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Greening Your Building With Wood: Sustainable Design (AWI111510)
CEU:0.1
On-Demand Webinar | Online
Individual (one engineer)
Member $95.00 | Non-Member $145.00
Member $95.00 | Non-Member $145.00
Product
On-Demand Webinar
Location
Online
Credit
CEU:0.1
Keyword(s)
Architectural, Structural, Sustainability
Description
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Instructor information: Lisa Podesto, P.E., CGBP, M.ASCE
Course Length: 1 Hour
This webinar was co-sponsored by ASCE's Structural Engineering Institute and ASCE Continuing Education
Purpose and Background
This webinar looks at how wood construction can contribute to a green building. It will dispel common myths about forestry management, explain wood's role in the three “R”s, and discuss how wood contributes to the occupant environment. You will also learn how wood products can positively affect climate change. Topics include: the role of CO2, the carbon cycle and current events. Examples showing how wood compares to other materials will also be shown, in terms of a variety of environmental impacts. Using scientifically-based life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology, this webinar demonstrates why wood products are better for the environment than other materials in terms of indicators such as embodied energy, air and water pollution and global warming potential. LCA is becoming the world standard for evaluating the sustainability of materials and assemblies and improving environmentally based decision-making. The tools available to conduct LCA for buildings and components will be introduced as well. Service life and durability also play a large role in sustainable design. This presentation will review a demolition study and suggest considerations and tools for determining the design service life.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize how the use of wood effects exterior and interior environments
- Identify ways that engineers can contribute to recycling, reducing and reusing of wood products
- Understand the carbon cycle and how the use of wood can affect climate change
- Become familiar with Life Cycle Assessment and related measurement tools
Seminar Benefits
- Find out the latest on Life Cycle Assessment tools
- Learn how to measure the impact your building design will have on the environment
- Learn new solutions for minimizing the environmental impact of a structure
- Learn where more information and resources can be found
- Determine ways to assess what the design service life of your building should be
- Discover innovative way engineers can contribute to sustainable design
- Learn how to address owner/architect’s concerns about emissions of wood materials
Intended Audience
This presentation is intended for structural engineers although it will also be of interest to other civil engineering concentrations. Everyone from students to senior engineers and engineering managers will be able to take away something from this presentation.
Seminar Outline
Wood and the environment
- Dispelling myths about wood products
- How wood contributes to the 3 R’s of green
- Recycle, reduce, re-use
- Building occupant environment
- Biophilia, moisture moderation, and formaldehyde emissions
Climate Change
- The role of CO2
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon sequestration
- Catastrophic wildfires
- Insects and disease
- Cogeneration and biomass energy
- How does wood compare?
- Current events in climate change
LCA
- Understanding terminology and concepts
- LCA tools
- Impact Estimator, EcoCalculator, and BEES
- How does wood compare?
- CORRIM LCA case study
- ATHENA LCA Office building case study
Service Life and Durability
- Why service life and durability play a role in sustainable design
- Demolition study
- Tools for determining service life
Instructor information: Lisa Podesto, P.E., CGBP, M.ASCE
Course Length: 1 Hour
This webinar was co-sponsored by ASCE's Structural Engineering Institute and ASCE Continuing Education
Purpose and Background
This webinar looks at how wood construction can contribute to a green building. It will dispel common myths about forestry management, explain wood's role in the three “R”s, and discuss how wood contributes to the occupant environment. You will also learn how wood products can positively affect climate change. Topics include: the role of CO2, the carbon cycle and current events. Examples showing how wood compares to other materials will also be shown, in terms of a variety of environmental impacts. Using scientifically-based life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology, this webinar demonstrates why wood products are better for the environment than other materials in terms of indicators such as embodied energy, air and water pollution and global warming potential. LCA is becoming the world standard for evaluating the sustainability of materials and assemblies and improving environmentally based decision-making. The tools available to conduct LCA for buildings and components will be introduced as well. Service life and durability also play a large role in sustainable design. This presentation will review a demolition study and suggest considerations and tools for determining the design service life.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize how the use of wood effects exterior and interior environments
- Identify ways that engineers can contribute to recycling, reducing and reusing of wood products
- Understand the carbon cycle and how the use of wood can affect climate change
- Become familiar with Life Cycle Assessment and related measurement tools
Seminar Benefits
- Find out the latest on Life Cycle Assessment tools
- Learn how to measure the impact your building design will have on the environment
- Learn new solutions for minimizing the environmental impact of a structure
- Learn where more information and resources can be found
- Determine ways to assess what the design service life of your building should be
- Discover innovative way engineers can contribute to sustainable design
- Learn how to address owner/architect’s concerns about emissions of wood materials
Intended Audience
This presentation is intended for structural engineers although it will also be of interest to other civil engineering concentrations. Everyone from students to senior engineers and engineering managers will be able to take away something from this presentation.
Seminar Outline
Wood and the environment
- Dispelling myths about wood products
- How wood contributes to the 3 R’s of green
- Recycle, reduce, re-use
- Building occupant environment
- Biophilia, moisture moderation, and formaldehyde emissions
Climate Change
- The role of CO2
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon sequestration
- Catastrophic wildfires
- Insects and disease
- Cogeneration and biomass energy
- How does wood compare?
- Current events in climate change
LCA
- Understanding terminology and concepts
- LCA tools
- Impact Estimator, EcoCalculator, and BEES
- How does wood compare?
- CORRIM LCA case study
- ATHENA LCA Office building case study
Service Life and Durability
- Why service life and durability play a role in sustainable design
- Demolition study
- Tools for determining service life