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Essential CPD information for the construction industry

By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Set up and use resources needed to create a project within NBS Contract Administrator
- Create a project within NBS Contract Administrator.
- Use the expert written help and Guidance to select, complete and print RIBA Forms, making it easier for those unfamiliar with the Contract Administration process.
- Run reports and track costs and activities across a project, removing the need to manually update a separate records of costs.

This CPD aims to:

- Identify and describe the various climatic, cultural, and economic influences that shape a community's sustainable solutions.
- Identify and analyse strategies to encourage behavioural changes that support a sustainable community.
- Analyse the role of streets, who they are for, and how their design and configuration influence behavior and community wellbeing.
- Identify and describe positive and negative features of a street and evaluate its role within the larger circulation network.
- Identify and describe the impacts of development on the watershed.
- Analyse the full cost of importing water.
- Analyse and describe the role of land use and open space in sustaining a community.
- Develop a rationale for the appropriate blend of land use within your neighbourhood.
- Identify a rationale for the provision of affordable housing options.
- Analyse the nexus between an individual's dietary habits and the impact on their community.
- Describe the impacts of food production on the environment.
- Describe the evolving renewable energy industry.
- Analyse strategic opportunities for local partnerships to leverage waste streams for energy production.
- Identify solutions to reduce energy demand.
- Describe and analyse the energy embodied in the construction, operations, and maintenance of a building.
- Identify and describe solutions to improving climatic and cultural considerations in modern building design.
- Explain the rationale and objectives for introducing sustainable features in your community.
- Analyse the cultural, political, and economical obstacles to introducing changes in your community.

Corporate facilities, museums, government buildings, universities, shopping malls and places
of worship that use the communications equipment of the modern age all present unique audiovisual (AV) technology challenges. Each type of project requires a range of sophisticated equipment, from computers and
screens to sound systems and digital projectors, all increasingly linked by complex networking systems. Architects are challenged to stay up-to-date on the latest AV technology, and to integrate this technology seamlessly into a building design.

Today, architects and audiovisual solutions providers (AVSPs) are partnering to design interior spaces that successfully merge aesthetics, functionality and technology.

- This course will enable the student to determine whether a living green roof or wall is an appropriate solution for a new construction or renovation project, based on the specific existing or proposed conditions and the project program.
- This course will enable the student, if having determined the appropriateness of a living green roof or wall, to build a compelling case for implementation, and to propose a clear and practical path to completion. These are important skills in
persuading owners and clients, as well as achieving optimum results in negotiating permitting.
- This course will enable the student to evaluate the available materials and technologies for living green roof and wall construction and planting in order to select a successful system.
- At the completion of this course the student will be able to design, estimate, and specify a basic living green roof or green wall which can minimize stormwater peak discharge, provide thermal and acoustic insulation, prolong roof membrane life, support habitat and ecosystem services, and promote human well-being by providing natural greenspace to satisfy our need for connection to nature.