The Continuing Education Committee oversees the development, delivery, and assessment of the Council's policies and programs relating to continuing education standards for use by Member Boards.

HIGHLIGHTS/YEAR-END SUMMARY

For the fifth year, the committee partnered with AIA’s Committee on Education to review all courses, seminars, and tours submitted for the 2014 AIA Convention for assessment regarding qualification for health, safety, or welfare (HSW) continuing education credit. In addition, the committee evaluated six NCARB monographs for current relevancy.

SUMMARY OF CHARGES

●  248 courses and 84 tours were evaluated for HSW designation, representing a 20 percent increase over previous years. Approximately 65 percent qualified for HSW designation. The AIA Committee on Education agreed with NCARB’s evaluations.

●  The committee evaluated six NCARB monographs for relevancy as a source for continuing education in today’s world of architecture:

   ○ Cracking the Codes

   ○ Energy Conscious Architect

   ○ Fire Safety

   ○ Indoor Environment

   ○ Seismic Mitigation

   ○ Why Buildings Fail

●  The committee determined that five of the six monographs remain viable, drafting addenda for each to advise the reader of new initiatives, codes, and standards that may have evolved since the publication date of the monograph.

●  The committee recommended that Energy Conscious Architecture be discontinued or completely rewritten given that the profession has grown tremendously in the field of energy and green building design since this publication was last updated in 2001.