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Sustainable Libraries Design

Credit: 4 PDH Hours
Course Fee: $48.00
26 pages

How it Work!

  1. Register first and log into your account. Study and take the quiz for FREE until passed.
  2. After passing the quiz, follow the page, pay for the course and print your certificate.

Course Summary:

Libraries serve as symbols of the attitudes and values of their creators and can serve to extend those attitudes and values to future generations of occupants and visitors. Communities with the opportunity to build a new library or update an existing library should prioritize sustainable design measures. This course provides information on sustainably designed libraries- which to flexibly respond to changing functional demands, would be built to last, to provide an environment that is inspiring and safe, as well as to perform efficiently, providing great financial value to the community that supported its creation.

Learning Objective:

  • Understanding Sustainable design in the larger context
  • Introduction to the USGBC
  • Area of impact
    • Sustainable sites
    • Water efficiency
    • Energy and atmosphere
    • Materials
    • Indoor Environmental Quality
  • Integrated Design Team Approach
  • Case Studies

Review the quiz before studying the course.

Course Content

Course Author: US Institutes of Museums and Library Services

Certificate of completion of the course

This course comes with a multiple-choice quiz. You can view the quiz and take the quiz if you are logged in your account. You can take the quiz for this online PDH course as many times until passed. The passing grade is 70% and above. After you pass the quiz simply follow the page, to pay for the course and print your certificate instantly. A copy of the certificate and receipt for this course will always be in your account.

This online PDH course can also be used as a continuing education course for the following.

Architects

PE Civil Engineers

PE Structural Engineers

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