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Article: What is Bus Rapid Transit | 2016 Institute Honor Awards - Call for Entries | Become a Citizen Architect | Webinar: Commercial Energy Codes Design | Update your Subscription

What is Bus Rapid Transit (& What Isn't)

by Nikolaus Philipsen, FAIA

It isn't too often that mayors of North American cities travel to South America to admire urban planning models. There is one notable exception, and that is Curitiba, Brazil, where forty years ago a new vision for urban mobility was created, revamping the private bus chaos that dominates many South American big cities.

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2016 Institute Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design

Show us your best work! For more than 60 years, the Institute Honor Awards program has recognized achievements for a broad range of architectural activity to elevate the general quality of architecture practice, establish a standard of excellence against which all architects can measure performance, and inform the public of the breadth and value of architecture practice. Entries may be urban design projects, planning programs, civic improvements, campus plans, environmental programs, or redevelopment projects.

The submission deadline is August 21, 2015 by 5:00 PM EDT.

Become a Citizen Architect!

AIA is calling on members across the country to join the Advocacy Network as Citizen Architects. Whether you are looking to make a difference in your local community or advance leadership across the spectrum of government, institutions, or neighborhoods, identifying as a Citizen Architect allows AIA to recognize civically engaged members to provide the tools you need to make the impact you desire.

     

Commercial Energy Codes Design

Building Thermal Envelope Provisions (Webinar)

Earn 1.5 AIA Learning Units (LUs) with this intermediate-level overview of the building thermal envelope provisions of the latest national voluntary consensus standard model energy codes for cost savings, reduced energy consumption, and the conservation of natural resources. Changes to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013 & the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) commercial provisions impact the design of commercial and high-rise residential buildings.

The webinar is on August 12, 2015 at 2:00pm-4:00pm EDT.

     

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