RedVector RV-10115

Sustainable Design in Brick Masonry

Sustainable Design in Brick Masonry

1 hr. Online Course

Level: Fundamental

Item#: RV-10115

SME: Patrick Kelly

This course has been discontinued
 
Brick masonry brings numerous advantages to projects where sustainable design is a key project requirement. Brick has traditionally been used in buildings intended for long-term use; its longevity and ease-of-maintenance suits owners and designers who weigh lifecycle cost advantages as part of their design strategy. Brick masonry contributes to sustainable design through many other of its characteristics as well.

In addition to categorizing brick masonry in relation to USGBC LEED®-NC and LEED for Homes categories, this 1-hour online interactive course explains key concepts from other industry sustainability rating systems, including the NAHB Green Home Building Standard and the Athena life-cycle assessment program.

Course Objectives
After participating in this course, you will be able to: 
  • Define sustainability.
  • Explain the effect building construction, operation and maintenance has on the world's resources.
  • List the goals that sustainable initiatives must strive to achieve.
  • Describe the basic differences between the most popular sustainability rating systems.
  • Explain the ways masonry can contribute to credits with the LEED NC, LEED for Homes and NAHB Green Home Building Standard rating systems.
  • Discuss the lifecycle analysis approach to sustainability.
  • Integrate masonry elements into a sustainable design strategy.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Patrick Kelly
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Patrick Kelly graduated with a B.Sc. (Civil Engineering) at the University of Witwatersrand in 1976, a MBA from the same institution in 1984 and a M.Eng. (Civil) in 1989 from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is registered as a professional engineer in the province of Ontario, and is a LEED® Accredited Professional. Currently he is the Masonry Systems Manager at Hanson Brick.

 

Patrick has been involved in the building and construction industry for over thirty years, the last fifteen years specifically in the field of masonry.

 

Patrick grew up and worked for most of his life in South Africa where he served as the Director of the Concrete Masonry Association.

 

Hanson PLC supplies heavy building materials to the public and private construction sectors in North America, the United Kingdom, Asia Pacific and Continental Europe. Hanson supplies a range of heavy building materials in two main categories: Aggregates, which includes aggregates, asphalt, ready-mixed concrete, cement and ground granulated blast furnace slag, and Building products, which includes bricks, concrete roof tiles, concrete products, concrete pipes, precast concrete structures and other building products. The end use of the Company's products and services are categorized into residential, infrastructure, and industrial and commercial construction applications.