The importance of decisions that can help prevent future mold and moisture problems extends through all stages of building design and construction. This course addresses the considerations necessary in the final design, construction, postconstruction startup, and system commissioning phases. Ensuring that steps are taken toward mitigating mold and moisture during these final phases will help protect public health, safety, and welfare. This course is part of a four-part series that discusses how to improve building performance related to mold and moisture issues. Each section can be taken as an individual course.

Wildfire damage mitigation has become increasingly important as wildfires themselves steadily increase in frequency, size, and ferocity, putting more communities, buildings, and lives at risk. The property damage they cause is rising even more dramatically. This course examines wildfire behavioral attributes and the wide range of wildfire damage mitigation techniques that architects can implement when designing residential and commercial buildings. It draws from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) guidelines that range from risk assessment to site analysis and selection, community and infrastructure connections, site planning, and building and envelope detail design techniques.