Accessory Dwelling Units in Fairfax County and Arlington County

Zoom Virtual Meeting

Accessory Dwelling Units in Fairfax County and Arlington County Tuesday, June 28 from Noon to 1 p.m. 1 LU|HSW Free for AIA Members/$10 for Non-Members Registration Link: https://aianova.org/event.php?eventID=2457 Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) are a good way to increase housing options in high demand neighborhoods or communities.  Also known as in-law suites or granny flats, an […]

Embodied Carbon 101: Basic Literacy

Virtual - Online

Build and refine your literacy in embodied carbon. This course features an expert panel of AEC practitioners and researchers who define the embodied carbon issue and key terms and concepts—including health and sustainability implications. They provide information on data resources and rating systems available to support and execute embodied carbon decisions during design, specification, and […]

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Embodied Carbon 101: Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)

Virtual - Online

Learn about using EPDs to reduce the embodied carbon impacts of a project. Learn what environmental product declarations (EPDs) are—plus how to write them, how to read them, and how to they can be integrated into your work to reduce the embodied carbon impacts of a project. Get familiar with the Embodied Carbon in Construction […]

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Embodied Carbon 101: Envelope

Virtual - Online

Design your next façade system using embodied carbon strategies. Envelopes are among the systems that have the largest embodied carbon impact on a building. Traditionally envelope systems and materials are chosen for aesthetics, cost, and operational energy, but embodied carbon is equally important. Learn how to apply embodied carbon strategies when designing your next façade […]

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Embodied Carbon 101: Structure

Virtual - Online

Just how much-embodied carbon is your project's structure accountable for? And what can be done to reduce the impacts? Structure accounts for a significant portion of a project’s embodied carbon. In this course, a panel of structural engineers and researchers discusses the positives and negatives, with regard to embodied carbon, of using concrete, steel, and […]

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