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Community Functional Resilience

With increasing natural disasters, resilience is vital. Explore resilient design, how it relates to building codes, and masonry construction’s role in meeting resilience goals.

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Choosing a Vertical Lifting Solution for Your Openings

This 1-hour course explores vertical lift doors, their benefits for safety and efficiency, and their impact on health, ratings, and the environment.

Designers Guide to Vegetative Roof Systems

Explore the benefits of vegetative roofing! Learn about market drivers, design, installation, and maintenance in this insightful presentation.

Solid Surface: A Design Professional’s Guide

Explore the creative possibilities of solid surface, the thermoformable, printable, nonporous, and environmentally sustainable material that designers and fabricators love.

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Touch-Free, Hygienic, and Sustainable Hand-Drying Solutions for Commercial Restrooms

Touch-free air knife hand dryers can dry hands in as little as 10 seconds, reducing the transmission of bacteria. Learn how they contribute to a sustainable restroom environment.

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Fiberglass Doors: Gateway to Comparison

Learn all you need to know about fiberglass doors including how these doors can fulfill guidelines relating to ENERGY STAR® and LEED®.

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Bicycle Parking & Storage: Inside & Out

Learn best practices for planning and designing indoor and outdoor bicycle racks and shelters.

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Smokin’ NFPA 285 and Lessons Learned from the Field

When considering the building enclosure, fire safety is an important design factor. This course reviews the scope of NFPA 285 and examines building components and compliance paths.

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Louvers for Style and Aesthetics

Louvers have many applications outside of their typical uses. Learn about the types, functions, and primary specification considerations when selecting a louver solution.

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Wood-Patterned Aluminum Products: Innovative Design Solutions

Looking for a high-performance alternative to products made from wood and PVC? Explore the options offered by wood-pattered aluminum.

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Sustainable Product Selection with ecomedes & mindful MATERIALS

In this webinar, architects and designers will learn how to leverage two powerful specification platforms—ecomedes and mindful MATERIALS—to support environmentally responsible project goals.

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Excel Dryer

Online, Self-Paced

Fire & Smoke Protection with Life Safety Dampers

An in-depth look at different types of life safety dampers, where they are used, and how they are installed to provide effective passive fire protection in buildings.

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Specifying and Using Fire-Retardant-Treated Wood

How do fire-retardant wood products break the combustion cycle, allowing time for safe egress? Learn about FR wood products and where they are required under the International Building Code.

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Western Wood Preservers Institute

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Inclusive Playgrounds: Designing Spaces to Bring Children & Communities Together

Play is much more than fun and games--skills learned through play lay the foundation for adulthood. Explore inclusive playgrounds that let everyone develop, grow, and play together.

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BCI Burke Co.

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Electric Infrared Heating Systems: Creating Long-Term Sustainability

Infrared patio heaters are a sustainable way to heat outdoor spaces, discover the available options and their sustainability profiles, focusing on electric infrared heaters.

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Infratech

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Thermal Bridging: Small Details with a Large Impact

Learn about the two types of thermal bridging and how to calculate their thermal impact on the building envelope, and explore some mitigation concepts and principles.

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DuPont Performance Building Solutions

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Electronic Locking Devices for Access Control Systems

Explore access control systems and learn how electrified door locking hardware integrates with electronic access controllers to secure designated areas and manage personnel entry during specific times.

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Dortronics Systems, Inc.

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Automated Robotic Parking 101: Implementation the Right Way

Parking is typically considered a “necessity,” but have you considered how much the first and last impressions count? Discover how automated parking creates a winning proposition.

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Robotic Parking Systems, Inc.

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Snow Guards, Solar Panel Mounts, and Cladding Clips

Learn about the design and installation of snow guards and solar panel and cladding attachments that maintain envelope integrity and add to a long-lasting building envelope system.

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Sno-Gem, Inc.

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Firestop Specifications

Firestopping is a critical part of fire containment – are your specs up to the task? This course reviews applicable code requirements and common firestop specification errors.

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Specified Technologies Inc.

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Acoustic Design for Mass Timber Construction

Learn about the products and solutions to improve the acoustical performance of mass timber construction that surpasses building codes.

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Regupol America

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Single-Skin Metal Siding: Performance and Installation Considerations

Single-skin metal siding provides an incredible range of materials, finishes, and edge details for unique facades. Explore its performance, design, and sustainability features.

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AEP Span

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Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Data Centers Utilizing Containment Strategies

Explore current influences that affect energy usage and management in data centers and how containment strategies optimize energy efficiency.

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Chatsworth Products

Online, Self-Paced

Sun Controls: A Sustainable Design Practice

Shading systems are a crucial daylighting and energy savings strategy for high-performance buildings. Review sun control options, methods, and crucial engineering considerations.

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Construction Specialties

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Division 9 Finishes: Wall and Ceiling Acoustic Treatments

Create better acoustic environments with wall and ceiling treatments! Explore benefits, options, and sample installations for optimal sound and user well-being.

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Catalyst Acoustics Group

Online, Self-Paced

The Next Generation of Concrete Masonry

Explore how concrete masonry is cost-effective and energy-efficient. Review how ASTM C90 was revised so the webs of concrete masonry units could be thinner or reconfigured.

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