POWER UP CE Series

9:00 AM | Elements Room
Natural Stone Countertops:  Considerations for Marble, Granite, Quartzite and Soapstone (1 LU/HSW)

Natural stone applications can add beauty, character, and value to any living space. By communicating the proper expectations for performance and maintenance requirements, the consumer will gain a better understanding and appreciation for using natural stone in their kitchens and bathrooms.

10:15 AM | Benjamin Obdyke
Drainage + Drying in the Exterior Wall (1 LU/HSW)

Residential/low-rise commercial architects & design professionals, custom home builders, construction superintendants, service/warranty managers, contractors specializing in the installation of cedar, fiber-cement,
manufactured stone veneer or stucco, as well as mold or moisture remediation contractors.

11:30 PM | Velux
The Future of Healthy Homes (1 LU/HSW)

A comprehensive, educational program
to communicate how daylight and fresh air transmitted through skylights can contribute to an ideal indoor climate while accentuating modern design aesthetics. This program demonstrates that emerging daylighting technologies, supported by top design trend research, emphasize energy efficiency in residential spaces
to create healthier, more comfortable living conditions

1:30 PM | Kimball International
Multisensory Wellbeing-Biohacking Creativity (1 LU/HSW)

How we perceive our physical environment influences our body, mind, and spirit in profound ways. As design experts, the more we understand humans the more we can understand how to shape the spaces we occupy and how environment can impact us on a biological, physical, and chemical level. Get your senses ready as we’ll learn to achieve a multisensory wellbeing in biohacking human experience and creativity.

2:45 PM | Inpro Corporation
ADA Signage – Mastering the Compliance Basics (1 LU/HSW + ADA)

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) turned 30 years old in 2020. Originally passed in 1990, the major revision to the Standards for Accessible Design (SAD) in 2010 gave the law more teeth – compliance is now required and enforceable on the federal level.
Since the ADA views visual impairments as a disability covered under the Act, there are specific guidelines pertaining to signage products. The two categories covered under interior signage are Wall Mounted, Ceiling Mounted or Projected. Within the Wall Mounted category, Identification of permanent room signs, Directional signs, and Informational signs are covered. Within the Ceiling or Projected Mounted category, Directional and Information signs are covered.

4:00 PM | Altro
Designing for Behavioral & Mental Health (1 LU/HSW)

As interest in and use of mass timber in the U.S. has grown, so too has interest in pushing these timber structures to greater heights. Using international examples of successful tall wood buildings as precedent, some designers have proposed tall wood projects in the states using a project-specific performance-based design approach. In order to provide a uniform set of code provisions for these tall wood buildings, the International Code Council established an ad hoc committee on tall wood buildings that proposed a set of code changes allowing up to 18 stories of mass timber construction. Those code changes were announced as approved in January 2019 and have become part of the 2021 International Building Code. Following a brief discussion of history and motivators, this presentation will introduce the new tall wood code provisions and construction types, as well as the technical research and testing that supported their adoption.