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This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a previously live webinar event. This course explores how using concrete masonry units (CMU) in the built environment provides an integrated approach to climate-responsive design by simultaneously addressing three critical sustainability strategies: resilience, operational energy use, and embodied carbon reduction. Participants will examine how CMU construction offers inherent solutions to modern building challenges, from natural disasters and extreme weather events to energy conservation and carbon footprint reduction. The course demonstrates that CMU structures perform beyond code requirements without additional measures, providing durable, cost-effective buildings that support community resilience while contributing to low embodied carbon goals.

Housing represents one of the greatest challenges we face within the architectural profession and society as a whole. Innovative design is essential to the evolution of the multi-family housing market. Architects and designers are a major part of the solution—designing new and reimagining existing buildings in beautiful, sustainable, and cost-effective ways.

In this session, we discuss a range of projects that exemplify architectural ingenuity in affordable housing. One of the highlighted projects features modular sunscreen/rainscreen walls, an architectural solution which enhances both the projects' aesthetics and residents' sense of community.

This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a previously live webinar event. In today’s evolving architectural landscape, firms face increasing pressure from economic volatility, talent retention challenges, and shifting client expectations. This webinar explores how benchmarking empowers architecture leaders to meet these challenges with clarity and confidence.

We’ll walk through key findings from the newly released 2025 Architecture Benchmarking Report, built on real performance data from over 2,000 A&E firms and 46,000 active users. You’ll learn how firms are setting meaningful performance targets, tracking progress, and using benchmarking to guide smarter, faster decisions.

With two years of data, we’ll also explore emerging trends and how leading firms are using insights from tools like BQE CORE to drive measurable results, including higher revenue per FTE, increased profit percentage, and year-over-year revenue growth. Whether your goal is to improve operational efficiency, support long-term planning, or gain a competitive edge, this session will give you a practical framework for applying benchmarking in your own firm.

Layton Construction, a leading firm in the construction industry, has revolutionized its visualization workflows using NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation GPUs. These GPUs have empowered Layton Construction to produce high-resolution still images, animations, and 4D sequences that capture every detail of their construction projects with unprecedented realism and efficiency.

Layton Construction’s adoption of NVIDIA RTX™ technology has led to improved project outcomes and client satisfaction by delivering more realistic and reliable visualizations and responding swiftly to client demands.

This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a previously live webinar event. Is your architecture firm operating at peak efficiency, or are you constantly putting out fires? Many firms struggle with inconsistent business development, project bottlenecks, financial uncertainty, and disorganized operations—often without realizing the root cause is a lack of business maturity.

In this webinar, gain a clear understanding of where your firm stands today and, more importantly, the specific steps you can take to level up your business processes, improve efficiency, and drive sustainable profitability. We explore practical, real-world strategies for moving from reactive to proactive firm management, ensuring you’re not just delivering great designs, but also running a thriving, resilient business. Whether you’re a principal, partner, or senior leader in an architecture firm, this session will equip you with the actionable insights needed to build a more predictable, scalable, and profitable practice.

Ground source heat pumps can deliver comfort, efficiency, and environmental harmony in any climate. Whether rooted in farmland or shaped by sea breeze, residential developments benefit from high-performance geothermal heating and cooling.

With the explosion of the Internet over the past decade, figuring out online lead generation can be confusing, time consuming and expensive. This e‐book will help you understand how online lead generation works (and how it doesn’t) for home improvement companies, and which channels you need to focus on to be successful!

Google recently invited Todd Bairstow from Keyword Connects to Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California to talk about Best Practices for Home Improvement Lead Generation. Learn what Todd and Google have to say about the online home improvement world and how you can drive more leads!

U.S. housing affordability has declined due to increases in home values and rents, prompting the need to build affordable housing supply. To meet demand, it is projected that 2-5 million new units will be needed over the next 10 years. Read more about the current trends, challenges and opportunities.

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AirRenew Essential offers a cost-effective solution for healthier homes. It's the first gypsum board that actively cleans the air by removing formaldehyde found indoors.