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SUMMARY:UMass/Architecture Fall Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/umass-architecture-fall-lecture-series/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220622T080000
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SUMMARY:A'22 - AIA Conference on Architecture
DESCRIPTION:Master new skills\nThe designed world is getting more complex. This conference delivers the path forward. Acclaimed architects\, designers\, and building product manufacturers deliver best-in-class CE. Earn your HSW\, GBCI\, RIBA & AIA LUs for the year! View the schedule of seminars\, practicums\, keynote events here. \n\n\n\nThe Architecture Expo\nWe’re turning McCormick Place into a 166\,000 sq. ft. product playground that reflects Chicago’s iconic cityscape. Experience\, touch\, see\, and get technical specs for the newest high-tech materials and solutions to hit the market from 500 of the industry’s best building product manufacturers.\nFind out more. \n\n\n\nTour local architecture\nChicago’s architecture is nothing short of spectacular. Take it all in with expertly curated\, architect-led tours of the city’s high-profile\, historic\, and avant-garde projects. Check the schedule to see the full list of 75+ tours. \n\n\n\nAIA 2022 CONFERENCE\nJune 22-25\, 2022\nChicago\, IL \nEARLY REGISTRATION by APRIL 13\, 2022\nRegister by our early bird deadline\, April 13\, 2022\, and you’ll receive a full refund if you need to cancel your A’22 registration for any reason. Read our full cancellation policy  \nRegister Now!COVID Planning & Safety Measures
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/a22-aia-conference-on-architecture/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Continuing Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220621T160000
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SUMMARY:REGISTER NOW: Springfield Technical Community College - Student Learning Commons TOUR
DESCRIPTION:Tour: SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE\, IRA H. RUBENZAHL STUDENT LEARNING COMMONS\, SPRINGFIELD MA\n1 HSW  \nSponsored by: MARVIN \nCOVID Protocol:This is an in-person tour.  We will adhere to CDC and college guidelines at the time of the event.  Please bring a mask just in case.  The tour will be followed by a reception\, weather and/or Covid protocols permitting.  This program is limited to 50 participants \nProgram Description\nDesigned by Ann Beha Associates the LEED Silver Student Learning Commons at STCC was designed by women-led architect\, landscape architect\, and engineering firms – we are pleased to offer this tour as our 2022 Women in Architecture Program. \nAs the only technical community college in Massachusetts and with an annual enrollment of over 7\,000 students\, Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) offers unparalleled education and career programs. STCC was founded in 1967 and is located on 35 acres within the Springfield Armory National Historic Site. Because the campus is part of a National Historic Landmark and the National Park System\, work on STCC’s historic buildings and campus is subject to review by state and federal agencies\, as well as the National Park Service. Constructed in four phases from 1846 through 1863\, Building 19 originally served as a storehouse for the Springfield National Armory and has been unoccupied for 150 years. ABA’s design for a new Student Learning Commons in the building integrates modern building systems and structural upgrades while maintaining the historic character of the existing building. Programs are consolidated into four major “hubs” for student and academic services. The Student Enrollment and Academic Advising Centers simplify enrollment processes and consolidate access to student services that were previously housed in multiple buildings on campus. The Learning Commons combines the college’s library with instructional spaces\, tutoring\, and information technology services. The Student Life Center animates Building 19 with student life and daily activities\, providing a café\, bookstore\, and meeting areas for students to study and socialize at the new heart of their campus. \nThe Student Learning Commons project received numerous planning\, design\, and preservation awards\, including an AIA New England Citation Award\, a SCUP Excellence in Planning Honor Award\, a SCUP Excellence in Architecture Honorable Mention\, a Robert H. Kuehn\, Jr. Award from Preservation Massachusetts\, and a Building Design + Construction Reconstruction Award. \nTour led by:\nThe tour will be led by Jackie Flanigan AIA\, Ann Beha Associates and Debra Avery NCIDQ\, Sr. Director\, Facilities\, Springfield Technical Community College \nPlease note the registration fee covers administrative costs including registering the program and processing learning units for architect participants. \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/register-now-springfield-technical-community-college-student-learning-commons-tour/
LOCATION:Springfield Technical Community Collge
CATEGORIES:WIA Events,WMAIA Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220615T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220615T180000
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SUMMARY:REGISTER NOW! Berkshire Innovation Center TOUR
DESCRIPTION:Berkshire Innovation Center Tour\n\n1 HSW  \nCOVID Protocol: This is an in-person tour.  We will adhere to CDC guidelines at the time of the event.  Please bring a mask just in case.  The tour will be followed by a reception\, weather and/or Covid protocols permitting. \nProgram Description\nDesigned by Steffian Bradley (EDM Construction Administration)\, the Berkshire Innovation Center provides a catalyst to accelerate the innovation and growth of existing companies in the Berkshire Region — primarily small to medium sized manufacturing companies (SME’s) in Life Sciences and the Life Sciences Supply Chain — with the ultimate objective of spurring economic growth\, jobs\, and investment in the region. \nWith the approval of over 80 regional stakeholders in the private sector\, government\, and academia\, the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center awarded the City of Pittsfield a $9.7 million capital grant in the May of 2014. The grant was for the development of a 20\,000 square foot innovation center in Pittsfield’s William Stanley Business Park\, the former site of General Electric. The Berkshire Innovation Center\, which officially opened in 2020\, provides regional manufacturers and STEM businesses with advanced R&D equipment\, state-of-the-art lab and training facilities\, and collaboration opportunities with BIC’s renowned research partners\, as well as internship and apprenticeship programs for local students. Operationally\, the BIC is a membership model designed to be self-sustainable and private sector driven. \nTour led by:\nThe tour will be led by Kris Kennedy AIA (formerly of Steffian Bradley) and Tim Eagles (EDM) in addition to representatives from the contractor\, Consigli\, and the BIC. We will also meet with a “member company\,” SolaBlock\, a developer of Solar Masonry Units (SMUs)\, which combine premium solar technology with the familiarity of standard masonry bricks. \nEvent Registration
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/tour-berkshire-innovation-center/
CATEGORIES:WMAIA Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220505T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220505T174500
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SUMMARY:AIA Materials Certificate Program - REGISTER NOW
DESCRIPTION:WMAIA COTE – COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT – presents:\nAIA Materials Certificate Program \n5 courses — 6.25 HSW credits \nThursdays\, 4:30 – 5:45 PM\nMarch 10\, March 24\, April 7\, April 21 and May 5\nVirtual Program offered on Zoom \nSponsored by Wright Builders\n \nMaterial selection is a core service provided by architects\, but that process is far from simple. The AIA Materials Certificate Program untangles the complexities of that process in five essential courses. The key? Materials transparency. When you know everything you can about the materials you use\, you’re able to make the best product decisions for projects\, people\, and the environment. The courses cover different types of impacts\, and best practices for reducing these impacts\, from industry-best instructors. Take all five courses and earn a certificate! \nREGISTRATION WILL BE FOR ALL 5 COURSES FOR SINGLE FEE\nAIA Members: $50\nNon-members: $100 \nFor more information and to register visit here \nCOURSE 1\nMaterials: The Big Idea \nThursday March 10th 4:30 – 5:45 PM\n1.25 HSWs\nKnow the health and environmental impacts of building products and key drivers for materials transparency in the marketplace. \nCOURSE 2\nEnvironmental Impacts: Making a Difference\nThursday March 24th 4:30 – 5:45 PM\n1.25 HSWs\nUnpack the entire product life cycle. \nCOURSE 3 \nHealth Impacts: Connecting Building Materials\, Human Health\, and the Environment\nThursday April 7th  4:30 – 5:45 PM\n1.25 HSWs\nDiscover the relationship between building materials and human health. \nCOURSE 4\nLife Cycle Assessment: Tools to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Buildings\nThursday April 21st  4:30 – 5:45 PM\n1.25 HSWs\nSimplify the LCA process and better understand its value to architects. \nCOURSE 5\nMaterials & Health: Understanding the Tools\nThursday April 21st  4:30 – 5:45 PM\n1.25 HSWs\nLearn to use the right tools for healthier project and product decisions. \nFor more information and to register visit here \n 
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/aia-materials-certificate-program/2022-05-05/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education,COTE Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220413T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220413T203000
DTSTAMP:20260428T000933
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195110Z
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Film Series: REGISTER NOW
DESCRIPTION:THE WMAIA FILM SERIES RESUMES MARCH 16th  – REGISTER NOW!\nEmail director@wmaia.org to register \nWednesday March 16 | 6:30 PM | Zoom 1 LU Approval Pending\nGehry’s Vertigo\nGehry’s Vertigo shakes up the idealized image of one of the most iconic buildings of contemporary architecture: the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao\, built by Frank Gehry in 1997.The film allows an immersion in the day-to-day life of this living myth and offers a rare and vertiginous trip on the top roofs of the building\, putting us in the shoes of the climbers in charge of glass cleaning. Surprisingly realistic and highly emotional\, the film observes through their ascensions\, techniques and difficulties\, the complexity and virtuosity of Frank Gehry’s architecture. \nWednesday March 30 | 6:30 PM | Zoom  1 LU Approval Pending\nTokyo Ride\nRevisiting the genre of the road movie in a very diaristic and personal way\, the film takes us on board Ryue Nishizawa’s vintage Alfa Romeo for a day long wandering in the streets of Tokyo\, immersing us in the city’s busy daily life.  More than a portrait\, in the classical sense\, of one of the most talented and celebrated Japanese architect of today\, the film renders in its pure spontaneity the experience of this friendly urban drift. Ryue Nishizawa narrates along the way his strong relationship with his hometown through some of his favorite sites\, buildings that have influenced him\, and some of his own architecture projects. \nWednesday April 13 | 6:30 PM | Zoom  1 LU approval pending\nHomo Urbanus Venetianus\nAfter the trying constraints of lockdown and social distancing that brutally reduced urban space to its strict minimum\, making it into a place where isolated individuals merely cohabit\, Homo Urbanus is a cinematic odyssey offering a vibrant tribute to what we have been most cruelly deprived of: namely\, public space. Taking the form of a free-wheeling journey around the world (10 films\, 10 cities)\, the project invites us to observe in detail the multiple forms and complex interactions that exist every day between people and their urban environments.  We will screen the film focused on Venice.  Presented in a comparative dynamic through the lens of a selection of themes and issues linked with the street daily life\, the videos enable us to perceive each of these different urban contexts as an experimental\, local and unique laboratory answering the same global challenge of how can we live all together. \nEmail director@wmaia.org to register
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-film-series-save-the-dates-3/2022-04-13/
CATEGORIES:Films,WMAIA Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220411T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220411T190000
DTSTAMP:20260428T000933
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195110Z
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SUMMARY:UMass Architecture Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:UMass Architecture Lecture Series continues March 23rd\nThis series is free and open to the public.  More info here. You can self-report for learning units. \nCOVID Protocol:  Current requirements for attending a UMass event: UMass Amherst expects everyone attending an indoor event to be vaccinated or have a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of the event; mask with N95\, KN95– NO CLOTH MASKS.  For up-to-date info on requirements visit here \n Wednesday\,March 23 | 5:30 PM | Olver Design Building Atrium\nJenny French AIA\, co-founder and principal of French 2D and a Professor of Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Design \nWednesday\, April 6 | 5:30 PM | Olver Design Building Atrium\nGreg Minott AIA\, co-founder and managing principal at DREAM Collaborative and the out-going president of the Boston Society of Architects \nMonday\, April 11 | 6:00 PM | Olver Design Building 170\nAna Miljacki\, critic\, curator and Associate Professor of Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, where she teaches history\, theory and design. \nMore info here.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/umass-architecture-lecture-series-3/2022-04-11/
LOCATION:Olver Design Building Atrium\, 551 N Pleasant St\, Amherst\, MA\, 01003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education,Other Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220411T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220411T171500
DTSTAMP:20260428T000933
CREATED:20250911T195109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195109Z
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Spring BCT Programs
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 11 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom LUs TBD\nMiami Florida International University (FIU) Pedestrian Bridge Collapse Investigation\nNational Transportation Safety Board Staff: Robert Accetta\, Steve Prouty\, Dan Walsh\, Jesús Cudemus \nThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) presentation will focus on the investigation into an incident that occurred on March 15\, 2018\, when a partially constructed pedestrian bridge crossing an eight-lane roadway in the city of Miami\, Florida\, experienced a catastrophic structural failure. The 174-foot-long bridge span fell about 18.5 feet. The presentation will provide a general overview of the investigation\, as well as detailed findings related to the safety issue areas that were identified. \nREGISTER HERE. \nThese lectures and free and open to the public\, however\, registration and payment of fee is required if you want WMAIA to record the learning units.\nUMass faculty and staff requiring learning units may register for no fee.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-spring-bct-programs-3/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:WMAIA Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220328T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220328T171500
DTSTAMP:20260428T000933
CREATED:20250911T195109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195109Z
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Spring BCT Programs
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 28 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom 1 HSW\nResilient Design: The New Paradigm in an Age of Climate Change\nAlex Wilson\, Resilient Design Institute \nAlex Wilson will address climate change impacts and how those will be influencing building design over the coming years. Examples of resilient design strategies will be presented as responses to flooding\, wind\, extreme temperatures\, drought\, wildfire\, and the cascading impact of power outages. \nREGISTER HERE. \nThese lectures and free and open to the public\, however\, registration and payment of fee is required if you want WMAIA to record the learning units.\nUMass faculty and staff requiring learning units may register for no fee.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-spring-bct-programs-2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:WMAIA Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220316T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220318T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T000933
CREATED:20250911T195108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195108Z
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SUMMARY:SCUP North Atlantic Regional Conference 2022
DESCRIPTION:The Society of College and University Planning (SCUP) North Atlantic Regional Conference 2022\nWednesday\, March 16 – Friday March 18 | UMass/Amherst \nTogether Again: Reimagining the Future: Welcome to the 37th Annual SCUP North Atlantic Regional Conference!\nLimited Space. Register online to guarantee your space at the conference. \nAfter an extraordinary period of remote and hybrid learning and virtual conferences\, we return to the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus\, located in the knowledge corridor of the Connecticut River Valley\, to meet again in person and celebrate institutional resilience. Higher education planning leaders will share their stories of integrated planning solutions for solving the pressing problems of our time and explore innovative new ideas for reimagining the future of higher education.  Join us for an exciting reunion and leave inspired! \nFor detailed program information and to register visit here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/scup-north-atlantic-regional-conference-2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T171500
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Spring BCT Programs
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 28 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom 1 HSW\nAcoustics and Vibration in Mass Timber\nRose Mary Su\, ACENTECH \nAcoustics is the key to success for many buildings and building spaces. Most of us have dined in a noisy restaurant unable to hear our friend sitting across the table or tried to study in a library full of distracting noises. Workplaces today tend to be open and collaborative\, but the noise level may inhibit productivity. Learn how acoustically comfortable space is achieved in the face of multiple obstacles. \nREGISTER HERE. \nThese lectures and free and open to the public\, however\, registration and payment of fee is required if you want WMAIA to record the learning units.\nUMass faculty and staff requiring learning units may register for no fee.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-spring-bct-programs/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:WMAIA Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T000933
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Committee on the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Register Now!\nWMAIA COTE – COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT – register now for February 24\nThursday\, February | 4:30 PM | Zoom  1 HSW (no fee) \nWhy Trees Are Stronger Than Wood – a presentation by Greg Cabral\, Original Mass Timber Maine \nIn this program\, rescheduled from last fall\, Greg Cabral will discuss the Original Mass Timber Structural Round Timber (SRT)\, which requires no adhesives\, minimal processing\, and can be fabricated using existing local timber supplies\, making it an accessible and early-impact solution for mass timber markets and sustainable forest economies. SRT can compete in both strength and cost with steel and engineered wood products\, with the added benefits of shorter supply chains\, lower embodied energy\, and higher carbon sequestration. Original Mass Timber Maine\, a grant-funded initiative administered by the Town of Ashland\, ME\, has joined forces with influential leaders in the A/E/C community to develop markets for Structural Round Timber (SRT) from regional forest owners to provide cost effective solutions that sequester more carbon\, and require less processing than competitive products\, while providing jobs for local forest economies. Join us to learn more! \nTo register email Lorin Starr for log in information
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-committee-on-the-environment/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:COTE Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T000933
CREATED:20250911T195108Z
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Annual Meeting - Members Only
DESCRIPTION:WMAIA Annual Meeting \nThursday\, December 16th | 4:30-6:00 | Zoom \nSponsors:  Pella\, Keiter Builders\n \nGrab a glass of wine and join us for our Annual Meeting on Thursday\, December 16th. \nThis members-only event will feature: \nArchitecture Quiz\nA favorite from last year’s annual meeting was THE QUIZ where we showed series of architecture photographs and challenged the group to identify them.  This year we’d like to crowd-source the images.  So…you can send a photo (and identifying information) to Caryn Brause FAIA cjbrause@umass.edu .  Caryn will curate the quiz.  Local images appreciated!  Please use WMAIA QUIZ in the subject line.  Deadline December 10th \nBusiness Meeting\nYear in Review\nElection of Officers\nScholarships \nGreen Giants Awards Presentation\nThe Green Giants Award Program honors the work of trades people\, educators\, and owners/program directors who help build\, teach about\, envision and fund the green buildings in Hampshire\, Hampden\, Franklin\, and Berkshire counties.  This year’s winners will be announced at the Annual Meeting \nFeature Presentation \nA peek Inside the New Neilson Library at Smith College\nThere’s been quite a bit of interest in seeing the new Neilson Library\, which opened last winter amid the pandemic. The building is still closed to the public\, but we will get a bit of a peek with a video tour followed by a Q & A led by Smith alumnae Helen Fantini AIA and Martha Montgomery AIA. The panel will include Smith College’s Dean of the Libraries Susan Fliss\, Smith College’s Project Manager Charlie Conant along with Janette Blackburn FAIA from Shepley Bullfinch\, executive architect for the building designed by Maya Lin Studio with Bialosky and Partners. The discussion will focus on the College’s vision for a 21st century library and the execution of Maya Lin’s design. Early on\, designer Maya Lin said that in reimagining Neilson she wanted to create a “glowing central hub that revitalizes the center of the campus.” Mission accomplished?
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/16812/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:WMAIA Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211129T160000
DTSTAMP:20260428T000933
CREATED:20250911T195106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195106Z
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SUMMARY:UMASS Building & Construction Technology Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:UMASS BCT SERIES BEGINS SEPTEMBER 20TH – REGISTER NOW!\nWMAIA members will attend remotely; please register for credit here \nMonday\, September 20 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom 1 HSW\nAdvancing Healthy\, Energy Efficient\, Climate-Friendly Housing to Achieve Health and Racial Equity \nMonday\, October 18 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom 1 HSW\nClimate Smart Forests and Green Construction: Designing with Biogenic Carbon to Achieve Climate Positive Structures \nMonday\, November 8 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom 1 LU\nThe Continuing Rise of Women in Construction \nMonday\, November 29 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom 1 HSW\nBuilding Performance Improvement with Building Automation Systems (BAS) \nPlease register for credit here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/umass-building-construction-technology-lecture-series/2021-11-29/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T190000
DTSTAMP:20260428T000933
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SUMMARY:2021 UMASS Architecture Fall Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:UMass announces the Fall 2021 Department of Architecture lecture series. The series includes 5 speakers who represent a broad spectrum of the discipline of architecture. \nAll lectures begin at 5:30 EST. Three of the lectures will be conducted remotely via the Zoom Webinar platform\, while two lectures will be hosted in the Design Building Atrium. All lectures are free and open to the public. \nRegistration is required for remote lectures. Please visit the UMass Events Page and click on the calendar date of the lecture you’d like to attend. \nSeptember 22: Brian Tibbs\, AIA\, NOMA\, NCARB. Brian Tibbs is a partner at Moody Nolan\, the largest African American owned firm in the country recently recognized with the 2021 AIA Architecture Firm Award. Brian directs the Nashville office operations where he leads projects across the country including the Music City Center\, the Jacob Javits Convention Center\, and the new Boston Convention Center hotel. \nOctober 07: Sylvia Lavin\, PhD. Sylvia Lavin is a professor of History and Theory of Architecture and the co-director of the Program in Media and Modernity at Princeton University. As an architectural historian and cultural critic\, much of her recent work presents a counter-narrative of post-modern architecture in the United States by addressing the underlying conditions that shaped architectural practice from the post-modern period through the present. As part of the Five College Architectural Theory Seminar\, Sylvia will be speaking on the work of Cedric Price in a lecture titled: A Work on Paper\, a Plantation\, and a Polariser:  An Environmental History of Cedric Price’s Generator. \nOctober 20: Esra Akcan\, PhD. Esra Akcan is the Michael McCarthy Professor in the Department of Architecture at Cornell University. Her research on modern and contemporary architecture and urbanism foregrounds the intertwined histories of Europe and West Asia\, and offers new ways to understand architecture’s role in global\, social and environmental justice. Also part of the Five College Architectural Theory Seminar\, Esra will be speaking about relationships between human rights and architecture in a lecture titled: Human Rights\, Reparations and Architecture. \nNovember 10: Billie Faircloth\, FAIA. As a partner at the innovative and award winning architectural firm KieranTimberlake\, Billie Faircloth leads a diverse\, interdisciplinary teams of professionals that includes architects but also materials scientists\, chemical physicists\, and environmental managers among others. She has played a key role in the research and development of technology for high-performance design including Tally\, an industry standard for life cycle analysis. \nNovember 17: Katherine Williams\, AIA\, NOMA\, LEED AP. Finally\, Katherine Williams is an architect and writer whose experience includes work at traditional architecture firms\, community development\, and managing commercial construction for a general contractor. She currently serves as a Senior Project Manager for construction at a DC University. In addition to professional practice\, Katherine writes about architecture and development and about the experience of African Americans\, and specifically black women architects\, within the field of architecture. She was the NOMA magazine editor from 2009-2014 and recently published Melvin Mitchell’s book African American Architects: Embracing Culture and Building Urban Communities.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/save-the-dates-umass-architecture-fall-lecture-series/2021-11-17/
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Film Series
DESCRIPTION:WMAIA – 5 COLLEGE ARCHITECTURE FILM SERIES BEGINS OCTOBER 5th  – Save the dates!\nThis series will be offered on Zoom – 1 LU credit pending\nFree\nTo register\, email director@wmaia.org for log in information \nTuesday\, October 5 | 6:30 PM | Zoom\nKoolhaas Houselife\nKoolhaas Houselife portrays one of the masterpieces of contemporary architecture. The film lets the viewer enter into the house’s daily intimacy through the stories and daily chores of Guadalupe Acedo\, the housekeeper\, and the other people who look after the building. The realities of high-profile architecture; maintenance\, circulation and accessibility concerns are extensively examined. Houselife is both a portrait of a building as well as a vivid visual diary \nTuesday\, October 19 | 6:30 PM | Zoom\nThe Pruitt-Igoe Myth\nIt began as a housing marvel.  Two decades later\, it ended in rubble.  But what happened to those caught in between?  The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the transformation of the American city in the decades after World War II\, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development and the St. Louis residents who called it home. \nTuesday\, November 2 | 6:30 PM | Zoom\nThe Infinite Happiness\nConceived as a personal video diary\, The Infinite Happiness is an architectural experience. The film takes us to the heart of one of the contemporary housing development considered to be a new model of success.  Inhabiting the giant “8 House” built by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels in the suburbs of Copenhagen\, Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine recount their subjective experience of living inside this experiment of vertical village\, elected in 2011 as World best residential building.  As a Lego game\, the film builds up a collection of life stories all interconnected by their personal relationship to the building. The film draws the lines of a human map which allows the viewer to discover the building through an inner and intimate point of view and questions the architecture’s ability to create collective happiness showing the surprising results of this new type of social model of the 21st century.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-film-series/2021-11-02/
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211023T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211023T170000
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SUMMARY:Brutalism + the Public University: Past\, Present and Future
DESCRIPTION:UMass Brut: Brutalism + the Public University; Past\, Present and Future\nFriday-Saturday October 22-23 8AM – 5:30 PM | in person up to 9.5 HSW \nBrutalism enthusiasts\, academic scholars\, students\, and professionals working in the fields of architecture and concrete restoration are strongly encouraged to attend a UMassBrut symposium titled\, Brutalism + the Public University: Past\, Present and Future. \nUMass Brut\, a collaboration between faculty\, staff and students at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, will bring together a team of nationally renowned scholars\, industry professionals\, and passionate citizens to address issues related to Brutalist architecture\, preservation\, and rehabilitation of these architectural treasures. \nThe symposium is a two-day\, in-person event held at UMass Dartmouth (a Paul Rudolph campus) on Friday\, October 22\, 2021 from 8 am-5:00 pm and at UMass Amherst on Saturday\, October 23\, 2021 (8 am-5:30 pm). \nThis program is supported by WMAIA and the BSA. \nFor more information and to register visit here.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/brutalism-the-public-university-past-present-and-future/2021-10-23/
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211016T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211016T220000
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SUMMARY:2021 AIANE Design Awards Program
DESCRIPTION:2021 New England Design Awards Program\nSaturday\, October 16\, 2021\nPolar Park\, Worcester\, MA \nHosted by the Central Massachusetts Chapter of AIA\, the annual AIA New England Design Awards celebrates architects from\, and architecture in\, New England. \nTickets are $150 and includes dinner and the following program: \n\n5:00 pm Tour of Polar Park\n6:00 pm Reception\n7:00 – 10:00 pm Dinner\n\nKeynote Speaker | Janet Marie Smith\nDesign Awards Presentation\n\n\n\nAbout the Keynote: Renowned urban planner and longtime baseball consultant\, Janet Marie Smith is the Los Angeles Dodgers’ executive vice president of planning and development. \nAbout the Venue: Polar Park is a new baseball park in Worcester\, Massachusetts\, located in a former brownfield site adjacent to a neighborhood in transition. It serves as the new home of the Worcester Red Sox\, a Minor League Baseball team competing at the Triple-A level and an affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. \nREGISTER
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/2021-aiane-design-awards-program/
LOCATION:Polar Park\, Worcester\, MA\, 100 Madison Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Awards Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210923T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210923T180000
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SUMMARY:Committee on the Environment - COTE Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join a conversation on the environment. \nRSVP: director@wmaia.org \nIt’s always a good discussion with an interesting group of thoughtful people!
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/committee-on-the-environment-cote-monthly-meeting-2/2021-09-23/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:COTE Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210920T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T170000
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SUMMARY:2021 Green Giant Awards NOMINATIONS DUE Oct. 15
DESCRIPTION:GREEN GIANTS NOMINATION\nDue Friday\, October 15th! \nThe GREEN GIANTS award program honors the work of trades people\, educators\, and owners who help build\, teach about\, envision and fund the green buildings in Hampshire\, Hampden\, Franklin\, and Berkshire counties. This program is intentionally distinct from other building design awards in its attempt to honor a wider range of participants behind the sustainable building movement in our region. We choose in this program to call them “Green Giants”. \nNominate someone you’ve worked with who is a Green Giant.  \nNomination is easy – simply click on the category title below in which you’d like to nominate a professional\, or click on the image at right to do the same. \nAwards will be presented at our annual meeting in December! \nNOMINATE\nTRADES PERSON\nAny individual or firm from any building trade\, or a building maintenance professional\, who has gone the extra mile to ensure that a building (or campus) meets its sustainability goals. \nEDUCATOR​\nAny teacher\, administrator\, institution\, or organization behind an innovative green building program that inspires and actively  teaches the design students\, engineers\, trades people\, and citizens who will in their turn advance our green building revolution. \nOWNER \nAny owner or institution that has envisioned and funded an exemplary green project initiated after January 2014\, or currently underway. The selected project should showcase innovative solutions to energy use reduction\, as well as sustainable design ingenuity\, to the community. \nFor questions or more information please contact Jillian DeCoursey AIA via email.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/green-giant-awards-nominations-due/
CATEGORIES:Awards Programs,COTE Events,Other Awards Programs,WMAIA Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210910T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210910T180000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - Architecture and the Senses in the Italian Renaissance: The Varieties of Architectural Experience
DESCRIPTION:UMass Renaissance Center presents a Book Launch for David Karmon\nFriday\, September 10 | 4:00 PM | Zoom \nBook launch for David Karmon’s Architecture and the Senses in the Italian Renaissance: The Varieties of Architectural Experience\, the first study of Renaissance architecture as an immersive\, multisensory experience that combines historical analysis with the evidence of first-hand accounts. David Karmon is Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Head of the Architectural Studies program at Holy Cross. \nThe author of Architecture and the Senses in the Italian Renaissance: The Varieties of Architectural Experience (Cambridge University Press\, 2021) and The Ruin of the Eternal City: Antiquity and Preservation in Renaissance Rome (Oxford University Press\, 2011)\, his writings on architecture\, urbanism\, and the history of archaeology have appeared in numerous journals\, anthologies\, and exhibition catalogues. \nFor more information and to register for the Zoom link visit the Renaissance Center here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/book-launch-event/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Other Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210830T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210830T133000
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SUMMARY:Continuing Education: Matter & Opinion | Existing Buildings
DESCRIPTION:A special series from the Boston Society of Architects \nWe cannot meet our future goals without utilizing our greatest built and cultural assets: existing buildings. Join the Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) this July and August for Matter & Opinion: Existing Buildings\, a 7-part program series on climate action and building the will. \nEvery Monday\, two client-and-designer teams will share the challenges\, triumphs\, and lessons learned from completed existing buildings projects. Following project-based presentations\, the client-and-designer teams–as well as session attendees–will discuss the hurdles to and pathways toward building the will around continued use and reuse of existing buildings for climate action. Project types and clients represented include housing (multifamily and residential design); workplace (mission-driven and commercial); and education facilities (higher education and K-12 schools). 1 LU HSW will be available for each session. \nEach session will feature clients and designers from education facilities (higher education and K-12 schools); workplaces (commercial and mission-driven) and housing (multifamily and residential). Attend one session\, a few\, or all seven! \nContinuing education will be offered. Register now.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/continuing-education-matter-opinion-existing-buildings/2021-08-30/
LOCATION:ZOOM Webinar\, United States
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T183000
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SUMMARY:Prized Design: WMAIA Women in Architecture Spring Program
DESCRIPTION:Save the Date!\nTuesday\, May 18| 5:00  PM | Zoom  1LU\n \nWMAIA Women in Architecture (WiA) presents:\nPrized Design: WMAIA Women in Architecture Spring Program  \nThe founders of WMAIA’s Women in Architecture Committee\, Kathleen Lugosch FAIA/Ann McCallum FAIA / Margo Jones FAIA/ Sigrid Miller Pollin FAIA\, present and discuss award-winning work of 2020 Pritzker Prize recipients Grafton Architects (Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara) and Studio Gang (MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang) \nSponsored by   \nRegister here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/16523/
CATEGORIES:WIA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T180000
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SUMMARY:UMASS Architecture Series
DESCRIPTION:UMass Architecture Lecture Series \nThis series is free and open to the public. You must register to attend. You can self-report for learning units.\nFor detailed information and to register visit here. \nWednesday\,  February 10 | 4:00PM | Zoom\nJames Garret Lecture: Great River Landing \nWednesday\,  March 17 | 4:00PM | Zoom\nDina Griffin Lecture: Design for the Community \nWednesday\,  March 31 | 4:00PM | Zoom\nGabrielle Bullock Lecture \nWednesday\,  April 21 | 4:00PM | Zoom\nLatoya Kamdang Lecture: Productive Collisions
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/umass-architecture-series/2021-04-21/
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education,Other Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210419T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210419T171500
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SUMMARY:Spring BCT Programs - via ZOOM
DESCRIPTION:Registration is by invitation of the UMASS BCT Program– this program is free and open to the public.\nArchitects who want LUs recorded\, must register and submit the administrative fee. UMass faculty and staff requiring credit register for no fee.\nRegister for all programs here. \nMonday\, March 8 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom \nBoston’s Big Dig\n1HSW (pending approval)\nDan McNichol\, Journalist & Author\, Spokesperson for the Big Dig \nDan McNichol\, best-selling author and award-winning journalist discusses the nation’s most intriguing\, modern\, urban marvel\, Boston’s Big Dig. McNichol shares how the mega urban project has come to define how we plan\, design\, construct cities in the United States…for better and for worse. The interactive conversation concludes with how The Big Dig\, the current plague and climate change challenge the promise of urbanism in America. For over two decades\, Dan McNichol was the spokesperson for the largest\, most complex highway construction project ever embarked upon in U.S. history: Boston’s Big Dig. McNichol will discuss the management of this mega-public works project\, officially known as the Central Artery/Tunnel Project\, sharing lessons learned as well as describing the civil engineering feats of innovative tunnel designs\, the creation of one of the world’s largest ventilation systems\, and the construction of a cable stayed bridge over the Charles River in Boston. Big Dig’s project management revealing managerial successes and failures of the project’s many “messy complexities.” \nMonday\, March 29 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom \nBuilding Commissioning; Everything is Connected\n1LU or HSW (pending approval)\nWes Stanhope\, CEM EBCP CCP CPHC\, Founder & CEO Stanhope Developments \nBuildings are comprised of potentially competing system that are expected to work in harmony with each other. Commissioning is a living and adaptive process that can be implemented at any point throughout the lifespan of a building\, ensuring that the building systems are reviewed and tested for optimum performance. Wes will share lessons learned from projects to explain why the most successful building Commissioning starts before design has begun \nMonday\, April 19 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom \nThe Least Cost Path to a Positive Energy Future\n1HSW (pending approval)\nBill Maclay FAIA \nBill Maclay will share a tested and proven financial methodology\, which demonstrates that positive energy buildings are typically the least cost option on a cash flow basis when compared to fossil fuel code buildings. These projects also accrue long term financial\, social equity\, ecological\, and health benefits. Maclay Architects has developed and successfully used this process for over 12 years to assist owners in evaluating financial performance of positive energy buildings. Commercial\, institutional\, and nonprofit and other residential case studies will illustrate the detailed and interwoven financial/energy analysis process\, metrics\, and templates used to guide positive energy projects from initiation to completion. This includes the design and financial analysis of a net positive energy\, plus carbon storing\, single family home design that meets the current need for cost effective operational and embodied energy buildings and design.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/spring-bct-programs/2021-04-19/
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education,Other Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T200000
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Film Series - Spring 2021
DESCRIPTION:WMAIA/5-COLLEGE ARCHITECTURE FILM SERIES  \nTuesday March 23| 6:30 PM | Zoom 1.5LUs  \nKISS THE GROUND\n\nTo significantly mitigate the climate crisis\, there are a lot of problems humans need to solve — and as the new Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground suggests\, one of the biggest problems is right under your feet: the soil. \nNarrated by Woody Harrelson and featuring music from your favorite avocado farmer Jason Mraz\, the star-studded film explains why transitioning to regenerative agriculture could be key in rehabilitating the planet\, while simultaneously invigorating a new sense of hope and inspiration in viewers. \nRSVP to director@wmaia.org to receive Zoom login info \nWMAIA/5-COLLEGE ARCHITECTURE FILM SERIES  \nTuesday\, April 13 | 6:30PM | Zoom 1.5LUs  \nWASTE IS FOOD\n\nMan is the only creature that produces landfills. Natural resources are being depleted on a rapid scale while production and consumption are rising in na­tions like China and India. The waste production worldwide is enormous and if we do not do anything we will soon have turned all our resources into one big messy landfill.  But there is hope. \nThe German chemist\, Michael Braungart\, and the American designer-architect William McDonough are fundamentally changing the way we produce and build. If waste would become food for the biosphere or the technosphere (all the technical products we make)\, produc­tion and consumption could become beneficial for the planet.  A design and production concept that they call Cradle to Cradle: a concept that is seen as the next industrial revolution. Design every product in such a way that at the end of its lifecycle the component materials become a new resource. Design buildings in such a way that they produce energy and become a friend to the environment. \nRSVP to director@wmaia.org to receive Zoom login info
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-film-series-spring-2021-2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T200000
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Film Series - Spring 2021
DESCRIPTION:WMAIA/5-COLLEGE ARCHITECTURE FILM SERIES  \nTuesday March 23| 6:30 PM | Zoom 1.5LUs  \nKISS THE GROUND\n\nTo significantly mitigate the climate crisis\, there are a lot of problems humans need to solve — and as the new Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground suggests\, one of the biggest problems is right under your feet: the soil. \nNarrated by Woody Harrelson and featuring music from your favorite avocado farmer Jason Mraz\, the star-studded film explains why transitioning to regenerative agriculture could be key in rehabilitating the planet\, while simultaneously invigorating a new sense of hope and inspiration in viewers. \nRSVP to director@wmaia.org to receive Zoom login info \nWMAIA/5-COLLEGE ARCHITECTURE FILM SERIES  \nTuesday\, April 13 | 6:30PM | Zoom 1.5LUs  \nWASTE IS FOOD\n\nMan is the only creature that produces landfills. Natural resources are being depleted on a rapid scale while production and consumption are rising in na­tions like China and India. The waste production worldwide is enormous and if we do not do anything we will soon have turned all our resources into one big messy landfill.  But there is hope. \nThe German chemist\, Michael Braungart\, and the American designer-architect William McDonough are fundamentally changing the way we produce and build. If waste would become food for the biosphere or the technosphere (all the technical products we make)\, produc­tion and consumption could become beneficial for the planet.  A design and production concept that they call Cradle to Cradle: a concept that is seen as the next industrial revolution. Design every product in such a way that at the end of its lifecycle the component materials become a new resource. Design buildings in such a way that they produce energy and become a friend to the environment. \nRSVP to director@wmaia.org to receive Zoom login info
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-film-series-spring-2021/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T180000
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SUMMARY:Committee on the Environment - COTE Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\, here\nThursday\, March 18| 4:45 PM | Zoom 1 HSW\n \nWMAIA COTE (Committee on the Environment)  presents:\nNet Zero for Boston City Hall: A Case Study for the Proposed Use of Heat Pumps and Energy Recovery Ventilators for Dramatic Energy Reductions  \nIn this presentation\, Bart Bales\, PE\, MSME of Bales Energy Associates focuses on heat pumps and energy recovery ventilators in an interactive presentation that highlights a case study of a proposed transformation of Boston City Hall to a Net-Zero building. This transformation would result in added usable rentable floor area and strongly respect the design of this well-known\, brutalist building. \nIn addition to talking about the proposed Boston City Hall project\, Mr. Bales will share information about how heat pumps and energy recovery ventilators work and how they may be applied in residential\, as well as institutional buildings. Ducted and un-ducted heat pumps will also be addressed and indications of where each is best applied will be described. Examples of residential projects will also be included. \nRegister here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/committee-on-the-environment-cote-monthly-meeting/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:COTE Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T103000
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SUMMARY:Bi-annual Freshman Legislators Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 24| 9:00 – 10:30 AM | Zoom \nDue to COVID\, this year’s event\, hosted by AIA Massachusetts\, will be held virtually. \nWith 17 new state representative and two new state senators from cities and towns all across the state\, this is a wonderful opportunity to meet your newly elected leaders and engage in a conversation about the importance of our profession to both the construction industry and overall built environment. The agenda is casual conversation\, and the event is free.  It requires no preparation\, only a willingness on your behalf to engage in conversation about your profession. \nTo register for this event\, please CLICK HERE \nI hope I can count on your attendance. \nThanks! \nRussel Feldman AIA \nPresident\, AIA Massachusetts
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/bi-annual-freshman-legislators-breakfast/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Legislative Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T164500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T174500
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SUMMARY:COTE - Committee on the Environment
DESCRIPTION:COTE (Committee on the Environment)  \nThursday\, February 18| 4:45 PM | Zoom \nGreen Bite: Redline / Greenline   \nContinuing the conversation about Environmental Justice\, Helen Fantini AIA will lead a discussion on what redlining is and ways to reverse negative affects through greenlining. All are welcome.  Join the conversation!  RSVP to director@wmaia.org to receive Zoom login info. \nIn preparation please watch: this 6 minute video on Redlining: \nHousing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History | Code Switch | NPR – YouTube \nAnd read this brief article from the Greenlining Institute: \nhttps://greenlining.org/blog-category/2019/greenlining-neighborhoods-our-approach-to-community-investment/
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/cote-committee-on-the-environment-3/
CATEGORIES:COTE Events
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