Sustainable Curb Appeal ** Earn 1 HSW ** Whether in politics or in building design, transparency is an increasingly necessary element of modern life. We want to know where a product comes from before proceeding with future-altering decisions. When it comes to our materials, the resources that make up our built environment, it’s more important...
"Blue Architecture: Hydro-Logical Design for the 21st Century City" with Brook Muller, Dean of the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte. Rapid urbanization, climate change, growing populations, and ecosystems degradation suggest the value of new approaches to water infrastructures, ones that align the goals of resilience, equity, ecological responsiveness, and sufficient and suitable quality water...
Modeling Masonry with BIM **Earn 1 HSW/LU** BIM is expanding quickly within the construction industry worldwide. However, the masonry industry has not historically been well represented. Therefore, there is a need to develop BIM tools for masonry to keep up with the growing requirements for 3D modeling. With that intent, an Initiative was formed in...