2009 CBSP
Symposium
Vision 2009 Building Commissioning
Bringing Providers and Architects together to Achieve
Higher Performing Design
AIA National Headquarters, Washington, DC
March 5-6
Call for Presentations
Proceedings from the
CBSP Spring 2008 Symposium: Disaster Resilience through Mitigation
Planning and Building Performance - now
featuring audio and flash presentations!
New BEC Chapters Bring Total to 18
The Building Enclosure Council, a joint
venture of the AIA and the National Institute of Building
Sciences (NIBS) BETEC Council, now has 18 local chapters around the
country. BEC-Atlanta was chartered in November 2006, and BEC-St
Louis, BEC-Honolulu, and BEC-Miami were chartered this year.
BEC-Los Angeles has scheduled an inaugural meeting for the end of
October. Discussions are continuing regarding
potential chapters in Detroit and San Francisco, and there is
an interest in forming a chapter in a southwestern desert region.
BEC chapters are a cooperative venture between the NIBS BETEC
Council and the local or state AIA components. If anyone is
interested in establishing a BEC local chapter, please contact George
Blackburn, AIA, or Wagdy Anis, FAIA.
Become a disaster assistance employee (DAE)! There
are currently shortfalls in engineers, 406 specialists, and other
technical field positions in mitigation. To apply, submit your
resume to fema-hm-cadre@dhs.gov with a subject line
of DAE Employment Inquiry.
Take the Resilient Home
program survey! The
Resilient Home (RH) program is part of the Department of Homeland
Security’s Southeastern Region Research Initiative and has as
its primary goal the desire to speed the return of residents to
their homes following natural disasters. This survey is part of a
comprehensive needs assessment that the RH program is conducting to
help determine the research and education tasks necessary to
minimize, eliminate, and/or successfully mitigate the effects of
natural disasters on housing. It is important that architects weigh
in on this assessment, so please take the time to complete the
survey!
AIA Featured Podcast: "Architectural
Graphic Standards"
From AIA PodNet: David Altenhofen, AIA,
technical director of Hillier Architecture's Philadelphia
office who also served on the Advisory
Board for the new 11th edition of Architectural
Graphic Standards (AGS) as well as subject editor for the
Shell chapter, explains why this book is the most thorough and
significant revision of AGS in a generation with AIA PodNet’s
Phil Simon, AIA managing director, marketing and member
communications.
Read More | Bio
More AIA podcasts of possible interest to CBSP
members
Full AIA Architecture Knowledge Review podcast
series
'What The Code Offical Doesn't Know Can Hurt
You' - click here to view William Rakatansky, AIA, and
Brad Hall, AIA, presenting AIA Convention sessions on code
compliance.
Click here for the presentation for the 2008 AIA
Convention CBSP walking tour of 60 Oxford
Street (Cambridge, MA), the 2007
BEC Boston Award winner.
BEC Charleston's Window Flashing
Rodeo DVD
BEST1: Building for Energy Efficiency
and Durability at the Crossroads
Click here to view Fenestration Solutions
for Zero Energy Building, a presentation given by Steve
Selkowitz at the recent BEST1 conference in Minneapolis, and here to view Energy Efficiency and
Durability of Buildings at the Crossroads, a whitepaper that
resulted from the June 2008 BEST1 conference.
BEST2 Call for
Papers
Diversity Recognition
Program
This program celebrates and invites the contributions of AIA
members toward the goal of a more diverse profession. Up to twelve
submissions will be selected annually to be recognized as Diversity
Best Practices. All individuals submitting a proposal must sign the
waiver/release form. Electronic
submissions are preferred and should be sent to diversity@aia.org. Hard copy submissions
may be sent to:
Yvette Morris
Manager, Diversity
The American Institute of Architects
1735 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
NATIONAL TRUST RESOURCES ON FLOOD RECOVERY
The record-breaking floods across the Midwest have not only
affected the lives and livelihoods of countless people, they have
also destroyed or damaged numerous cultural institutions, public
buildings, rural landscapes, and historic districts.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation and its
partners are helping Midwesterners respond to the damage
caused by these floods, providing resources, technical assistance,
and support to affected areas. Visit www.preservationnation.org/resources/technical-assistance/flood-recovery
/ for more information.
The BEDG Curtain Wall Section Is Complete
Richard Keleher, AIA, and Rob Kistler, AIA, are proud
to announce that the curtain wall section of the Building Envelope
Design Guide has been revised - please click here to see the results!
Applying Mixed Use, Accessory Use, and
Incidental Provisions of the 2006 International Building
Code
By Carroll Lee Pruitt, FAIA, and William Rakatansky, AIA
Requirements regarding mixed use and occupancy have changed in
the 2006 edition of the International Building Code. Following the
illustrations in this report should make it easier to
correctly apply the occupancy provisions.
Tax Incentives Assistance
Project
A coalition of public-interest nonprofit groups,
government agencies, and other organizations in the
energy-efficiency field sponsored the Tax Incentives Assistance
Project (TIAP) to give consumers and businesses the
information they need to use federal income-tax incentives for
energy-efficient products and technologies. For more
information, see the TIAP Web site.
CBSP Bookshelf
CBSP is compiling a reading list based on the
recommendations of our members around the country. We plan to
continually add titles, so if you know of a book that should be on
the list, we encourage you to send your recommendation to cbsp@aia.org.
CBSP - Allied Organization
Events
Dates and locations of major conferences and
events nationwide. Also, see a list of related links.
