Properties that include green space and common areas for people to interact in are more beautiful, livable, and desirable. However, attracting people also means taking into consideration car parking. Parking, while a necessity, is not the optimal use of land in any project. Architects and developers often have to compromise their designs or reduce the amount of revenue-generating space to accommodate the required parking space. In many cases, space is at a premium, and the project cannot go forward unless an architect can somehow “create space” to account for the needed parking density. A compact automated parking system is the solution to minimize the impact of parking. It creates more space that can benefit the property as a whole and increase the return on investment (ROI) for your clients.

This course is an introduction to fully and semi-automated parking systems. It will educate learners about what automated parking is, how it works, the benefits, when to use an automated parking system in a project and key design considerations.

The nursing and support labor availability is challenging today and with demographic trends, will only get worse. Healthcare facility design will need to evolve to leverage physical movement automated systems, to enhance safety, improve the work environment and operational efficiencies by reducing/eliminating menial, non-value-added tasks and redeploying staff toward higher value-added human touch tasks. Technology advancements are moving quickly with some compounding others. Our team share perspectives on health care design improvements by advanced industry knowledge.

From home offices to gyms to entertaining, homes have become multifunctional spaces. The use of smart technology provides innovative options for people to control and manage their homes for comfort and well-being on a daily basis. Smart home technology allows people to customize their homes. This course discusses how smart technology can interconnect household spaces to increase comfort, cleanliness, and well-being. NKBA approved course. This course qualifies for 0.1 CEU.

This course provides an in-depth review of overcoming common challenges to designing higher performing, digital buildings of the future.

This course will provide an understanding of innovative design trends including current market drivers, comparing high performance glass vs. high performance shading and how to increase visual and thermal comfort by automating the balance of natural and artificial light. This course will build the connection between current design trends influence on building performance using automated facades. We will discuss design strategies using automated solar management and its impact on these design trends.