Make sustainability a staple of your practice.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 | 3pm ET

Climate change considerations impact all planning and design decisions. Every building type, building structure, system, and product in all locations across the U.S. are affected. To build resilient and sustainable buildings under changing climate conditions, we need to think creatively with the future and possible risks in mind. In this course, we will cover facts, scientific predictions, research, and the evolving strategic plans. 

This free live course is brought to you through a partnership with MADCAD. By registering for this course, you grant AIA permission to share your name and email address with MADCAD. 

Our society is undergoing a profound transformation. By mid-century, an estimated two-thirds of our global population – 6 billion people - will live in cities. Global population growth and urbanization are putting enormous stress on our civilization, fueling a host of cascading crises from climate change to housing, health to inequality. Despite the unprecedented challenges facing us, cities are uniquely positioned to serve as the hub of a global strategy to address our current crises. This series will focus on a number of key themes facing the future of our cities, offering provocative ideas about how we conceptualize our collective future and the role of design leadership in achieving global goals. Hosted by Communities by Design (CxD), a program of the Architects Foundation. 

This series is intended for civic leaders, architects, and other design professionals looking to make a difference in their community.

Series expires 12/17/2025

Get an in-depth overview of the accessibility requirements for new and existing buildings and learn how to avoid common compliance issues.

Women in architecture, design, and the allied building industries are one of the most influential segments in the profession. Yet when looking at leadership roles in these industries, we still ask: Where are they?  Women’s Leadership Summit, founded by AIA, is a premier event that brings together the industry’s largest network of diverse women in architecture, design, and the allied building industries. It exists to support and empower women on their leadership journeys and break down the barriers that get in their way.  Focused on networking, leadership training, business development, gender equity, and personal empowerment, WLS helps women manifest the careers they want while making a difference in the world.  

•    Share pathbreaking ideas to tackle challenges, uncover potential, and lead change.

•    Celebrate women leaders at every career stage, empowering everyone to change the future.  

What progress has more than 23,000 projects totaling 3.8 billion GSF designed last year made towards net-zero carbon? The AIA 2030 Commitment, a key climate action program, brings together a network of over 1,250 signatory architecture and design firms dedicated to tracking their projects’ energy data to reach carbon neutrality in the built environment. Upon this year’s release of the 2030 By the Numbers (RY22), join us for a conversation on the high-level findings from the report, including where we are succeeding as an industry and where we can still improve based on the reported data. We will discuss data trends on overall energy performance, the incorporation of energy modeling in projects, the inclusion of renewable energy sources as well as embodied carbon data.

Our society is undergoing a profound transformation. By mid-century, an estimated two-thirds of our global population – 6 billion people - will live in cities. Global population growth and urbanization are putting enormous stress on our civilization, fueling a host of cascading crises from climate change to housing, health to inequality. Despite the unprecedented challenges facing us, cities are uniquely positioned to serve as the hub of a global strategy to address our current crises. This series will focus on a number of key themes facing the future of our cities, offering provocative ideas about how we conceptualize our collective future and the role of design leadership in achieving global goals. Hosted by Communities by Design (CxD), a program of the Architects Foundation. 

This series is intended for civic leaders, architects, and other design professionals looking to make a difference in their community.

Series expires 12/17/2025

Elevate your sustainable design skills.

Invest in your career with this bundle of courses focused on health, safety, and welfare. 

Get an in-depth overview of the accessibility requirements for new and existing buildings and learn how to avoid common compliance issues.