal Roofing

Provides an overview of metal roofing types including the features, seam styles, choices of metals and coatings for standing seam metal roofing ,as well as, a discussion on testing methods.

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AEC Daily Bulletin - August 2006


RCI

AEC Daily receives RCI approval

Selected courses in our Online Learning Center are RCI*-approved. All courses are free-of-charge. AEC Daily will report CEHs to RCI on behalf of their members.

If you are a member of RCI, please ensure that you enter your membership number into your AEC Daily profile. (After you are logged in, simply select "Edit Profile" on this page: www.aecdaily.com/olc.

*RCI Incorporated - The Institute of Roofing, Waterproofing, and Building Envelope Professionals, formerly Roof Consultants Institute


AEC Daily Learn & Earn Sweepstakes

AEC Daily Learn & Earn Sweepstakes
AEC Daily's Learn & Earn Contest

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CADdetails
CADdetails Specifiers Guide

Search for thousands of CAD drawings and CSI specifications online, in an easy-to-use directory format, with the CADdetails.com Specifiers Guide. Design professionals can quickly & effectively search for products in all categories ranging from Architecture & Building to Irrigation to Water Features. Visit www.CADdetails.com.

LIGHTING INNOVATIONS
LIGHTING INNOVATIONS

Specifying a lighting product in your next project? Easily search the CADdetails.com library for lighting details and specifications in any of the following categories:

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Tradeshows, Events + Conferences


Marmomacc - The International Exhibition of Marble Stone and Technology
Marmomacc -- The International Exhibition of Marble Stone and Technology
Date: 5th of October -- 8th of October 2006
Location: Verona Exhibition Center Viale del Lavoro,
8 - 37100
Verona (Italy)
Organization: Veronafiere, the Verona Trade Fair Company
E-mail: mathiasz@veronafiere.it

The most important international trade show for the stone industry is Marmomacc. Held annually at Veronafiere (in late September to early October), Marmomacc is an international showcase of commercially-available materials and machinery attracting more than 1,400 exhibitors and over 62,000 trade visitors from 120 countries. It is an ideal venue to directly source stone for commercial projects and to see the full spectrum of materials available for residential applications. Each year, the show also features a number of architectural exhibits and conferences devoted to designing with dimensional stone.

Veronafiere organizes a five-day long AIA Continuing Education course during Marmomacc. The goal of the course is to encourage the use of natural stone in contemporary architecture. Veronafiere has been an AIA/CES provider since 1999. In the past six years, more than 90 architects from the U.S. were joined by 70 architects from around the world in attending the course. For more information, please send an e-mail to the address above.


AIA CES - Provider Workshop
Modified for EU and International Providers

Date:   October 17, 2006
Location:   Barcelona, Spain

Organized by:   AIA CES
In collaboration with:   AIA Continental Europe Chapter
Hosted by:   Col•legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya COAC

These valuable workshops are meant for anyone interested in the Provider Program or current Providers wanting to know more about CES basics, best practices and "non-negotiables", CES Web site navigation, marketing strategies and instructional systems design (ISD) tips. We also focus in on how to develop learning objectives and effective PowerPoints so you can design your programs properly in the context of the CES policy.

The focus of the workshop will be on "Best Professional Development Practices of the US and Europe" and a comparison point of view. We will also cover some of the CES basics, CES Web site navigation, marketing strategies, instructional systems design (ISD) tips and how to develop learning objectives.

For more information about this workshop, please visit
http://redirect.aecdaily.com/s18122/www.coac.net/io/aiaces/index.php?id=intro.

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