Embodied Carbon and Resilient Building Design

Author: Roman Titov
This course explores the critical role of embodied carbon in the building life cycle, addressing the environmental impacts of material extraction, construction, maintenance, and eventual disposal. The course introduces key methodologies for assessing embodied carbon, discusses current strategies for minimizing carbon emissions, and highlights the importance of resilient building design in reducing the need for future repairs. Through detailed case studies, participants will learn how to incorporate sustainable practices into building design, material selection, and structural retrofitting to reduce carbon footprints and enhance building resilience.

Learning Objectives

This course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Understand the role of fire resilience in steel-concrete composite systems.
• Explain NIST’s experimental framework for fire testing.
• Analyze the thermal and structural responses of composite floor systems.
• Identify failure mechanisms during fire exposure.
• Apply passive fire protection strategies effectively.
• Compare prescriptive and performance-based design approaches.
• Utilize ASTM E119 and ASCE 7 for fire-resistance design.
• Integrate NIST research findings into practical designs.
• Assess vulnerabilities in composite floor systems.
• Develop enhanced structural layouts for fire safety.
• Leverage computational models for fire-resistance validation.
• Interpret key data from large-scale experiments.
• Incorporate fire resilience strategies into construction projects.

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Certificate of Completion

Upon passing a 35-question multiple-choice quiz, your certificate of completion will be available for immediate download. PDH credits are awarded once all course requirements, including the quiz, are successfully met.

Board Acceptance

We provide technical courses for PDH credits that meet Board requirements for Professional Engineers, Geologists and Land Surveyors. This course is guaranteed to be accepted for professional engineers in AK, AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, and WY. Before purchasing this course, please confirm that your state Board is listed above.