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CEFPI is a Registered Provider with The American Institute of
Architects Continuing Education Systems (AIA/CES). Credit(s)
earned on completion of this program will be reported to AIA/CES for
AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and
non-AIA members are available upon request.
This program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional
education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or
construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material
of construction or any method or manner of handling, using,
distributing, or dealing in any material or product.
Questions related to specific materials, methods, and services will be
addressed at the conclusion of each presentation.
Learning Objectives
Turning Challenge into Opportunity
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Know about the current status of school funding in Texas.
2. Know about other cuts that are to be expected in the next 2 years.
3. Know about the impacts of funding cuts on school districts.
4. Understand the impact that funding cuts will have on student performance
and future employment.
Learning Objectives
Redirecting Attention to Lowering Costs & Raising Student
Performance
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Know about tips for creating durable, lower cost and more energy efficient
facilities.
2. Use innovative ways that facilities can support curriculum and engage
students.
3. Use affordable ideas for creating and use of sustainable features.
4. Achieve long-term savings through sustainable solutions.
Learning Objectives
TSTC: How Repurposing a Building Can Be the Solution for Educational
Facilities
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Understand how repurposing existing facilities can create a significant cost
savings for the client.
2. Understand how a design concept can be adapted to any building space
(reuse of an existing facility).
3. Understand the process of staying on a tight budget and time schedule,
while maintaining value for the client.
4. Understand the significance of a good client relationship and how that
impacts the overall end product.
Learning Objectives
Environments that Promote College Readiness and Student Success
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the impact utility costs have on school budgets.
2. Recognize solutions that can reduce operation costs.
3. Comprehend strategies that can improve the learning environment.
4. Understand the value the investment in I&S funds can have on the M&O
budget.
Learning Objectives
Facility Engineering That Makes Dollars and Sense
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Understand how a facility assessment can identify opportunities for cost
savings.
2. Understand how a building envelope or building construction can save M&O
funds.
3. Apply energy management processes or design features that can reduce
operating costs.
4. Select the sustainable design features that lower operating expenses or
provide rebates.
Learning Objectives
Green School Challenge
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Use energy efficiency and renewable energy strategies.
2. Understand Single Stream Recycling.
3. Understand water conservation.
4. Implement educational and behavioral change.
Learning Objectives
Better Schooling/Less $$$: We Can’t Amputate Our Way to the Future
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. See funding constraints as a mandate or an opportunity and a license to
consider non-traditional educational concepts.
2. Consider the potential of technology to replace as well as supplement
conventional modes of teaching and learning.
3. Focus on students and learning outcomes vs. teachers and schools – and
therefore where funds might be most effectively expended.
4. Perceive school time as a huge part of schooling and recognize its cost
implications.
Learning Objectives
Increase Your District’s Revenue by Decreasing Energy Consumption
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Understand parameters to use when preparing an energy performance
model.
2. Understand how BIM can be used to collect information for the energy model
.
3. Understand how to use energy performance model information to help select
and optimize HVAC systems.
4. Understand how to measure energy consumption and translate this into
money saved and re-direct it to the owner’s bottom line.
Learning Objectives
Innovative Materials Help Reduce Maintenance and Support Tight
Budgets While Producing Inspired Learning Environments
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Employ sustainable materials and reduced maintenance to support state
budget cuts.
2. Lower installation and construction costs using locally produced/harvested
materials .
3. Choose increased durability for longer life cycle costs.
4. Create inspired learning environments.
Learning Objectives
Innovative Solutions for Cost Effective Applications of Sustainable
Design
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the use of logical and cost effective applications of Sustainable
Design.
2. Identify funding mechanisms available to reduce overall sustainable design
costs.
3. Apply innovative tools to work with your local electric providers in order to
maximize funding.
4. Decrease operation dollars used by districts by using sustainable and cost
effective design.
Learning Objectives
Finding Flexibility in the TEA School Facilities Standards
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Know about the legal basis for the TEA School Facilities Standards.
2. Know about the structure and scope of the TEA School Facilities Standards .
3. Know about the sections of the TEA School Facilities Standards that allow
for flexibility in school design.
4. Know about the sections of the TEA School Facilities Standards that allow
for non-traditional school design.
Learning Objectives
Innovative Operations and Maintenance Ideas for Savings and
Improvement
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Understand methods to reduce energy and maintenance costs.
2. Improve the indoor environment.
3. Appreciate the advantages of building control.
4. Know how to extract useful building information.
Learning Objectives
Building Consensus with Social Media: Social Media in the Planning
and Design Process
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Appreciate social media uses for bond planning for positive results.
2. Use collaboration techniques during design using social media platforms .
3. Know how to make construction a learning opportunity foe students using
social media.
4. Understand the types of social media and their uses and how to manage the
variety of social media outlets.
Learning Objectives
From Tents to the Taj Mahal: Connecting Students, Teachers & the
Learning Environment
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Understand how educational environments differ throughout the world.
2. Explain the “Student’s Hierarchy of Needs” and its implications for effective
school planning .
3. Listen to the various factors that impact a student’s academic potential, and
explain the building’s role in enhancing this potential.
4. Understand how connections between students and teachers differ, based
on the type of learning environment, and explain the fundamental difference
between traditional and non-traditional instruction.
Learning Objectives
Achieving High Efficiency HVAC in Unaccommodating Existing
Buildings
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Better understand what makes HVAC efficient.
2. Have clear ideas for addressing retrofit obstacles due to existing buildings .
3. Understand the cost impact of different systems.
4. Help design teams establish realistic energy efficiency targets for retrofit
schools.
Learning Objectives
Realizing District Savings by Improving Your Prototype Performance
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the impact high performance HVAC systems can have on
reducing building utility costs.
2. Know how to reduce installed lighting capacity by +30% and its impact on
reduced energy consumption.
3. Know how to introduce natural daylight into a prototypical classroom and its
impact on reducing energy consumption.
4. Know how to integrate building systems into the school’s curriculum.
Learning Objectives
Starting from Scratch – A Whole New Way of Educating
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Have real ideas for transforming public schools to fit our world.
2. Understand the challenges facing public schools in Texas and across the
nation .
3. Appreciate the critical situation we face and the need to act.
4. Know what steps to take to help this change occur.
Learning Objectives
Closing in and Finding Opportunity
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Understand how school funding cuts impact curriculum and learning.
2. Understand how school funding cuts affect school programs and staff.
3. Understand how school funding cuts have long lasting implications for the
future of our economy.
4. Examine some creative solutions to maintain effectiveness in teaching and
learning, with a smaller budget.
Learning Objectives
School Tours: Shadow Oaks Elementary/Monarch School/Victory Center
at Lone Star College
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Use both LEED and non-LEED certified solutions to achieve sustainability.
2. Understand different solutions to maximize daylighting .
3. Understand different solutions for water collection.
4. Understand different solutions for reducing use of HVAC.
Course Evaluations
In order to maintain high-quality learning experiences, please access
the evaluation for this course by logging into CES Discovery and
clicking on the Course Evaluation link on the left side of the page.
This concludes The American Institute of Architects
Continuing Education Systems Course
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