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Live Learning Sessions / Webinars

• The Dream Makers

  

  A designer must have a deep understanding of their client as an individual, and just as importantly an understanding of the broader, ever-shifting trends in society, culture, design, cuisine, and more. This continuing education unit is designed to help you become the best possible dream maker for your clients.

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• Commercial Restrooms Reinvented

  

  Commercial restrooms are used in various settings, from office buildings to hospitals. This course discusses how commercial restroom design can meet the needs of all users through accessibility, universal design, and inclusive design. The public nature of restrooms requires excellent air quality, a trusted level of cleanliness, durability, and water conservation. The importance of fixtures with features including touchless technology, vandalism resistance, and water efficiency is also discussed.

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• Integrating More Sustainable Practices into the Design and Construction Process

  

  Manufacturing companies are seeing an increased demand for sustainable products. This course discusses what drives the requests for sustainable products and how to incorporate sustainable choices within each step of the design and construction phases, including understanding what makes a product sustainable, what to look for when specifying a product and manufacturer, and how sustainable choices throughout the phases can have a positive impact on the construction project.

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• Modern Ideas Reflected in Color, Materials, & Finishes

  

  Cultural dynamics have long influenced design trends. As people travel and experience this beautiful and diverse world we live in, culture is finding its way across nations. Culture can refer to traditional things like language, music, food, and more recently, internet trends. This course examines how current dynamics, such as wanderlust, influence culture and impact design. As well, resulting color trends, including nuanced neutrals and blanched pastels, are identified and discussed.

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• Product Sustainability through Design for Environment and Transparency

  

  Have you wondered what sustainability looks like in a manufacturing company or what happens to create the transparency documents you need for green building certification? Manufacturing companies are seeing an increased demand for product transparency and are beginning to understand that transparency provides internal and external benefits. Transparency contributes to Design for Environment – the sustainable design program for product development. The data gathered through the DfE process is used to build both material health disclosures and environmental product declarations and is valuable in many ways. This presentation explains what sustainability and Design for Environment are, how transparency documents are created and contribute to green building certification, and why investing in sustainability can bolster a business’s bottom line by creating internal process and operational efficiencies that can be reflected in transparency documents.

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• The Self-Care and Wellness Benefits of Luxury Kitchens and Bathrooms

  

  Traditionally, home has been a place for retreat and sanctuary. But as more people work from home, it is increasingly difficult to disengage from work responsibilities and set aside the time needed to refresh ourselves. As our stress levels rise, so does the need for self-care. This course looks at two areas of the home that are ideal for performing self-care and improving our well-being, assisted by investing in luxurious items: the bathroom and the kitchen.

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• Uniting Hygiene and Design: Clean Kitchens and Bathrooms

  

  Keeping bathrooms and kitchens clean and hygienic is essential to health and well-being but can be challenging in busy family homes. This course introduces some basic principles of home hygiene, provides an overview of the most effective cleaning strategies, and shows how contemporary kitchen and bathroom technology and design innovations can make hygienic cleaning substantially easier. Technologies discussed include touchless activation, intelligent toilets, bidet seats, and antimicrobial surfaces.

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• Universal Design: Applied to Bathroom and Kitchen

  

  This course reviews both ADA and universal design guidelines and discusses compelling reasons for recommending universal design in your kitchen and bathroom projects. No longer limited to ADA product and an institutional look, you are empowered to exceed expectations with this new worldview.

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• Using Smart Technology to Bring Clean and Well-Being into Homes

  

  From home offices to gyms to entertaining, homes have become multifunctional spaces. The use of smart technology provides innovative options for people to control and manage their homes for comfort and well-being on a daily basis. Smart home technology allows people to customize their homes. This course discusses how smart technology can interconnect household spaces to increase comfort, cleanliness, and well-being. NKBA approved course. This course qualifies for 0.1 CEU.

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• Beauty from Waste: A Circular Economy Case Study

  

  The United Nations has set 2030 as the deadline for member nations to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The construction industry has set complementary goals, including the AIA 2030 Commitment to reach net zero emissions in the built environment by 2030. This course discusses how circular economy building products are necessary to achieve sustainable design goals and presents the case study of Kohler WasteLAB, a small manufacturing business within Kohler Company that creates beautiful products for the home from waste.

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