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The Intersection of HOA’s and Design in Outdoor Living
The Intersection of HOAs and Design in Outdoor Living

Designing within HOA-governed and multi-family residential environments presents a unique set of challenges that require technical knowledge, strategic communication, and a deep understanding of regulatory and structural constraints. In this course, we’ll share insights on how to effectively manage the intricacies of wor...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE
The Intersection of Railing Performance and Design Innovation in Outdoor Living
The Intersection of Railing Performance and Design Innovation in Outdoor Living

This podcast introduces design professionals to the fundamentals of cable-infill railing systems, covering how materials, tensioning mechanics, fittings, and post selection contribute to structural safety and long-term performance. The session reviews key code requirements, common design and installation challenges, and...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

XPEL, Inc.

The Benefits of Buildings with a View
The Benefits of Buildings with a View

Architectural window film that outshines expectations for energy efficiency, building safety and wellness. Join us in this one-hour course as we discuss window film as it relates to promoting a healthy space for building occupants, and how it excels in energy savings through climate control without compromising on the be...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

Total Door Systems

Building Safer Spaces: Integrated Door Systems and Code Compliance
Building Safer Spaces: Integrated Door Systems and Code Compliance

This course explores the evolution and benefits of integrated door systems in modern architecture, emphasizing their role in enhancing building design, occupant safety, and code compliance. Design professionals will gain insights into how these systems support project efficiency, life safety strategies, and seamless arch...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

SPC Alliance

Beyond Compliance: Integrating Accessibility, Innovation, and Inclusion in Design
Beyond Compliance: Integrating Accessibility, Innovation, and Inclusion in Design

Accessibility in architecture has evolved far beyond compliance; it’s now a defining element of inclusive, sustainable, and human-centered design. This course explores how design professionals can integrate barrier-free solutions that enhance occupant health, safety, and well-being across project types. Through discussio...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 ADA Accessibility / Barrier-Free Req.
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE
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Beyond the Door: Designing for Safety, Accessibility, and Smart Integration

This podcast explores the evolving intersection of design, technology, and human experience in door hardware and access control systems. Through expert discussion, listeners will gain insight into how innovative hardware solutions can simultaneously enhance security, accessibility, and design intent. The conversation exa...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE
Building Resilient Schools: Design Practices that Enhance Safety, Security, and Longevity
Building Resilient Schools: Design Practices that Enhance Safety, Security, and Longevity

This course explores the critical role of door hardware and security solutions in creating safer and more resilient educational environments. Through real-world insights and design strategies, participants will examine how codes, standards, and best practices influence decisions that impact occupant safety, emergency res...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE
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Modern Door Hardware Solutions: Balancing Egress, Accessibility, and Building Resilience

This podcast provides design professionals with a comprehensive exploration of how door hardware contributes to safe egress, accessible pathways, and long-term building performance. Through a blend of industry context, technical guidance, and real-world lessons learned, we will examine how evolving codes, ADA requirement...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

SEVES Glass Block

Glass Block: Stunning, Sustainable, High-Performance Design
Glass Block: Stunning, Sustainable, High-Performance Design

Glass block adds light and beauty to exterior and interior projects through a wide array of patterns, sizes, and colors. This course reviews these options as well as the energy efficiency and fire ratings of glass block, installation methods, sustainable benefits, and prefabricated options for projects demanding durabili...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 CCIDC HSW CE Hour
  • 0.1 DDA CEU
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 IDCEC HSW CEU
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 RCEP PDH for Engineers
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

InOvate

Dryer Exhaust Systems that Protect Life and Property
Dryer Exhaust Systems that Protect Life and Property

Explore the home and occupant safety measures available for dryer vent systems! Join us for this comprehensive course that provides in-depth knowledge of dryer vent systems. We will review key aspects of this innovative technology designed to meet or exceed code compliance. These systems are vital components in maintaini...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

Sumter Coatings

Proper Primers for Steel
Proper Primers for Steel

This one-hour continuing education course provides architects and design professionals with essential, up-to-date insights into selecting and specifying primers for steel. The course explores the three primary types of steel primers, guiding architects in making informed decisions to enhance project outcomes. Key topics...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

Fire Facilities

Building Live Fire and Public Safety Training Facilities: Comprehensive On-Site Fire Training Structures
Building Live Fire and Public Safety Training Facilities: Comprehensive On-Site Fire...

Here, we will examine fire training facilities that can take the heat and prepare emergency personnel to save lives. Join us in this one-hour course as we discuss fire safety training in structurally sound facilities, NFPA 1402 and 1403 compliance and full scale predesigned and engineered products that can withstand the...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 RCEP PDH for Engineers
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

Stergis Windows and Doors

Wind Provisions and the Impact Market
Wind Provisions and the Impact Market

In this course, participants will examine the evolution of U.S. wind standards and building codes, focusing on their influence on impact window requirements in architectural design. The discussion will highlight key historical developments and current code provisions, analyzing how these regulations have shaped the speci...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

Glacier Millworks

The Art of Wood Finishing: Techniques, Applications and Biophilic Design
The Art of Wood Finishing: Techniques, Applications and Biophilic Design

Join us as we discuss the innovative uses of sustainable wood products in modern architecture, with a particular focus on versatile applications in both exterior and interior settings. In this course, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the benefits of utilizing abundant and sustainable wood resources...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

Custom Door & Mirror, Inc.

The Ceiling is the Limit: Customizable Closet Doors
The Ceiling is the Limit: Customizable Closet Doors

Maximize living space and floor plan options with wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling custom closet doors. Join us for this one-hour course on customizable closet doors. In this course, participants will be introduced to closet doors with a myriad of possibilities in bifold and slider door configurations. With mirrored, pr...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 CCIDC HSW CE Hour
  • 0.1 DDA CEU
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 IDCEC HSW CEU
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

FaceKey

Advancing Security: Designing and Implementing Biometric Access Control Systems in the Built Environment
Advancing Security: Designing and Implementing Biometric Access Control Systems in the...

This course explores the shift from traditional credential-based access systems to advanced biometric technologies, highlighting how these innovations support occupant safety, security, hygiene, and accessibility in building design. Participants will gain insight into common vulnerabilities of legacy systems, learn how t...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

Prime Source Building Products

Crafting Resilient Building Envelopes: A Systems Approach to Weather Resistive Barriers
Crafting Resilient Building Envelopes: A Systems Approach to Weather Resistive Barriers

This course covers the systems and components that make up the building envelope and explains how they work together to control the exchange of water, air, condensation, and heat between a building's interior and exterior. Participants will gain insights into specifying products that meet building codes, protect interior...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

StruXure

Intuitive Design, Allowing Occupants to Unwind: Automated Shade Structures
Intuitive Design, Allowing Occupants to Unwind: Automated Shade Structures

Join us for this one-hour course as we discuss automated louvered roof shade structures as they relate to a wide array of outdoor living space applications. A carefully crafted product, these automated shade systems mitigate weather challenges to extend the enjoyment of the great outdoors. Throughout this course, partici...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 ASLA LA/CES HSW PDH
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

SwedgeLock

Centering the Outdoor Stage: Aluminum Railing Products for Commercial Applications
Centering the Outdoor Stage: Aluminum Railing Products for Commercial Applications

When it comes to railings, every choice, material, connection method, and finish, affects not only the look of a project but how efficiently it’s built and maintained. This course compares mechanical aluminum railing systems with traditional welded steel and welded aluminum options. You’ll see how advancements in design...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

Best Access Doors

Fortifying Spaces: The Role of Fire-Rated Access Doors in Safety & Compliance
Fortifying Spaces: The Role of Fire-Rated Access Doors in Safety & Compliance

This course provides a comprehensive look at fire-rated access doors and their role in passive fire protection and life safety strategies within commercial and residential buildings. Participants will learn how to evaluate fire rating classifications, select the appropriate portal, understand code requirements, and explo...
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 RCEP PDH for Engineers
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
FREE

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