Education

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Live Learning Sessions / Webinars

  • Healthy Building Solutions Webinar Series 1: The Role of Daylight in Our New Normal

    The Healthy Building Solutions Webinar Series will review how solar shading systems facilitate and promote health and wellness strategies for building occupants while addressing long-term sustainability and near-term COVID-19 considerations. The Series will include practitioner case studies and forward-thinking research in natural daylight, healthy materials, and cleaning protocols.

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  • Natural Beauty: Design with Biophilic Principles to Promote Occupant Well-Being

    One of the most important concepts behind biophilia is the “urge to affiliate with other forms of life,” (E.O. Wilson). Humans are connected to nature, inspired in nature, and desire to be harmonized with nature. This course discusses the main principles of biophilic design and explains how a connection with nature benefits human well-being, increases classroom performance, and reduces stress. Multiple case studies demonstrating the positive benefits of daylight and views on building occupants are discussed and applications of biophilic design are examined.

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  • Turn on the Daylight: Automated Shading for Human Health + Building Performance

    A large portion of new commercial and residential buildings built today are equipped with clear, floor-to-ceiling glass. Does this new expansive area of glass lead to daylight optimization? This course explains the impacts of daylighting on human health and building occupant comfort. Proactive and reactive automated shading systems are discussed, automated shading systems in projects of various scopes and scales are also discussed.

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  • The Impact of PoE and Automated Shading

    Discussing the potential of automated shading as a tool and element to enhance designs, - how it's done; why do it; and what it meaningfully does to improve occupant experiences and building efficiencies - equally for work, learning, hospitality, and healthcare – to make built environments more sustainable, efficient and profitable.

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  • Daylighting and Energy Optimization with Automated Shades

    Review of automated shading and daylighting design strategies on sustainability and energy optimization.

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  • Managing Daylight Through Shading Automation Systems

    Learn how to manage shading and light with automated systems.

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  • Brighten Your Day With Daylight

    One of the most popular design trends today is the use of daylighting to support wellness, boost productivity, and offset energy use. What’s more, maximizing the use of natural light in a space also speaks to the modern design language that the latest architectural buildings boast today. This CEU will seek to educate specifiers on the importance of daylighting and how to incorporate best practices that maximize its benefit.

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  • Expand Your Views: The Benefits of Shadecloth Selection on Daylight, Health, & Comfort

    Our built environment must be optimized to create comfortable and healthier spaces. Shading systems can be used to enhance our spaces by providing optimal daylight and comfort to create an ideal indoor environment. This course reviews the performance, aesthetic, and material health of various shadecloth compositions and how each factor contributes to the shadecloth selection process.

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  • Get the Daylight You Deserve

    Daylight is a key factor for health and wellness, and being central to energy-savings strategies and being a part of sustainability strategies. This seminar will provide detailed information on utilizing daylight and meeting requirements for managing glare and controlling for solar radiation, while gaining benefits of daylight and views.

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