By Annie Perkins Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. Certified wood offers an excellent solution for building projects. When procured from responsibly managed forests, building with wood addresses climate change, conservation, and biodiversity, and provides renewable building materials with lower embodied carbon than traditional building materials.
Courses
All course learning content is free for Students, Instructors and Industry Professionals. Courses can be accessed by clicking the Read More button at the bottom of each course description. However, to earn course credits you must first pass a quiz. To access course quiz you must register in the Wood WORKS! eLearning Centre and enroll in course. Both registration and enrolment are free.
169. Demystifying Acoustics for all Wood Buildings
By Andre Rioux. Course Number WWOL169, Year Created 2020. Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes.This presentation defines Acoustic building code requirements and discusses important acoustic principles in mass timber construction.
170. An Overview of The Canadian Mass Timber Technical Guide
By Orlagh McHugh and Ron McDougall Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. Join us for an introduction to a new, comprehensive Canadian technical reference guide to mass timber. Canadaâs inherent building-with-wood culture lays a solid foundation for the continued growth of mass timber construction. Learn more about why mass timber is right for your next project, the design process and building systems, code acceptance, our expertise and more.
171. Western Red Cedar: Distinctive, Sustainable Designs
By Paul Mackie Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. This presentation is intended to increase awareness of Western Red Cedar uses, properties and performance characteristics.
172. Getting to “Yes” with Alternative Solutions
By Jack Keays Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. This presentation discusses a mixture of office, residential, and institutional buildings, all of which have their challenges and design solutions.
173. The Elements of Enriched Environments
By Tye Farrow. Course Number WWOL173, Year Created 2020. Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – Handout: Yes. In this presentation Tye discusses the concept of activated optimal health, which is driven by space, and the elements of our physical space.
175. Joining Tradition and Innovation with Mass timber Connections
By Patrick Geers. Course Number WWOL175, Year Created 2020. Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. Patrick Geers of Western Archrib presents an overview of traditional, state-of-the-art and innovative fasteners and connectors.
176. Insuring the Success of Wood Buildings
By Tim Buhler. Course Number WWOL176, Year Created 2020. Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. We will address how builder’s risk insurance works, why it is different for wood and best practices we can follow.
177. Acoustic Considerations for Wood Construction
By Mihkel Toome, Daniel Lyzun and Acoustatech. Course Number WWOL177, Year Created 2016. Format: Power Point Video – Length: 1.5 Hours – Downloadable Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC and BC Housing – This presentation will discuss acoustics in wood structures and the value that can be added through early planning and good acoustic design.
