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AIA Continuing Education Opportunities
Daylight Specialists the Midwest leader in commercial daylighting solutions and is pleased to offer a range of continuing education opportunities for your professional team. You choose the topic, format, and location. We will take care of the rest.
Select the format:
- Morning: Start the day with a presentation or casual drop-in. We’ll bring the bagels and pastries.
- Lunch: Full presentation in the traditional lunch-and-learn format.
- Happy Hour: End the day with a casual presentation with some drinks and snacks.
Convenient for those in any location:
- Presentations available in office, remote, or combination format.
Presentation topics available:
- Introduction to Tubular Daylighting Devices (AIA) – Credit 1LU/HSW
- Introduction to optical daylighting technology and products
- Inspiring Applications of Tubular Daylighting (AIA) – Credit 1LU/HSW
- A visual tour of bringing daylight into unique and inspiring spaces.
- Improving Student Performance (AIA) – Credit 1LU/HSW
- Review the science connecting daylight and student performance.
- Daylighting Storm Shelter Facilities with Tubular Daylighting Devices (AIA) – Credit 1LU/HSW
- Overview of ICC compliant daylighting solutions for storm shelters.
- Successful Daylighting for Wellness and Sustainable Design (AIA) – Credit 1LU/HSW
- Incorporating daylighting to achieve wellness and sustainable design objectives
- Project specific workshop on daylight modeling.
- Work through daylight modeling scenarios for a sample project.
Daylighting in Veterinary Clinics and Animal Shelters: Creating Healthier Spaces for Animals and People
Veterinary clinics and animal shelters are designed around care. Every material, room layout, air system, and lighting decision influences the experience of the animals, staff, clients, and visitors who move through the building each day. One important design element...
Optimizing Daylighting Performance: Turning Good Intentions into Reliable Results
This post is inspired by “Optimizing Daylighting Performance: Considerations to Maximize Daylighting for Health, Efficiency and Sustainability” by Neall Digert (Kingspan Light + Air / Solatube), and expands on practical implementation considerations for design teams....
Seasonal Variations and Daylighting Efficiency in Iowa
There’s an old saying around here: If you don’t like the weather in Iowa, just wait fifteen minutes. While it’s often used to joke about spring storms or sudden cold snaps, it’s also an unwitting nod to a truth daylighting designers know well: light itself changes...