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AEC Daily Building Knowledge and Connections AEC Daily offers the following Online Continuing Education courses at our Online Learning Center. These courses are available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, and are registered with AIA, GBCI, IDCEC and many more organizations. Inside this Edition:
 Dinoflex - Recycled Rubber Innovators | Swisspearl | TRA Snow and Sun | Hill-Rom Services, Inc. | Subscription Info 

Dinoflex - Recycled Rubber Innovators
Dinoflex has been a leading innovator in the manufacture of recycled rubber products for over two decades. We specialize in producing premium quality rubber flooring, surfaces, tiles and custom products. Our merchandise provides solutions for architects, designers and builders that are cost effective and environmentally friendly.
 
Sustainable Design With Recycled Rubber Surfaces
Sustainable Design With Recycled Rubber Surfaces Thumbnail Provides an overview of interior and exterior recycled rubber surfacing products in terms of their sustainable design benefits and applications and includes discussions on rubber manufacturing, post-consumer tires, and green building certification programs.
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Swisspearl
We are worldwide leaders in coloration technology, façade «know-how» and system competence for reinforced cement panels specially designed for rain-screen cladding applications, with our very reliable ventilated façade system.
 
Cement Composite Panels in a Rainscreen System
Cement Composite Panels in a Rainscreen System Thumbnail Provides an overview of high performance cement composite panels in terms of their manufacture, available options and benefits, as well as a discussion of rainscreen systems and the role of cement composite panels in such a system.
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TRA Snow and Sun
An all-American company that's been in business since 1996, TRA Snow and Sun manufactures engineered snow retention and solar mounting solutions.
 
Roofing Solutions for Alpine Regions
Roofing Solutions for Alpine Regions Thumbnail Provides an overview of the problems and solutions associated with roofing in cold climates, including a discussion on the proper engineering of snow retention devices.
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Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
Provides clinical care products such as beds, therapy surfaces, room furniture, modular wall systems.
 
An Introduction to Acuity Adaptability
An Introduction to Acuity Adaptability Thumbnail Provides an introductory overview of concepts relevant to hospital design that are presently part of ongoing conversations on acuity adaptability. Keeping the human element, technology and flexibility in mind, arguments for designing with acuity adaptability and those against it are presented.
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Interoperability Strategies for Safe, Acuity Adaptable Patient Room Environments
Interoperability Strategies for Safe, Acuity Adaptable Patient Room Environments Thumbnail Provides an overview of the challenges of designing and equipping an acute care patient room, and explores how the connected activities that occur in the patient room can affect patient safety and the delivery of care, and how architects and planners must consider the connected room solution where the design and technology successfully work together to meet the continuously evolving acuity and care needs of the patient.
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Overhead Patient Lift System Design Structural, Aesthetic & Clinical Outcomes
Overhead Patient Lift System Design Structural, Aesthetic & Clinical Outcomes Thumbnail Provides an overview of overhead patient lift system design and how to balance structural, functional, and aesthetic design requirements to facilitate optimal clinical patient outcomes.
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Strategies for Infection Control & Hand Hygiene
Strategies for Infection Control & Hand Hygiene Thumbnail Provides an overview of infection control and hand hygiene compliance in hospital environments, including a discussion of the available resources and options which assist designers/architects in planning an effective infection control strategy.
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AEC Daily Building Knowledge and Connections AEC Daily offers the following Online Continuing Education courses at our Online Learning Center. These courses are available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, and are registered with AIA, GBCI, IDCEC and many more organizations. Inside this Edition:
 VIVA RAILINGS | Total Door | RenewABILITY Energy Inc. | Kingspan Insulated Panels | Subscription Info 
VIVA RAILINGS
VIVA Railings designs, manufactures and installs Stainless Steel Modular Railing Systems for architectural railing applications on the interior & exterior.
Modular Railing Systems
Modular Railing Systems Thumbnail Provides an overview of modular railing systems and includes discussions on the benefits of stainless steel, various types of systems available, system components, and meeting the International Building Code (IBC) 2009.
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Total Door
Total Door™ is your solution for the replacement of older doors, renovation projects, and new construction. Total Doors reduce maintenance and offer exceptional security and abuse resistance by using a full height, semi-concealed hinge and a full height locking channel in a system that comes fully assembled from the factory. Total Doors are available in fire ratings up to 3 hours and sizes up to 8’- 4 3/8”x10’ and are easily installed in any new or existing frame. Also available is Storm Sentry™ - our hurricane rated door. A local, authorized distributor is the only contact you need for ordering, installation and service.
New Code Requirements For Fire Rated Doors and Hardware
New Code Requirements For Fire Rated Doors and Hardware Thumbnail Provides an overview of fire rated doors, rating types, and other 2009 and 2012 International Building Code requirements, including NFPA regulations and ADA guidelines where applicable.
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Sustainable Design in Steel Integrated Door Systems
Sustainable Design in Steel Integrated Door Systems Thumbnail Provides an overview of steel integrated door systems, with discussions on the sustainable qualities of steel and the durability benefits of integrated door systems over standard doors.
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RenewABILITY Energy Inc.
RenewABILITY Energy Inc. (REI) is a developer of cost effective energy saving solutions for institutional, commercial, industrial and residential customers around the world.
Cost-Effective Energy Savings with Drain Water Heat Recovery
Cost-Effective Energy Savings with Drain Water Heat Recovery Thumbnail Drain Water Heat Recovery Technologies have been widely designed into residential and commercial buildings in Canada and many other countries. This course shall provide you with a thorough understanding of how Drain Water Heat Recovery Systems work and how to include them in the design of homes, multi-residential buildings and many commercial buildings, including health care, restaurants, laundromats, and prisons. You shall also be provided with general guidelines of energy savings and budgetary costing for most of the more common applications. Furthermore, you shall have a understanding of the potential LEED® point contributions for most of these building types. After taking this course, you will have an intuitive sense about where and when to consider Drain Water Heat Recovery in your projects along with the value that it can provide.
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Kingspan Insulated Panels
Kingspan Insulated Panels is a global leader in the manufacturing of insulated metal panels wall and roof systems for the architectural, commercial/industrial, cold storage and food processing markets. Kingspan high performance insulated metal panels deliver proven sustainable performance in a single component system. We believe in the effectiveness of an EnvelopeFirst™ high performance roof and wall green design strategy. Behind these effective products and systems stands a company that believes in a green future. As an industry leader that recognizes the serious challenges facing our global ecosystem, Kingspan is committed to reducing the environmental impact of its business operations, products and services.
Commercial and Industrial IMP Building Envelope Solutions
Commercial and Industrial IMP Building Envelope Solutions Thumbnail Provides an overview of the insulated metal panel in commercial and industrial building applications, its components and manufacturing, design options, and contribution to energy performance and build speed savings.
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High Performance Barrier Wall Systems Using Insulated Metal Panels
High Performance Barrier Wall Systems Using Insulated Metal Panels Thumbnail Provides an overview of insulated metal panels as barrier wall within rainscreen wall systems, their performance benefits and contribution to energy efficiency.
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Insulated Metal Panel Roof Systems
Insulated Metal Panel Roof Systems Thumbnail Provides an overview of the performance benefits and aesthetics provided by insulated metal panel (IMP) roof systems.
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Performance Benefits of Insulated Metal Panels
Performance Benefits of Insulated Metal Panels Thumbnail Provides an overview of the sustainable and building performance benefits of insulated metal wall and roof panels and includes discussions on materials, design and finish options, construction life cycle, enhanced building performance and energy conservation, and applications.
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