December 2015
AIA Disaster Assistance Program Building Evaluator Training
AIA Disaster Assistance Program utilizes volunteers and mutual aid resources to provide professional engineers, architects and certified building inspectors to assist local governments by doing post-disaster building evaluations. The training program for Building Evaluators is currently managed by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) with cooperation from professional organizations. CalOES will issue Disaster Service Worker (DSW) ID cards to all professionally licensed volunteers who have completed the training. Those who are not yet licensed will receive a certificate…
September 2016
Energy in Design Calculator Demonstration at the 2030 Roundtable
As part of the 2016 Honor Awards, AIA Seattle is excited to debut the new Energy in Design Award to celebrate projects which balance exceptional design and forward thinking energy performance. This award is not just about one exemplary project; it is about our community’s commitment to innovative, sustainable architecture and leadership among our design peers. We ask all entrants in the BUILT category to submit energy use data in consideration of this award, and we provide an easy-to-use tool, the Energy in…
