By Leander Bathon – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing and EIC – This presentation demonstrates that due to the development of innovative connection systems the timber industry is now able to compete with those main stream building materials like steel and concrete by matching their performance and cost and outperforming their sustainability.
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.
Bracing for Climate Change; Building for High Wind Resistance
By Cory McCambridge – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. This course will discuss structural failures observed during storm damage assessments as well as cost-effective above-code recommendations that contribute to improved overall performance in the structural shell of a building.
Bringing Passive House into the Cold
By Junru Shen – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes This course will address Passive House building strategies for cold climate regions.
Build Towards Low Carbon Construction with the Gestimat Tool
Presented by Caroline Frenette. Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. Gestimat facilitates the assessment of the carbon footprint of buildings. This new web-based tool estimates the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to structural materials used in different building scenarios.
Building Enclosures for 5 & 6 Storey Mid-Rise Wood Buildings
By Graham Finch – Format: 3 PowerPoint Videos – Length: Two Hours – Downloadable Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC, HPO – This 2 hour presentation will cover lessons learned and many of the recent trends in materials, details and enclosure assemblies for creating durable and energy-efficient mid-rise wood frame buildings.
Building Futures and Rethinking Construction
By Stephen Good – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – This presentation will provide an overview of the wood design and construction sector in Scotland showing its evolution from site built to off site construction.
Building Green with Wood Toolkit
Format: PDF Documents and Videos – Length: Two Hours Handouts: Yes – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – The Building Green with Wood Toolkit by naturally:wood is a comprehensive course on issues required when considering building rating systems, codes and any other “green” related initiatives.
Building the Future for Heavy and Mass Timber
By Peter Moonen. Format: Recorded webinar Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. What does the future look like for Mass timber and construction? Come and find out what could be our future in the application of new wood technology.
Building the World’s Largest CLT Structure
By: Anthony Thistleton, Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: No.This presentation explores the background and construction of the world’s largest CLT building – the challenges of convincing clients, developers and authorities to construct in engineered timber, as well as the technical challenges of building at this scale.
Carbon12 A CLT Case Study in Design and Construction
By Kristin Slavin. Format: PowerPoint Video , Length: One Hour, Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC, Handout: No. PATH Architecture and Kaiser Group Inc. are sister companies that develop, design and build. Hear from Kristin Slavin, Associate at PATH Architecture, why the team decided to use wood as the primary structural material in projects, how that decision has evolved, and what they plan to do next.
