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AIA / CES Programs

Ambient Air Technologies, LLC is an authorized provider of AIA/CES continuing education programs. All programs offered by AAT are designed to provide Health Safety and Welfare (HSW) learning units for attendees. This provides our clients with an excellent opportunity to update their knowledge base in their own office and, at the same time, receive learning units that are automatically supplied to AIA for licensing requirements.

The opportunity to meet with our clients in their offices is important to us. It gives us a chance to extend that always important handshake that is often overlooked as the most important relationship-building tool for service providers such as ourselves. We want to learn more about you and your firm -- what are the key issues affecting your work on laboratories and health care facilities? -- what role can we play to improve your end result and be a comfortable working partner for years to come?

We make a practice of providing certificates of attendance to all attendees at our programs, whether or not they are registered with the AIA. Although many of our engineering and facilities planning clients are not governed by continuing education requirements, they frequently need proof of continuing education for other organizations. Our certificate may be useful in this way and we are happy to provide it.

Listed below are three programs currently being offered and a description of each. We are always pleased to respond to client requests for a particular program topic whether or not it is on our current list. Please contact us if you are interested in a presentation. Give us a call to see when we are planning to be in your area. We regularly travel to meet with clients (see Scheduling) so please let us know your preference on topic and time and we'll see what we can do to accommodate your request.

Let us schedule a time and place that works well for you!

New -- Texas requirements for PEs now include 15 hours of continuing education or professional development hours (PDH). Other states have similar requirements and yet others are considering implementing similar requirements. Use one of our continuing education programs to satisfy this requirement.

Program 04-01 DESIGN OPTIONS FOR SAFE EXHAUST STACKS Rooftop exhaust stacks are a sensitive aspect of laboratory design in terms of safety, visual impact and cost. Design teams are often not fully aware of the rich array of options available to them in dealing with this issue. This presentation will provide the background necessary to appreciate the tradeoffs between design approaches and will explore the many options available. Attendees will: -- Be able to draw from a rich array of design options for rooftop exhaust systems -- Understand the potential suitability of a particular design for their project -- Understand the various modeling methodologies available for evaluating their exhaust system

Program 04-02 SPECIFYING DESIGN CRITERIA FOR EXHAUST STACK SAFETY Overly conservative exhaust stack designs result in visually obtrusive stacks, high electric bills, high construction costs, and high maintenance costs. Under-designed stacks can expose building occupants, visitors and neighbors to noxious or toxic air pollutants. This presentation explores rational approaches to specifying appropriate design criteria for exhaust stacks. Attendees will be able to: -- Specify appropriate design criteria for building exhaust systems -- Incorporate knowledge of potential emissions into the design criteria -- Incorporate knowledge of the potentially exposed individual into the design criteria -- Specify design criteria to allow flexible building uses -- Evaluate the suitability of an existing exhaust system for a new use

Program 04-03 AIR INTAKE PLACEMENT AND EXHAUST STACK DESIGN FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES Medical facilities often combine the most vulnerable individuals with very toxic air emissions. It is important that exhaust and intake systems be designed to ensure the safety of staff, patients, and research animals. This presentation covers exhaust stack design and intake placement in light of the special challenges present in a medical facility Attendees will: -- Understand the air emission sources of concern in a medical setting -- Understand approaches to account for special vulnerabilities of patients and research animals -- Be aware of potential problems in common medical facility design

Program 04-04 GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR WIND TUNNEL TESTING It is important to understand how the use of the wind tunnel will benefit your project both now and in the future. This presentation will allow the audience to make strategic decisions concerning the use of this powerful tool to provide data for optimizing initial design as well as for the challenges that come when building use changes. Attendees will learn how to: -- Evaluate the advisability of a wind tunnel test for the project -- Determine an appropriate "design criteria" for the building -- Integrate wind tunnel testing with mechanical design to optimize rooftop exhaust design -- Use wind tunnel results in the future as building use changes -- Use inexpensive auxiliary tests to obtain additional design data.

Program 05-01 THE USE OF WIND TUNNEL MODELING FOR BIOCHEMICAL CONCERNS Airflow streams approaching a sensitive laboratory can be used by terrorists to carry toxic exhausts into an air intake. The wind tunnel can be used to model this airflow behavior from any wind direction, thus providing security personnel with advanced knowledge of areas that may require special attention during an elevated security threat. Attendees will: -- Understand how airflow around buildings can be used as both a biosecurity weapon as well as how to increase security measures to prevent or reduce the impact of such an attack -- Learn how to integrate wind tunnel testing with the mechanical design of sensitive labs or healthcare facilities to optimize exhaust and intake systems -- Learn how to effectively use a physical model in the wind tunnel when designing sensitive facilities both domestically and abroad..

Program 05-02 WIND TUNNEL TESTING FOR CAMPUS DESIGN The use of a physical scale model in the wind tunnel in early design stages allows the client to better evaluate design options prior to major design team efforts. Particularly in the case of new areas on existing campuses or for new campus or master planning, the wind tunnel data becomes an integral part of the knowledge base for multiple buildings as well as a physical tool that can be reused as new buildings are added to the area. Attendees will: -- Gain an understanding of the physical phenomena of air flow around buildings -- Incorporate knowledge of potential emissions into design criteria -- Apply knowledge gained from wind tunnel tests in early design to multiple building complexes -- Evaluate the suitability of an existing exhaust system for a new use -- Understand the benefit of a tool that can be reused as new buildings are added to the campus.