Natural Materials: Why Trees are Stronger Than Wood.

Thursday, March 16th at 1 pm PST

Course Credits: CEUs for a total of 1.0 Professional Development Hours 1.0 LA CES HSW PDH

Course Description:   START SEEING TREES. WholeTrees Structures® provides pre-fabricated round timber structural systems with shop drawings stamped by licensed professional engineers. Round timbers are comparable in strength and cost to steel and lumber, with lower embodied energy, higher carbon sequestration, and the potential to earn Living Building Challenge and LEED v4 material credits. Join us to learn more.

Learning objectives: Prerequisite Knowledge: A basic understanding of different structural systems and building types. A basic understanding of the regulatory systems in one's local jurisdiction such as what version of the IBC has been adopted.

HSW Justification: Studies increasingly provide measurable data for what most know intrinsically, people are happier and healthier when exposed to nature, natural materials, and natural systems. Using biophilic design patterns and sustainably sourced raw materials, architects, engineers, and other AEC professionals can create built environments that improve physical health and mental well-being while providing positive environmental benefits.

Learning Objective 1: Participants will be able to name structures, systems, and building types built using small-diameter round timber and identify where round timber can bring biophilic advantages as a structural or decorative material.

Learning Objective 2: Participants will be able to identify a benefit to forest ecosystems and regional economies from building with small-diameter round timber.

Learning Objective 3: Participants will be able to use the performance benefits of small-diameter round timber structural systems (including strength, carbon calculation, fire failure mode, and life cycle performance) in their projects to design hybrid systems with mixed materials.

Learning Objective 4: Participants will be able to cite the advantages of building with small-diameter round timber based on research at the USDA Forest Products Lab.

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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your local rep. Thank you for supporting Northwest Playgrounds Equipments CEU initiative in 2023. We plan to hold this CEU event throughout the year on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 1 PST. We look forward to seeing you next week; if not, our next CEU presentation will be on Thursday, April 20th, when we will be featuring DuMor.