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September 15, 2010

2010 Fall Professional Development Courses - AIA/CES, ASHRAE and HRAI

Greetings All!

If you are working on professional development and continuing education, please make note of the following fall programs on building science, indoor air quality, thermal comfort, sustainability, snow melting, radiant heating and cooling and others. I'll be instructing all of these programs and have Professor Birol Kilkis, Ph.D. on-line as well for the ASHRAE Webinar.

You can register on-line for all the course and make note the HRAI programs are eligible for Government subsidies.

HRAI Hydronic Radiant Certification Course – 4 day program (Government subsidies available) It is highly recommended that participants have been certified in heat lossand gain and have previous experience in doing pressure differential calculation for duct or piping design.

Calgary, Sep 28, 2010 to Oct 01, 2010
Kelowna, Nov 30, 2010 to Dec 03, 2010

HRAI online registration:
https://olrs02.hrai.ca:444/courses/RegistrationHomePage.aspx

HRAI Indoor Air Quality Awareness – 3 day program focusing on building science, interior design and HVAC systems.(Government subsidies available) - Open to all including architects, interior designers and decorators, trades, suppliers, health care professionals etc.

Calgary, Nov 23, 2010 to Nov 25, 2010

HRAI online registration:
https://olrs02.hrai.ca:444/courses/RegistrationHomePage.aspx

ASHRAE Webinar – Basics of Panel Heating and Cooling, 3 hours program
ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Series and AIA/CES Professional Development Course
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 – 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT

ASHRAE online registration:
http://www.ashrae.org/education/page/2655#o13

AIA/CES Professional Development Webinars  - One hour programs offered without charge...be sure to thank the folks at Uponor for making this possible! Uponor is a registered provider of education through the AIA contiuing education system. 

Uponor online registration:
http://www.uponorpro.com/Extranet%20Home/Training%20and%20Education/Calendar

Sep 20, 2010 11:00 am EST, Snow and Ice Melting, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Sep 20, 2010 1:00 pm EST, Snow and Ice Melting, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Oct 4, 2010 11:00 am EST, Frost Prevention, AIA/CES Professional Development

Oct 4, 2010 1:00 pm EST, Frost Prevention, AIA/CES Professional Development

Oct 18, 2010 11:00 am EST, Indoor Air Quality, Introductory course for the hydronic industry

Oct 18, 2010 1:00 pm EST, Indoor Air Quality, Introductory course for the hydronic industry

Nov 8, 2010 11:00 am EST, The Human Factor in HVAC, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Nov 8, 2010 1:00 pm EST, The Human Factor in HVAC, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Nov 15, 2010 11:00 am EST, Radiant Based HVAC Systems, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Nov 15, 2010 1:00 pm EST, Radiant Based HVAC Systems, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Dec 6, 2010 11:00 am EST, Thermal Comfort,  AIA/CES Professional Development

Dec 6, 2010 1:00 pm EST, Thermal Comfort,  AIA/CES Professional Development

Dec 13, 2010 1:00 am EST, Radiant Heating and Cooling, AIA/CES Professional Development

Dec 13, 2010 11:00 am EST, Radiant Heating and Cooling, AIA/CES Professional Development

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July 14, 2010

Centennial Edition of Wood Handbook - Now Available

Wood_Handbook The Forest Products Laboratory is proud to present this edition of the Wood Handbook—Wood as an Engineering Material, prepared and updated to include fascinating new developments in the field of wood utilization and released as part of the celebration of the Forest Products Laboratory’s first 100 years of service to the public.

Efficient use of our nation’s timber is of critical importance. This handbook is intended to serve as a primary reference on the use of wood in a variety of applications from general construction to use of wood for decorative purposes. It provides engineers, architects, and others who use wood with a source of information on the various properties of wood, its relationship with moisture, and characteristics of various wood-based materials. Continuing research holds promise for wider and more efficient utilization of wood in an increasing number of applications.

This handbook was prepared by the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), a research unit within the USDA Forest Service. The FPL, first established in 1910 in Madison, Wisconsin, was the first institution in the world to conduct general research on wood and its utilization. The information that resulted from many of its scientific investigations of wood and wood prodcts over the past century is the primary basis for this handbook.

The Wood Handbook was first issued in 1935, and slightly revised in 1939, as an unnumbered publication. Further revisions in 1955, 1974, and 1987 were published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as Agriculture Handbook No. 72. The 1999 revision was published by the FPL as General Technical Report FPL–GTR–113 and reprinted for broader distribution by the Forest Products Society. Citation: Forest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook—Wood as an engineering material. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 508 p.

RBc: The Wood Handbook can be downloaded for free from the  Forest Products Laboratory (FPL)

Learn more about wood, moisture and radiant heated hardwood floors.

Posted by on July 14, 2010 at 09:16 AM in Building Enclosures, Design Tools, Educational, Heated Flooring, In-Floor Heating, Radiant heated hardwood floors, Radiant heated wood floors, Wood Science | | Comments (0)

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  • “The quality of housing conditions plays a decisive role in the health status of the residents, because many health problems are either directly or indirectly related to the building itself, the construction materials that were used, and the equipment or the size or structure of the individual dwellings.” The World Health Organization
  • "Indoor environmental quality is in part a result of materials and methods of construction which has an influence on occupant health. For this reason, policies around health and construction cannot be treated separately and must be linked together." Source: Bean, R., IAQ Webinar Presentation, 2009
  • The HVAC system consumes 50-60% of the building energy cost and generates 80-85% of tenant complaints. Source: U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Office of the Chief Architect

Good Design

  • “Industrial designers determine the form and interaction qualities of manufactured products...They study people at work, at home and in motion to create satisfying experiences with products from the kitchen and the office to the hospital and the warehouse…” Excerpt from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).
  • In our opinion, industrial design has been overlooked by the HVAC industry – illustrated by consumers facing difficulties selling homes with HVAC systems which have “beast in the boiler room.”
  • Be reminded by S. Claire Conroy from Residential Architecture, "It's time architects of every discipline understand residential architecture for what it really is: everyone's most intimate connection with architecture. It's not simply a “test bed”—it's a vessel for our lives on their most personal level. That makes the stakes very high indeed. No one is more discriminating and demanding than a residential client.”
  • "A lot of it has to do with how we are responding at a physiological level to what we see as we walk in through the door." Sarah Susanka, Architect
  • “Industrial designers determine the form and interaction qualities of manufactured products...They study people at work, at home and in motion to create satisfying experiences with products from the kitchen and the office to the hospital and the warehouse…” Excerpt from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).
  • "In any industry, one of the most important and difficult tasks is to explain a nuanced process to someone unfamiliar with the field. At its grass roots, design is a process like many others; it has theories, strategies and examples that can be explained on a general level. It’s not a matter of what type of information is given, but rather how it is presented and to what type of audience." Speaking Design to Non-Designers, IDSA