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• Mass Timber: A Rapidly Growing Building Material and Design Trend

  

  Mass timber, a type of building material and structural framing style, was recently adopted by the 2021 International Building Code, and as such is a rapidly growing building trend in the United States. When it comes to building systems in mass timber structures, product decisions must be thoroughly thought out early in design, allowing for efficient design modeling and a speedy construction phase. This course provides designers an overview of the updated IBC as it relates to mass timber building, as well as the many applications and challenges designers face when it comes to providing code-compliant and aesthetically pleasing power, data/communication, and AV throughout the building space.

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• Tips for Designing Agile Commercial Interior Spaces in a World of Fixed Assets

  

  Today’s office environment requires more agility and adaptability than in any previous decade. The list of changes occurring are constantly evolving, but they all require being free and untethered from the building. This course will examine how a designer accounts for the technological needs of power/data for these areas when the fixed assets, of the older building and power infrastructure, were built to handle a historically attached world. The new technological requirements will be measured, and a variety of solutions will be examined to assist designers with these modern challenges.

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• Smart Hotels; The Future Is Now

  

  This course will cover knowing the definition of a smart hotel and why it matters for hotels and their guests and provide an understanding of how smart hotels will change the way hotels are managed and designed. Learn what leading technology is going to be a part of the smart hotel revolution and how to take the steps needed to get started with smart hotel technology for your property.

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• Furniture Power: Accessible power and charging options in commercial spaces

  

  Furniture Power: Accessible power and charging options in commercial spaces With more people using mobile devices than ever before, it's impossible to ignore the need for easily accessible power and charging options in commercial spaces. Several trends have contributed to this need, and these trends are now shifting space design and the correlating electrical infrastructure. Three specific markets have been especially impacted: hospitality, commercial office and public spaces. Power and charging requirements are shifting how engineers, architects and designers all plan for these spaces - whether it is due to code or demand. Learn about power and charging trends, requirements and changes that are hitting commercial spaces and the options that are available for you on the market right now.

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• Solutions for Meeting Health & Safety Requirements in Food Processing Plants

  

  Many food and beverage processing facilities are concerned with bacterial growth that can trigger an outbreak. With increasing regulations like FSMA, it's important for every plant to look for ways to be proactive in the management of equipment and processes. By identifying how to counteract bacterial growth, processing plants can defend themselves against deadly and costly recalls. An important area that is often overlooked are the electrical systems and devices present in food processing plants. There are a range of cost-effective and easy-to-implement plant safety solutions that can prevent contamination from these systems.

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• Open Spaces: Provide User-Friendly, Convenient Power, Data/Comm, and AV Access for a Wide Variety of End Users

  

  Design of commercial spaces has shifted away from separating and confining people to specific areas. Taking cues from residential design, the open floor plan is hitting offices, hotels, retail spaces, transit areas and more. As walls come down, it's important to understand what this means for the electrical infrastructure of the space. Learn how this change in design impacts engineers and architects that need to meet code and provide user-friendly, convenient power, data/comm, and AV access for a wide variety of end users, including facility managers, cleaning staff and visitors.

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• Furniture Power for the Hospitality Market

  

  Power and charging requirements for hospitality facilities are changing radically and rapidly. This course examines the options for and benefits of supplying power and charging outlets in walls, furniture, headboards, nightstands, public seating, and public gathering spaces, including outdoor areas, as well as the applicable codes for furniture inserted outlets. The course concludes with an overview of the requirements for and benefits of installing occupancy sensors and shut-offs in guest rooms to further meet local electrical code and energy code compliance.

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• Creating Productive, Connected Outdoor Spaces with Access to Permanent Power

  

  As the popularity of outdoor activities grows, so does the demand for outdoor spaces that include permanent access to power, data, communications, and audio visual (A/V) services. Educational campuses, commercial offices, amusement parks, sporting venues, retail environments that use outdoor mobile kiosks, and hospitality facilities have a need for safe, convenient, permanent power access outdoors. Property owners are responsible for integrating people, places, and processes, including the electrical needs for their own commercial venues. Increased outdoor space utilization means access to permanent power outdoors is becoming a vital building service, similar to lighting, life-safety systems, and ventilation, etc. Outdoor power products are designed to deliver permanent connections to outdoor spaces in a safe, non-disruptive way. The next section of this course takes a look at how their installation and use can transform spaces where people work, live, and play.

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• Contemporary Residential Lighting Controls

  

  Lighting controls allow homeowners to adjust lamps and light fixtures from anywhere in the home without special wiring or expensive master controllers. Lighting controls can be integrated into a home for single-room, multiroom, whole-house, or automated systems. This course discusses the role of lighting in design and occupant comfort and then outlines how lighting controls can benefit occupant behavior, health, and productivity and the appeal and performance of the home, especially regarding energy efficiency.

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• How Energy Codes Effect Plug Load and Lighting Controls

  

  Energy codes at all levels increasingly focus on reducing energy consumption, saving consumers money, and reducing CO2 emissions. New and updated energy codes play an essential role in the performance of buildings. This course examines the lighting requirements and provisions of ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2019 and the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code® (IECC) and focuses on plug and lighting control strategies for energy efficiency.

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• Connecting to the Growing EV Charging Infrastructure

  

  Electric vehicles (EVs) are rapidly becoming ubiquitous. To serve them sufficiently, there must be a massive expansion of car charging options, and that infers that planners and designers must create those options and opportunities now. This course examines the current trends in and predictions for EV chargers, the various types, their attributes, where and how they might be installed for maximum effectiveness, and the programs and incentives that apply to both EVs and their charger requirements.

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• Flexibility, Accessibility, and Ergonomics in the Open Office Space

  

  Flexible work scheduling, telework, virtual work, and the high cost of office space are some of the drivers of the 21st century workspace. This open, flexible, adaptable, and casual space must still serve not only the technological needs of its users, but also the accessibility needs of a diverse population. This course examines the technical requirements for providing accessibility, universal design, and ergonomics in an open office space and looks at a variety of solutions in the functional areas of the office: open office areas, the workspace, and collaboration areas.

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• Designing Delightful Environments For Connected Guests

  

  This course explores the landscape of connected travel, identifies power-based trends in the hospitality marketplace, and introduces industry leading solutions that deliver unparalleled performance and aesthetic benefits. Travelers today are more connected than ever before, creating an ultra-connected landscape from book to ordering transportation to check-in. Many hospitality brands are focusing on ensuring their properties bring exacting travelers the experiences and features that matter most. They are also capitalizing on routine renovation cycles to incorporate modernized features and enhancements. These moments in time create exciting opportunities for the integration of power and tech solutions that will surprise and delight guests.

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