AIA CES Presentations
AVAILABLE COURSES
BUILDING ENCLOSURE: DYNAMIC INTERFACES OF FLUID APPLIED BARRIERS, CI, AND FINISH SYSTEMS (2024-5)
LU/HSW
THE INTEGRATION OF AIR/WATER BARRIERS, CONTINUOUS INSULATION AND A CLADDING CAN BE COMPLICATED.
THIS COURSE SIMPLIFIES THE PROCESS SHOWING HOW YOU CAN INTEGRATE THESE COMPONENTS TO KEEP
YOUR BUILDINGS DRY AND PROTECTED.
THE ETHICS OF ARCHITECTURE (2025-01) LU
AN ETHICAL APPROACH TO SPECIFICATIONS. WITH SUCH GREAT RESPONSIBILITY THE DESIGN TEAM OF ANY
PROJECT NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND RIGHT FROM WRONG AND HOW THE SPECIFICATION DRIVES WHAT GETS DONE.
FOR THIS REASON, SPECIFICATIONS NEED TO BE CLEAR, CORRECT, COMPLETE AND CONCISE. HOWEVER, THERE IS
MORE TO THIS THAN JUST SAYING IT. WE HAVE TO ACT AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. THIS PROGRAM WILL LOOK AT WHY
SPECIFICATIONS ARE VITAL TO EVERY PROJECT, HOW THEY HAVE LOST VALUE IN THE EYES OF THE INDUSTRY AND
HOW WE CAN ENSURE THEY GAIN BACK THE RESPECT THEY ONCE HAD.
CONTINUOUS INSULATION AND FINISH SYSTEMS BASE PLUS (2024-01) LU/HSW
THE INTEGRATION OF AIR/WATER BARRIERS, CONTINUOUS INSULATION AND CLADDING CAN BE COMPLICATED.
THIS COURSE SIMPLIFIES THE PROCESS SHOWING HOW YOU CAN INTEGRATE THESE COMPONENTS TO KEEP YOUR
BUILDINGS DRY AND PROTECTED. (1-HOUR COURSE)
STUCCO REPAIR AND RENOVATION (2024-02) LU/HSW
STUCCO REPAIR IS COMPLICATED. AS THE PRIMARY WEATHER RESISTIVE CLADDING, THE PROPER EVALUATION IS
CRITICAL IF RENOVATING A BUILDING. THIS COURSE IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE EVALUATION AREAS ARCHITECTS
SHOULD BE AWARE OF WHEN RENOVATING AND THE COMMON RENOVATION OPTIONS. (1-HOUR COURSE)
EIFS REPAIR AND RENOVATION (2024-03) LU/HSW
EIFS REPAIR AND RENOVATION CAN RANGE FROM SIMPLE TO COMPLICATED. EIFS IS A PRIMARY WEATHER BARRIER
AND DECORATIVE CLADDING THIS COURSE IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE EVALUATION AREAS ARCHITECTS SHOULD BE
AWARE OF WHEN RENOVATING AND THE COMMON RENOVATION OPTIONS. (1-HOUR COURSE)
CI CLADDING OPTIONS (2024-4) LU/HSW
CLADDING SYSTEMS ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CONTINUOUS INSULATION AND AIR
BARRIERS. THIS COURSE EXPLORES THE CLADDING REQUIREMENTS OF IBC 2021 AND HOW YOU CAN
INCORPORATE THEM INTO YOUR BUILDING STRATEGY. (1-HOUR COURSE)
CIFS BASE PLUS CODE REFERENCES WITH LINKS
- CI CLADDING BREAKDOWN (CHAPTER 14)
- 1402 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
- 1404.2 WEATHER PROTECTION (GENERAL)
- 1402.5 WATER-RESISTIVE BARRIERS
- 1403 MATERIALS
- 1403.2 WATER-RESISTIVE BARRIER REQUIREMENTS
- 1403.11 EXTERIOR INSULATION AND FINISH SYSTEMS (EIFS)
- 1403.13 FOAM PLASTIC
- 1404 INSTALLATION
- 1404.3 VAPOR RETARDERS
- 1405 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL USE
- 1407 EIFS
- 1402 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
IECC CLIMATE ZONE MAP
2021 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE
IECC BUILDING LEAKAGE REQUIREMENTS
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