05/14/2008, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Learning Units: 3.75-Advanced level
Training Units: 0.9375-Training Area 3 (Schematic Design)
Ninety percent of the effective green building strategies occur within the first 10 percent of the design process. Relevant high performance green home building is so much more about client education, thoughtful programming and prioritizing, climatically appropriate siting, sound design decisions, and building systems integration than about sustainable material choices, although these will be addressed also. An integrated approach to residential and light commercial green building will be presented.
Learning Objectives:
- Connect the dots between basic physics, sound building science, client expectations, climatically appropriate life-style decision-making and design, U.S. energy independence and global warming
- Articulate the relative value of thoughtful programming and design as they relate to sustainable architecture and a sustainable society
- Prioritize and apply high performance design and green building strategies so as to grow beyond the present and popular green building paradigm
Speaker: Peter L. Pfeiffer, FAIA, LEED AP, NCARB
Providers: AIA Austin Committee on the Environment and Barley and Pfeiffer Architects
WE58a Wednesday, 1-5 p.m., $125 AIA Member
WE58b Wednesday, 1-5 p.m., $175 Nonmember

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