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Sponsored By: Cosentino North America
Description: In today’s market, designers are always looking for innovative products that are beautiful, versatile, and sustainable. Glass-quartz surfacing encompasses all of these characteristics. This course describes the importance of recycled content surfaces and their environmental significance, including reducing the use of natural resources and improving indoor air quality. Traditional and recycled surfacing materials are compared, the sustainable manufacturing process is explained, and life cycle environmental impact and case study applications are discussed.
Prerequisites: No
Course Level: Introductory
Presented by: Steve DeBerardino, Cosentino North America
Name: Steve DeBerardino
Title: Commercial Business Director, Cosentino North America
Steve DeBerardino is a 1987 graduate of the United States Military Academy and has an MBA from Charleston Southern University. After serving as a Corps of Engineers officer where he ran large construction projects in Central America, Steve has had a long career in the private sector, primarily in relation to construction products. In various roles at Exxon in the 1990s, he was instrumental in growing the use of geosynthetics. Steve pushed product and material use in stabilization, drainage, and reinforcement applications on a number of fronts: throughout North America as a member of the AASHTO M288 committee, or when presenting cutting edge research at the Transportation Research Board, to state departments of transportation, or at the Geosynthetic Research Institute. In the next decade and a half, Steve ran various business units for Oldcastle of increasing size and responsibility, primarily in the concrete products arena. His last role at Oldcastle started in 2009 when he was President of a multi-site fabrication business in the Southeast, Oldcastle Surfaces. Here, he started a relationship with Cosentino, and joined Cosentino in 2015. He is now the Commercial Business Director, responsible for all commercial business for Cosentino in North America.
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HSW Eligibility: Yes
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AIA/CES Info: Course# AEC1407
AIA/CES Learning units: 1.00
AIA approved course. This course qualifies for 1.0 LU/HSW Hour.
AEC Daily reports Learning Units on members’ behalf.
GBCI Info: Course# AEC1407
GBCI CE Hours: 1.00
USGBC/GBCI approved for GBCI CE Hours. Course approval #920016467
AEC Daily reports Learning Units on members’ behalf.
HSW Info: Course# AEC1407
Hours: 1.00
This course qualifies for HSW.
AIBD Info: Course# AEC1407
CE Hours: 1.00
AIBD approved course. This course qualifies for HSW.
AEC Daily reports Learning Units on members’ behalf.
AIC Info: Course# AEC1407
CPD Hours: 1.00
AIC approved course.
Hours must be self-reported to the AIC.
BOMI Info: Course# AEC1407
CPD Hours: 1.00
BOMI approved course. This program qualifies for BOMI Institute Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit for RPA, FMA, and/or SMA graduates. This course qualifies for HSW.
Members must self-report CPD hours.
CCIDC Info: Course# AEC1407
CE Hours: 1.00
CCIDC approved course. This course qualifies for HSW.
Members must self-report CEU hours to CCIDC.
FBPE Info: Provider Number 0004278, Sequence Number 0000031. Course# AEC1407
PDHs: 1.00
FBPE approved provider.
IDCEC Info: Course# AEC1407
IDCEC Approved CEU: 0.1 Basic - 1 hour HSW program
Course Code: CC-111084-1000
Subject Code: 5.10
Classification: Basic
This CEU is registered with the International Design Continuing Education Council Inc. (IDCEC) for continuing education credits. This credit will be accepted by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), International Interior Designers Association (IIDA) and Interior Designers of Canada (IDC). The content included is not deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by IDCEC of any material or construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing or dealing in any material or product. Questions related to specific materials, methods and services should be directed to the instructor or provider. This program is registered for 0.1 CEU (continuing education credit).
InterNACHI Info: Course# AEC1407
CE Hours: 1.00
InterNACHI approved course. This course qualifies for HSW.
Members must self-report CE hours to InterNACHI.
LSBID Info: Course# AEC1407
CEU 0.10
This course qualifies for HSW.
LSBID approved course. Members self-report their credit to the Louisiana State Board of Interior Designers.
NAHB Info: Course# AEC1407
CE Hours: 1.00
This program meets NAHB's continuing education requirements for one or more of the following designations: Certified Graduate Associate (CGA), Certified Graduate Builder (CGB), Certified Graduate Remodeler (CGR), Certified Green Professional (CGP), Graduate Master Builder (GMB), Graduate Master Remodeler (GMR), Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist (CAPS)
NARI Info: Course# AEC1407
CEUs: 0.10
NARI approved course.
0.1 CEU toward certification renewals. 1 Hour toward certification application.
NKBA Info: Course# AEC1407
CEUs: 0.10
NKBA approved course.
NKBA members must self-report CEUs to NKBA.
RCEP Info: Course# AEC1407
PDH: 1.00
AEC Daily is an RCEP-approved continuing education provider.
Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP.
RMMI Info: Course# AEC1407
Credit Per Hour: 0.10
This is a RMMI approved course.
RMMI will confirm certification credit upon receipt of Certificate of Completion (members must self-report).
AAA Info: Provider No. A-002. Course# AEC1407
Learning hours: 1.00
This course is approved as a Structured Course.
AAA Members must self-report their learning hours to AAA.
AANB Info: Course# AEC1407
Hours: 1.00
This course is approved as a core course.
Members must self-record their learning hours on the RAIC|Architecture Canada Transcript Database, https://raic.org/transcripts
AAPEI Info: Course# AEC1407
Learning hours: 1.00
This course is approved as a Core Learning Activity.
Members must self-record their learning hours on the RAIC|Architecture Canada Transcript Database, https://raic.org/transcripts.
CAHPI Info: Course# AEC1407
MRC Hours 1.00
CAHPI approved course, MRC Hours.
Members must self-report MRC hours to CAHPI.
CSC Info: Course# AEC1407
PDE Hours: 1.00
CSC approved course. This course qualifies for HSW.
Members must self-report PDE hours to CSC.
NLAA Info: Course# AEC1407
Learning units: 1.00
This course is approved as a core course.
Members must self-report LUs through the MCET National Con Ed reporting website. (www.architranscripts.ca/default.htm)
NWTAA Info: Course# AEC1407
Learning Hours: 1.00
This course is approved as a Structured course.
Members must self-report Learning Hours through the National Con Ed reporting website at https://www.raic.org/transcripts/default.htm
OAA Info: Course# AEC1407
Hours: 1.00
This course may apply to both OAA structured and unstructured learning as long as it addresses the required subject matter topics.
Members must self-report activity to OAA and retain your Certificate of Completion.
OAQ Info: Course# AEC1407 / Cours # AEC1407
Hours / Nombre d’heures: 1.00
This course qualifies for self-directed learning activity with the OAQ. / Ce cours est reconnu par l’OAQ comme activité d’auto-apprentissage.
Members must self-report hours to OAQ. / Les membres doivent rapporter eux-mêmes leurs heures à l’OAQ.
SAA Info: Provider No. 1036. Course# AEC1407
Learning units: 1.00
This course is approved as a core course.
Members must self-report LUs through the RAIC National Con Ed reporting website. http://raic.org/transcripts.
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