Building Codes Go Green
Cities, states, and national organizations are working to establish minimum, enforceable sustainable construction requirements to complement, not replace, highly popular above-code incentive programs, like LEED. Green rating systems like LEED are an incentive that pulls the more daring owners and designers toward a sustainable ideal, thus fostering creativity and innovation, while green codes establish a base minimum requirement which is broadly accepted. Green codes, which raise the bottom line, result in significant positive environmental impact just by the sheer numbers of projects that fall within that category. Also, by raising the ceiling and implementing more stringent above-code rating systems, innovation in green design and construction is encouraged.

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Innovative Material Use in Residential Design
Technological advances and expanding uses for materials continue to push design into daring new territory. Leading practitioners will present case studies illustrating how these changes have affected their approach to residential design.

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Code Green
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR
Topics: Learn differences between building codes, standards and rating systems, and understand why we need both green building rating systems and green building codes at this time. Also hear about recent efforts to develop green building codes, and challenges inherent in developing and implementing green codes.

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Best Green Projects: Case Studies in Sustainable Design Success
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR
Topics: material and technology choices; energy-saving strategies; balancing aesthetics with performance; meeting and managing client expectations; attaining an eco-friendly building within schedule and budget, outcomes from utilizing BIM, and post-occupancy lessons learned.

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BIM for Small & Medium-Size Firms
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR Topics to be covered include cost/benefit analysis; the pros & cons of using BIM on small commercial projects and single-family homes; the importance of establishing office modeling standards; and training.

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Schools of the 21st Century: Creating Green Models that Engage Students & the Community
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR Come hear how architects are developing effective models for sustainable, energy-saving public schools.

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House of the Month: Case Studies
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR The architects of a selection of houses recently published as Houses of the Month—the most visited feature on Architectural Record’s website—will present case studies of these projects that illustrate best practices in current residential design.

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Combining BIM with Alternative Project Delivery
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR The benefits of BIM tools yield the greatest advantage when used across an integrated project team. A 289-bed hospital complex on the Mission Bay campus of the University of California, San Francisco, are relying on such a process. The $1.5 billion project will be completed in 2014 are already realizing benefits.

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BIM & Single-Family Residential: Using Technology to Lower Costs, Speed Construction, and Improve Performance
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR While BIM is traditionally thought of as being effective on large, complex projects, more architects are also using it on single-family residential projects to lower costs, speed construction process, and make better-performing, greener buildings.

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