The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection has launched the CAL FIRE / Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division and Community Wildfire Planning Center's Introduction to Land Use Planning for Wildfires in California Trainings. These free, all-day, in person trainings are now open to land use planners, fire marshals, […]

Speaker: Gina Rodda, CEA | Principal/Owner of Gabel Associates, LLC This hour-long Code Breaker focuses on requirements in California’s 2022 Single-family Energy Code (Title 24, Part 6) for indoor and outdoor lighting luminaires and controls. We will also review resources available from the industry supporting Single-family lighting design and installation. Register online here.

Understanding Embodied Carbon - Net Zero Considerations for Precast Concrete Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023. Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Presenter: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute West Units: 1 AIA LU/HSW; Qualifies for 1 hr. ZNCD MCE Embodied-carbon requirements are being implemented in various ways and at different stages of the project design, from “Buy Clean” programs, […]

Passive House Multi-Family - Good for All is Good for One How Passive House Qualities Benefit both Occupants & Owners Presentation by Shane Pollin - CA Passive House  Target Audience:  Building owners, developers, code reviewers, planning officials and design professionals interested in learning about the benefits of integrating passive house principles into larger multi-family or […]

The AIA National Photography Competition was founded to capture and honor architects, design professionals and architectural students whose amazing talents are showcased in their photographic interpretation of the designed environment. The competition is open to all architects actively registered in the United States, AIA Associates, and architecture students at an accredited architecture school. License architects do not have to be an AIA members to […]

SPEAKERS: Angela Brooks, FAIA & Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA, Brooks + Scarpa Architects  Low-Income affordable housing used to mean fortress-like structures that were soulless and cheaply built. Today, there is a growing interest amongst architects that have spawned new and innovative approaches to affordable housing that are well-designed and incorporate a combination of creative social programming, […]