Live Webinar with Grimm + Parker 

AIAPV has partnered with Grimm + Parker Architects to offer a limited number of slots for live-webinar online-access of the firm's Lunch & Learn CEU events on the first Tuesday of each month. AIAPV appreciates Grimm + Parker's support in enabling the chapter to provide this valuable benefit for the convenience of members unable to get to our educational events in person.

First Tuesday Lunch & Learn

Bird-Friendly Glass Solutions: Understanding the Fundamentals of Safe Design

Buildings interact with the natural environment in many ways. Architectural design encourages such interaction through the use of glass and glazing by blurring the lines between inside and outside. While we humans can use environmental cues to identify glass as a barrier, there is growing realization that birds cannot. More than one billion birds die each year due to collisions with glass. The solution is to design buildings that are bird friendly in addition to being people and environmentally friendly.

This course is intended to provide the basis for a better understanding of how to recognize issues affecting the bird population while learning about best practices and design fundamentals for smarter, safer buildings.

Credits:
1 LU/HSW

Please note: You must attend the entire session to receive continuing education credit.

Learning objectives

1. Recognize the basic behavioral patterns of birds
2. Identify the four most common reasons that bird building collisions occur
3. Investigate the different types of product testing
4. Assess some available and emerging glazing solutions

Presenter: Richard E Blymire, Jr., Architectural Design Manager – Capital Region – Guardian Glass
AIA Provider: Guardian Industries Corp. (J535), Course #GRD 18

AIA credits and certificates will be processed by Guardian Industries Corp.

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