Building Design 12 PDH Discount Package 1

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Learning about space requirements for apparatus, maintenance, training, administration and on-duty living
• Learning how the class of trucks assigned to a fire station drives the requirement for apparatus space
• Learning how space requirements differ for Structure fire stations and Aircraft Crash and Rescue stations
• Learning the factors that determine the most appropriate and cost-effective location for a fire station
• Learning about layouts and adjacencies, and how to use functional relationship bubble-diagrams to analyze them
• Learning about the different layout requirements for satellite, main, and large main fire stations
• Learning about space and layout requirements for apparatus bays for different truck and equipment assignments
• Learning the basic room layouts for administrative, dispatch and on-duty living spaces in a fire station
• Learning when information technology (IT) space will be required at a fire station, and how much will be needed
• Learning space program recommendations for apparatus, equipment and maintenance
• Learning space program recommendations for administrative, training, residential and living spaces
• Learning when other spaces may be required at a fire station, and how much space may be needed
• Learning the basics of fire station organization and circulation

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Learning about typical space allowances for small, medium and large libraries
• Learning about the five core functional areas in libraries.
• Learning typical site size, configuration and orientation requirements
• Learning about architectural criteria for the circulation desk, circulation spaces, general collection stacks, reference desk, reference collections, and on-line public access catalog (OPAC) computer stations
• Learning about planning and design requirements for reading areas, audio/visual (A/V) viewing stations, A/V collections, special collections and periodicals
• Learning about design basics for microform viewing stations, small group study areas, display/bulletin board areas, reproduction areas, and fax/scanning areas
• Learn about information service areas including computer workstation areas, computer labs, equipment, and related infrastructure, as required
• Learning about how to provide a local area network (LAN) room for servers, wiring, backups, homepage administration, virtual out processing, and report generation
• Learning the basic features of children's areas including computer workstations, toys developmentally appropriate for children, special reading collections, A/V materials and listening stations, and areas for group activities, such as storytelling or reading programs
• Learning how the Americans with Disabilities Act Architectural Guidelines will affect the construction, additions, and renovation of existing facilities
• Learning how to incorporate sustainability principles in your design, such as renewable energy, day-lighting, passive and active solar heating, natural ventilation, and photovoltaics
• Learning how to incorporate outdoor reading areas, patios, furniture, and other outdoor amenities into your design
• Learning techniques for effectively incorporating book and audio/visual (A/V) collection boxes into a library
• Learning parameters required for service vehicles and service access areas
• Learning the basics of building organization and circulation

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Learn about the fundamental activities in a golf clubhouse and their space requirements.
• Learn patron sequences, circulation and adjacency requirements in golf clubhouses.
• Learn about area and dimensional requirements for the various spaces in golf clubhouses.
• Learn about the different types of food service in golf clubhouses and their space, adjacency and materials and finishes parameters.
• Learn about the space and functional requirements for sales, administrative, storage and control functions.
• Learn about typical space allocations for small, medium and large golf clubhouses.
• Learn about typical finishes, fixtures, furnishings and equipment.

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Learning how visibility describes size, brightness, and contrast of a particular activity and affects the lighting required to view that activity
• Learning about way-finding and the role of lighting in providing visual guidance, signage illumination, and more subtle aids such as continuity and hierarchy of lighting equipment that reinforces areas of similar use
• Learning how the effective use of indirect light minimizes the negative effects of direct glare
• Learning how direct glare can be minimized with careful equipment selection and placement, and by indirectly lighting interior walls and ceiling
• Learning about illuminance and appropriate lighting levels for different surfaces and tasks
• Learning the importance of lighting level and illuminance uniformity where sustained tasks are performed, and how to prevent "spotty" lighting, especially in interior areas where people are working and exterior areas where safety and security are concerns
• Learning about the three different types of visual responses: photopic, scotopic and mesopic
• Learning about lumen effectiveness multipliers that can be used to account for the improved visibility provided by white light compared, for example, to high pressure sodium lighting
• Learning about luminaire, lamp and lighting control recommendations for individual and open offices
• Learning about luminaire, lamp and lighting control recommendations for other office building spaces such as conference rooms, lobbies and corridors

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Learning how to place facilities on site with the least disruption to the natural environment
• Understanding how the building location is influenced by building dimensions and footprint, the desired proximity to other facilities, buffer zones, spacing standards, and setbacks
• Learning about buffer zones for airport clearances, noise abatement, security threats, and storage of hazardous materials
• Learning about building spacing standards to accommodate functional relationships
• Learning how to orient buildings to take advantage of passive solar heating and cooling conditions