Description
This 10-hour package contains:
5 HSW hour Audio Course – Moving Toward Net Zero – CA Net Zero Carbon Design Course
5 HSW hour Audio Course – CA Building Code Division 2: Accessibility – CA ADA Course
California Moving Toward Net Zero
Instructor: Paul Spite
Sustainability is defined by one source as “meeting current needs, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs, in the environment we will leave them.” Net zero refers to achieving an overall balance between carbon-based emissions produced and the removal or offsetting of the same amount of carbon from the atmosphere. Taken together, striving to meet these two objectives can result in choices made in project design and project use, resulting in the least harm possible being done to our environment.
We will examine a few key principles involved in moving toward ‘net zero:
- Designing buildings that use as little energy as possible, once occupied as intended
- Generating as much power on-site, or the equivalent thereof, to supply the power still needed and used by the facility
- Look at carbon emissions and ways to lower or offset greenhouse gas emissions as a result of our activities
This course teaches the following knowledge and skills:
- An understanding of what is being referred to, when ‘net zero’ is being discussed
- An overview of broad strategies used in designing sustainable buildings
- Identifying sources of more environmentally friendly materials for incorporation in projects
- Why buildings renovated for adaptive reuse are arguably the greenest buildings.
- How incorporating passive design principles can reduce future energy use.
- Use of the earth’s temperature below the frost line to preheat and precool incoming air
- A good understanding of different options for insulating building envelopes
- How LEED certification can be sought and obtained
- Different ways in which green power can be purchased
- Criteria that can be used in purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates
- The various technologies used to generate power on site from renewable resources
- Steps to be taken in planning for an on-site renewable generation project
- The primary differences between renewable energy certificates and carbon offsets
- How clean water state revolving funds are used to finance conservation projects
This Course Covers:
Overall Steps in Reaching Net Zero
Part One – Minimizing Energy Use in Buildings
- Broad Design Concepts for Energy Conservation
- Energy Audits
- Passive Site and Building Design
- Designing for LEED Certification
- Recycling Buildings
- Energy Efficient Building Envelopes
- Energy Efficient Building Components
- Lifestyle Choices to Conserve Energy and Other Resources
- Creating Replacement Power
- Summary of Minimizing Energy Use
Part Two – Minimizing Carbon Output
- Purchasing Green Power
- Purchasing Carbon Offsets
- Funding Land Conservation Projects with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
- Summary of Reducing Carbon Output
California Building Code: Division 2: Accessibility
Instructor: Rodger B. Peck
(If you are being audited by the Board, please print out this section It contains the information needed for the continuing education audit.)
Rodger has over 25 years experience building, teaching and consulting with individuals in the construction industry. He has conducted extensive research and study in developing, compiling and writing Americans with Disabilities Act courses for architects, engineers, and commercial and residential builders. Rodger holds a vast amount of certifications and approvals, both State specific and nationally:
- Michigan Residential Builders License #2101137251
- American Institute of Architect (AIA) approved instructor
- International Distance Education Certified (IDECC) Qualified #67861
- Lead Paint Safety (RRP) Certified Instructor through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Alabama Licensing Board approved instructor
- Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) approved instructor
- Georgia Board for Residential and General Contractors (BRGC) approved instructor
- Massachusetts Department of Public Safety (DPS) approved instructor
- Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) approved instructor
- Minnesota Department of Licensing and Industry (DLI) approved instructor
- Oregon Construction Contractor Board (CCB) approved instructor
- Utah Department of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL) approved instructor
- Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) approved instructor
The ADA is one of America’s most comprehensive pieces of civil rights legislation that prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else to participate in the mainstream of American life — to enjoy employment opportunities, to purchase goods and services, and to participate in State and local government programs and services. The standards set minimum requirements – both scoping and technical – for newly designed and constructed, or altered state and local government facilities, public accommodations, and commercial facilities to be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.
This five hour audio course covers the second chapter of the ADA Standards for Accessible Design and includes the California modifications found in Division 2, Chapter 11B of the California Building Code including the most recent changes. While an individual designer may be able to use the ADA for personal or generic residential design, the California code should be used by registered design professionals and enforcement officials and applied when the project is for public use within the state of California.
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize how the overall philosophy of the Americans with Disabilities Act can and does create an environment of opportunity and non-discrimination.
- Be able recognize what facilities can and should comply with Chapter 11B Accessibility of the California Building Code.
- Outline at least one design strategy based on accessibility standards for the construction of either a public or private building.
- Summarize the options available to the design or building professional when designing a facility per the requirements of Chapter 11B.
This Course Covers:
- Application
- Existing Buildings and Facilities
- General Exceptions
- Protruding Objects
- Operable Parts
- Accessible Routes: Work areas, Amusement parks, Recreational areas, Entrances, Lifts
- Accessible Means of Egress
- Parking Spaces
- Passenger Loading Zones and Bus Stops
- Stairways
- Drinking Fountains
- Kitchens, Kitchenettes, and Sinks
- Toilet Facilities and Bathing Facilities
- Washing Machines and Clothes Dryers
- Fire Alarm Systems
- Signs
- Telephones
- Transportation Facilities
- Assistive Listening Systems
- Automatic Teller Machines and Fare Machines
- Assembly Areas
- Dressing, Fitting, and Locker Rooms
- Medical Care and Long-term Care Facilities
- Transient Lodging Guest Rooms
- Storage
- Dining Surfaces and Work Surfaces
- Sales and Service
- Depositories, Vending Machines, Change Machines, Mailboxes and Fuel Dispensers
- Windows
- Two-Way Communication Systems
- Judicial Facilities
- Detention Facilities and Correctional Facilities
- Residential Facilities
- Recreational Boating and Golf Facilities
- Exercise Machines and Equipment
- Play Areas
- Saunas and Steam Rooms
- Swimming Pools, Wading Pools and Spas
- Shooting Facilities with Firing Positions
Credit(s) earned on completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available to print upon completion of the course.
This course is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA or any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.
