Date:
Tue, 03/30/2010 - 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Knoll Showroom
1200 5Th Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, WA 98101
Please join us for an evening of fun and learning! Three CEU's will be presented in one evening!
Each CEU will be presented three times in one space. Attendees will rotate to a new course each hour. Stay for all three or attend only one.
COURSES AND PRESENTERS:
GET SMART: INTERIOR DESIGN/SUSTAINABLE OR ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
PRESENTER: Phil Logsden, IIDA, LEED AP, Knoll Inc.
DESCRIPTION: The course offers consensus sustainable product standards and a basic understanding of the requirements for products to be certified. The course covers why sustainable product communications are required to be based on certification to consensus sustainable product standards or equivalent due to the international law, EPA, Attorney General, and the Federal Trade Commission legal and environmental requirements. This allows the designers to differentiate between credible product communications and “greenwash”.
HCAT: HEALTHCARE APTITUDE TEST
PRESENTER: Lynn Allen, Mohawk Group
DESCRIPTION: In addition to meeting the aesthetic needs of their clients, healthcare designers must now also be specialists in infection control, noise management, ergonomics and maintenance protocols, and applying these sometimes competing factors in meeting the needs of both patients and caregivers. It’s clear that they face significant challenges.
HCAT: Healthcare Aptitude Test is a research-based look into infection control, noise management, ergonomics, safety and maintenance and how they influence patient outcomes and caregiver performance.
HCAT contains leading edge scientific research and testing, and includes the latest information on flooring in healthcare, from thought leaders from industry and academia. Relationships are established between flooring performance and the personal and financial consequences of flooring decisions.
HCAT based on the following assumptions:
- Flooring in health care must be durable and maintainable
- Flooring in health care must be healthy and safe
- Flooring in health care must be quiet and comfortable
HCAT uses an interactive “Question and Answer” format that encourages audience participation.
LOCAL SOURCING FOR SUSTAINABLE AND FSC CERTIFIED WOOD
PRESENTER: John Wells and George Scott, Meyer Wells
Kirk Hanson, Northwest Natural Resource Group
David Kienholz, Green Tree Mill
DESCRIPTION: Local Sourcing; Finding, specifying, and utilizing local, sustainable materials and manufacturing for architecture and design projects.This course experience will begin with ageneral presentation and discussion of an authentic green business model for resourcing local, urban hardwood and softwoods as practiced in volume by Meyer Wells and Green Tree Mill. The emphasis will focus on new opportunities, techniques, and approaches for incorporating locally recycled and regenerated wood materials into design planning and architectural building and production projects. Details will cover reviews of local and national waste stream volumes, materials availability, variety and options, and comparisons to commercially available programs. Issues of green sourcing, sustainable materials expediting, design for user and reuse, and waste/bi-product opportunities will be covered. Discussions will include observations about current wood product quantities and qualities, both commercial and urban select, and methods for incorporating urban woods into design specifications and building projects. Course content is applicable to architecture and design professionals, business owners, contractors, consumers, and general practitioners interested in local materials and process sourcing that is economically competitive, ubiquitous, and truly green.
Please register through Event Tickets for Cocktails and Credits. Hope to see you there!