Sustainable Design CES Requirements
The new CEU/HSWSD Requirement
The AIA Board of Directors modified the AIA-member continuing education requirement to include 4 hours of education in sustainable design as part of the existing 18-hour annual requirement. This sustainable design requirement became effective in calendar year 2009 and extends through 2012.
About the Requirement
Sustainability has been a focus of architecture practice for more than 30 years, and the AIA has provided resources and tools to assist its members in better serving their clients and communities through environmentally responsible projects. The AIA Board of Directors recognized the need to again help prepare their colleagues and fellow practitioners respond to the latest challenge and opportunity facing the profession. The issue of climate change and the impact of buildings on carbon emissions created a new expectation among clients and the public to look to the expertise of architects for solutions that can help them leave a greener footprint. The AIA is responding to this growing demand for our members to assume greater leadership in addressing the challenges facing our planet.
Resources for AIA Members
This sustainable design mandatory continuing education requirement is for AIA membership renewal. Please click here to view the mandatory continuing education guidelines for Mississippi.
- Download the FAQ document here.
- View AIA/CES Member FAQ
- Article: Diversity, Sustainability, and Integrated Project Delivery: the Triple Bottom Line
Green Resources
What You Need to Know
- The AIA mandatory continuing education requirement for Architect members is 18 learning units annually.
- Of those, 8 learning units must address health, safety, and welfare education.
- The AIA Board of Directors has voted to modify continuing education requirements, effective January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2012.
- 4 learning units in sustainable design must be included within the total 18 learning units required annually.
- This new requirement applies to membership renewal beginning January 1, 2010.
- The Board will review the requirement before its expiration in 2012 and determine if it should remain in place.
The Rationale:New Challenges and Opportunities
- In today’s rapidly changing landscape of codes, standards, and new products and materials, architects must maintain an awareness and expertise of an ever-increasing amount of information.
- There is a new expectation among clients and the public to look to the expertise of architects for solutions that can help their design and building projects to leave a greener footprint.
- The AIA Board recognized the need to help prepare their colleagues and fellow practitioners respond to the latest challenge and opportunity facing the profession.
In Practice: Sustainable Design Education Programs
- Applicable courses by AIA/CES registered providers will be identified as sustainable design qualifying, much like courses that carry health, safety, and welfare learning units.
- The AIA Continuing Education System team is working with our CES providers to offer members more education opportunities to fulfill this new requirement—including maximizing education opportunities that qualify for sustainable design learning units during the AIA National Convention.
Transcripts
- All AIA/CES registered provider programs that qualify will be identified and recorded on your AIA transcript.
- If you take a program from a non-AIA/CES registered provider, you will have to indicate that the program qualifies for sustainable design learning units when you submit your structured self-report form and provide supporting information to verify it meets one or more of the sustainable design subject areas and minimum content.
Resources
Need more information?
Click here to email the AIA National Sustainable Design Continuing Education department or call 800 242 3837.
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