AIA Portland has launched a new format for professional development at the Center for Architecture: Friday Education, which we've fondly dubbed "FrEd." FrEd will allow you to receive your Continuing Education credit hours at the same time each week. As the same suggests, a variety of classes will be offered throughout the day on most Fridays, totaling more than 100 CEU's available this year. At the request of your fellow members, AIA Portland has been charged to bring classes of exceptionally high caliber that respond to the interests of the Portland architectural community. We will continue to solicit your input and suggestions for new classes. Let us know if you've been inspired by a speaker! Click here to submit a presentation or recommend a presenter.       Upcoming FrEd Series Opportunities (select each class for more information and to register)                   Architectural Photography Workshop and Walking Tour July 30, 2010 8:00 am - 10:00 am Center for Architecture 403 NW Eleventh Avenue   Earn 2 Learning Units     ART + SCIENCE. Few trades mix these concepts better than both architecture and photography. Please join us for a discussion on how commerce has brought the two together in the last century, followed by a hands-on photography tour around Portland's Pearl District. Please feel free to bring cameras, tripods, and questions! We'll have to-go Stumptown coffee and snacks waiting for you. Formally trained in architecture, presenter Josh Partee is a Portland-based photographer.   Registration: $40 AIA Members $60 Non-Members Cancellation Policy: 100% refund for cancellation made 14 days or more before event. 50% refund for cancellation made less than 14 days before event. No refund for cancellation made 7 days or less before the event.           Master Planning Using Biomimicry as the Design Driver August 27, 2010 9:00 am - 11:00 am Center for Architecture 403 NW Eleventh Avenue   Earn 2 HSW/SD Learning Units     What would nature do? That's the million dollar question when it comes to sustainability. This 2-hour presentation will cover the basics of biomimicry and how it can be used as a sustainability tool in your next master planning effort. Using case studies and a planning framework, the presentation will delve into what it means to "design for life" and to benchmark master planning efforts against the same rules that govern all species on Earth. Presenter Nicole Isle is a Sustainability Advisor at Brightworks where she specializes in integrated design strategies for single and multiple building projects, as well as for master planning programs. She holds degrees in Aquatic Biology and Urban and Regional Planning from Oregon State and Portland State Universities, and is trained as a Biologist  at the Design Table (BaDT) under the guidance of Biomimicry founder, Janine Benyus.       Registration: $40 AIA Members $60 Non-Members Cancellation Policy: 100% refund for cancellation made 14 days or more before event. 50% refund for cancellation made less than 14 days before event. No refund for cancellation made 7 days or less before the event.

The Fundamentals of Building Energy Metrics September 24, 2010 8:00 am - 12:30 pm Center for Architecture 403 NW Eleventh Avenue

Earn 4 HSW/SD Learning Units Sponsored by BetterBricks

With building rating systems, energy benchmarking, post-occupancy evaluations, and the growing need to demonstrate performance metrics on projects to address meeting the 2030 Challenge, this workshop offers participants an opportunity to learn the basics (and complexities) of determining actual, post-occupancy energy data from existing projects. The workshop will introduce and review the definitions of energy metrics such as utilization index (EUI), units and conversions for utility data, tools/resources, and illustrate these through recent Energy Metrics Case Studies for projects in the Pacific Northwest. The workshop activity includes both: a) targeted discussions about building energy loads and energy resources and b) hands-on calculations involving actual building-based energy consumption metrics through spreadsheet-based analyses (spreadsheet provided at the workshop). Participants are encouraged to bring the following to the workshop: laptop with Excel, calculator, and memory stick, as well as building information on a completed project: Building Gross Area, Occupancy (FTE), Design/Construction Cost, Utility Data (one year electricity, gas, and water if possible). Objectives: A)         Understand the terms, units, and information needed to calculate energy use B)         Gain an easy-to-use method to evaluate energy consumption on past projects C)         Develop a better understanding of where potential savings can occur D)         Anticipate strategies to reduce peak demand and carbon neutral fuel sources Schedule: 8:00 am            Check-in, registration 8:30 am            Introductions                            Alison Kwok, University of Oregon                            D. Michael Utzinger, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 8:40 am            Energy Metrics Definitions and Context                                                    Case Studies and Benchmarks 9:15 am            Roundtable Discussion 10:15 am          Tools for Analysis: Carbon Neutral Design Spreadsheet Tool,                            Team Inputs and Analysis 11:30 am          Team Discussions: Level 1 metrics 12:15 pm          Summary Comments, Next Steps, and Evaluation 12:30pm           Adjourn Alison G. Kwok, Ph.D., AIA is professor of architecture at the University of Oregon and teaches design studios, seminars in climatic design, lighting, and building performance, as well as courses in environmental technology. Her current research includes adaptive and mitigation strategies for climate change, thermal comfort, natural ventilation, post-occupancy evaluation, and case studies of building performance. She is author of the Green Studio Handbook: Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design, with Walter Grondzik. She and Grondzik revised the 10th edition of Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, with the 11th edition in press. She is a Fellow and recipient of the American Solar Energy Society’s Women in Solar Energy Award and the Faculty Excellence Award from the University of Oregon. Professor Kwok has lectured and given workshops in the UK, China, Korea, Japan, and throughout the United States. akwok@uoregon.edu D. Michael Utzinger, is an architect and professional engineer with over 30 years experience in energy conscious architectural design.  In the past ten years he has consulted on daylighting, natural ventilation, passive solar design, ground source heat pumps, radiant heating and cooling, demand controlled ventilation, grid-tied photovoltaic systems, building energy and carbon balance analyses, and building energy simulation.  When the consulting is most successful, it is part of a well integrated team design process.  For the Aldo Leopold Foundation Legacy Center, he wrote the Innovation and Design Credit for Carbon Neutral operation that was accepted by the USGBC (the credit was based on the World Resources Institute's Greenhouse Gas Protocols).  Mr. Utzinger worked on two LEED certified buildings, the Platinum Aldo Leopold Legacy Center and the Gold Schlitz Audubon Nature Center. He is also a professor of architecture at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. utzinger@uwm.edu

Registration: $80 AIA Members $120 Non-Members Cancellation Policy: 100% refund for cancellation made 14 days or more before event. 50% refund for cancellation made less than 14 days before event. No refund for cancellation made 7 days or less before the event.

Structure + Architecture Symposium October 1, 2010 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Location tbd

Earn 6 HSW Learning Units

Please join us for this ground-breaking symposium that aims to illuminate the importance of the collaboration between architect and structural engineer, and to examine technology that integrates architectural and structural design. It will investigate the idea of structure as a generative force in the design process and consider structural innovation through research and practice. Keynote Speaker: Ross Wimer, AIA Design Partner Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP As a Design Partner in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), Ross Wimer has created innovative architectural projects in over 20 cities on five continents. Ross has worked to integrate the rigor and logic of engineering into his designs. His projects have been published widely, exhibited at the Venice Biennale, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Museum of Modern Art in New York and have received numerous awards, including three P/A awards.   A majority of his designs are for large scale mixed-use programs such as Leamouth Peninsula in London, Infinity Tower in Dubai, and White Magnolia Plaza in China, Ross' projects are dramatically diverse. Examples range from city planning for the 93 hectare Marina Bay Master Plan, to airport design as in Changi Airport Terminal 3, both in Singapore to industrial design as in the New York Standard Streetlight and door hardware for Valli & Valli SPA.   Ross is actively involved with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art & Architecture Society and the Arts Club of Chicago.  He serves as the Vice Chairman of the SOM Foundation, a program which awards students with traveling fellowships.  Additionally, he is an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology.   As a graduate of Yale University, Ross went on to obtain a Master of Architecture at Harvard University.

Register here now and take advantage of early bird pricing! AIA Members: $150 // $120 early bird rate (effective until September 1) Non-Members: $220 // $180 early bird rate (effective until September 1) Cancellation Policy: 100% refund for cancellation made 14 days or more before event. 50% refund for cancellation made less than 14 days before event. No refund for cancellation made 7 days or less before the event.