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Professional CEU - Continuing Education Units, can be earned using our courses. Have an accredited course to offer?
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Aluminum and Metal Composite Materials: Finish and Surface Considerations
Provides an overview of design pressure and related building codes and standards, as well as determining and applying design pressure to buildings. Wind speed measures, exposure categories, impact protected glazing are some of the topics that are also reviewed.
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Subsurface Drainage Systems
Provides an overview of subsurface drainage including its purpose, the methods used and the common places that require drainage. It also describes in detail the drainage systems that can be used and the calculations required to determine what is needed.
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Crystalline Waterproofing Technology: Improving Concrete Durability
Provides an overview of how crystalline technology provides a high level of performance to concrete mixtures, materials, and structures improving their durability and lifespan; and, what design professionals need to know to specify and understand how this chemical technology will enhance building projects.
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Drainage Planes and Weep Systems for Thin Veneers, MTI 109
Takes an in depth look at the natural phenomena that lead to moisture problems in thin veneer walls, and discusses why every thin veneer wall should include drainage planes and weep systems.
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Preventing Moisture Problems in Single Wythe CMU Walls, MTI 209
An overview of physics principles that enable moisture to penetrate single wythe cmu wall systems. Describes design details (including the use of rainscreen technology) that work to prevent moisture problems.
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Rainscreen 101: Exterior Building Envelope Moisture Control, MTI 309
What is a Rainscreen? What must Rainscreen technology really do? Learn about the important features of a true Rainscreen and why proper Rainscreen technology is essential for your wall system. This presentation covers the components of an effective moisture management system for rainscreen building envelopes, examines the issue of air movement in building envelopes, and looks at the special needs of openings in building envelopes and how to effectively deal with their special moisture issues.
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Breaking the Mold! Improving Building Health & Sustainability w/Drainage Planes, MTI 409
This course was designed to help you meet the HSW and Sustainability requirements and to give you new insight on how moisture management systems improve building health and sustainability. The course will provide specific reasons for using moisture management systems in your next building project, and through the use of animations, will show how to place them in a variety of wall details. According to the Whole Building Design Guide, “Among all the challenges plaguing buildings, moisture-related problems are at the top of the list.” Discover how to greatly reduce those moisture problems through the proper implementation of drainage planes and weeps.
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Insulated Metal Wall and Roof Panels
Provides an overview of Insulated Metal Wall and Roof Panels in terms of their material, finish, and construction life cycle; designed with features and benefits to enhance building performance and contribute to the sustainable built environment. Discussions include code requirements, industry standards and LEED® certification.
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08 Doors + Windows
Understand Four-Fold Door Systems
Lunch and Learn! Enhance your knowledge of door systems while earning AIA/CES Continuing Education credits and lunch on us. In Understand Four-Fold Door Systems, you will learn to identify industries and projects a Four-Fold door system is applicable for. This course is worth one(1) LU. For more information on Door Engineering's AIA/CES registered program or to schedule a Lunch and Learn, please email or call (800) 959-1352.
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Glass & Energy
Provides an overview of the available Fire-Resistant and Fire- Protection glasses, including discussions on the effects of heat on glass, testing methods and examples of applications.
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Prefinished Steel Door Frames
Provides an overview of pre-finished steel door frames including their benefits, features, installation, and applications.
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LEED Certification: Fenestration's Contribution to a Greener Future
Provides an overview of the U.S. Green Building Council and its LEED-NC Green Building Rating System, and discusses the ways in which fenestration can positively contribute to a building's LEED certification.
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09 Finishes
Green Painting: How Paint Contributes to LEED® Rating
Provides an overview of LEED® rating system, its uses, background, current trends, and future implications, focusing on how paint and coating products can contribute to LEED® rating.
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A Green Alternative for Surface Finishing: Powder Coatings
Provides an overview of powder coating technology for surface finishing including its environmental, economical and mechanical properties which make it an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional liquid coatings.
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Architectural Applications of Ceramic Tile
Provides an overview of the types and characteristics of ceramic tile including performance rating factors as well as a discussion of the benefits of using ceramic tile for architectural applications such as: ventilated and bonded facades.
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Underfloor Service Distribution: Office Buildings
Provides an overview of underfloor air distribution (UFAD) systems, and their benefits and advantages over traditional ceiling-based air distribution systems. Included are discussions on the importance of plenum integrity, air leakage categories, and sealing techniques.
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10 Specialties
11 Equip. + Appliances
Universal Design
Today, universal design is making its way into the collective consciousness, spurred on by the needs of an aging population. Often referred to as “lifespan” design, the new focus is to provide a product - be it a home or an appliance - that recognizes, respects, values and attempts to accommodate the broadest possible spectrum of human ability.
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12 Furnishings
13 Special Construction
14 Conveying Systems
15 Plumbing + HVAC
Integrating water delivery into evolving kitchen designs
Integrate water delivery to meet emerging lifestyle needs — and desires — in residential kitchen design.
1 hour program View Course Details Profile
16 Lighting + Electrical
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