CSI DENVER CHAPTER - 2026 BUILD DENVER

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:

CEU TOPIC:

Zoning & Site Planning City of Dennver/Wildland Urban Interface

This session provides an overview of the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code (CWRC), including its development, purpose, and role in reducing wildfire risk throughout Colorado. Participants will explore the legislative and technical framework that led to the creation of the CWRC and gain an understanding of how the code is adopted and implemented at the local level.  Topics include the creation of the statewide Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) map, the parcel-level ground truthing process used to verify and refine hazard classifications, and the options available to jurisdictions for adopting and amending the code to meet local needs.

CEU TOPIC:

A Planning Guide for Accessible Restrooms

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify how accessibility standards accommodate a diverse set of users and the   

general prescriptive requirements for accessible restroom design mandated by ADA.

2. Understand the changes in the ICC A117.1-2017 Accessibility standards for existing and new buildings.

3. Describe requirements for accessible lavatories and restroom accessories.

4. Describe requirements for accessible toilet compartments of varying sizes and the

accessories needed to complete their specification.

5. Discuss requirements for accessible bathing facilities.

CEU TOPIC:

Life-Safety

This course breaks down the core provisions of Chapter 9, including fire alarm and detection systems, automatic sprinkler systems, standpipes, smoke control, emergency responder communication systems, and other critical safeguards. Participants will learn how these systems interact with occupancy classification, building height and area, and special use provisions throughout the code.

CEU TOPIC:

Local Green Codes

This session explores the latest embodied carbon codes and policies in Colorado, highlighting their role in addressing one of the building industry's largest sources of carbon emissions. Attendees will gain an understanding of the current policy landscape, how these requirements are being implemented in practice, and what lies ahead for embodied carbon regulation and code development. 

Objectives:

CEU TOPIC:

Specifying to Prove Performance

As building enclosures grow increasingly more complicated, testing them during construction to verify their performance becomes increasingly more important.  However, with such a wide variety of tests available, there is confusion in the industry about which tests to specify, and how to specify them correctly.  Guidance available in generic specifications is often not sufficient to help designers in their efforts. This presentation discusses the most common building enclosure tests, their benefits and issues, and how to specify them well to achieve the goals of a given project.

Panels/CEU Descriptions:

Panel 1 - Title: Colorado Model Electric & Solar Ready Codes

Description: This will be a panel discussion on the Colorado Model Electric & Solar Ready Codes.  The panel will include three engineers focused on electrical engineering, energy modeling, construction management, and energy code development.  Each engineer will be asked to respond to question related to the impact of the codes, required preparation for them, design impacts, and practical implementation concepts, with Q&A to follow.

Learning Objectives:

Panel 2 - Title: Energy Codes (IECC)

CEU Titles & Descriptions 1 through 6:

1. Title: Wildland Urban Interface

Description: This session provides an overview of the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code (CWRC), including its development, purpose, and role in reducing wildfire risk throughout Colorado. Participants will explore the legislative and technical framework that led to the creation of the CWRC and gain an understanding of how the code is adopted and implemented at the local level.
Topics include the creation of the statewide Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) map, the parcel-level ground truthing process used to verify and refine hazard classifications, and the options available to jurisdictions for adopting and amending the code to meet local needs.

2.Title: A Planning Guide for Accessible Restrooms

Description: Designing accessible restrooms requires an understanding of why such standards exist. By becoming familiar with the unique needs of various users, architects and designers can better design restrooms that satisfy ADA standards for toilet compartments, lavatories, accessory operability and beyond. When requirements for clearances, mounting heights, protrusion and turning radiuses are satisfied—and the appropriate products are used in doing so—the result is a compliant, user-friendly restroom that supports the building owner’s goals. This course reviews relevant requirements, strategies and solutions for achieving accessible, and in some cases, universal, design.

Learning Objectives:

       3.    Describe requirements for accessible lavatories and restroom accessories.

       4.    Describe requirements for accessible toilet compartments of varying sizes and the accessories are needed to complete their specification.

3. Title: Life-Safety

Description:

This course breaks down the core provisions of Chapter 9, including fire alarm and detection systems, automatic sprinkler systems, standpipes, smoke control, emergency responder communication systems, and other critical safeguards. Participants will learn how these systems interact with occupancy classification, building height and area, and special use provisions throughout the code.

4. Title: Local Green Codes

Description: This session explores the latest embodied carbon codes and policies in Colorado, highlighting their role in addressing one of the building industry's largest sources of carbon emissions. Attendees will gain an understanding of the current policy landscape, how these requirements are being implemented in practice, and what lies ahead for embodied carbon regulation and code development. 

Objectives:

5. Title: Building Envelope Test for Glazing & Air Barrier

6. Title: Onward Through the Fog: A Prescriptive and Practical Approach to Building Science

Description:

The majority of construction claims involve moisture-related issues. While most are related to water leakage, an increasing number are due to condensation and biological growth as building enclosures become more complex and less “breathable”. Understanding these potential mechanisms of failure is crucial for designers and consultants to identify and avoid. This course addresses basic hygrothermal principles, relevant local and national code requirements, and real-world examples of building science issues that can occur.

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