Reimagining Commercial Properties: Integrating Well-Executed Outdoor Spaces to Aid Occupant Wellbeing  

Sponsored by Fortress Building Products | Presented by Todd Smith, CSI, CDT, LEED Green Associate

Webinar On-Demand

This CE Center webinar is no longer eligible for receiving credits.

This course will explore the critical role well-executed outdoor spaces play in prioritizing commercial building occupant/user health, wellness and productivity. Course participants will examine the principles of biophilic design and how to maximize the usability of rooftop decks and gardens, outdoor workspaces, public greenspaces and more to improve the user’s physical and mental state.

The course will then identify which wood-alternative offerings make it possible to reap the benefits of biophilic design while bringing function, durability and a high-end design aesthetic to the outdoor spaces of commercial properties. By embracing wood-alternative solutions, design professionals can ensure a lasting outdoor amenity that attracts long-term building occupants while promoting safe social interactions, connectivity to nature and access to natural light and fresh air.  

Finally, course participants will learn how to specify wood-alternative outdoor building products for a variety of commercial applications, including multifamily dwellings, mixed-use developments, public facilities, retail/restaurant plazas and corporate campuses.

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 Todd Smith, CSI, CDT, LEED Green Associate, with valuable professional experience and years of building material sales and representation, Todd Smith, Senior Specifications Manager at Fortress Building Products, relates with designers, contractors, and manufacturers. Smith understands their roles, needs, and goals in the construction process passionately and respectfully working hard to provide innovative and team-oriented solutions to better the outdoor built environment.

Originally published in SDM

Originally published in March 2022

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • Recognize the critical role beautiful, functional commercial outdoor spaces play in aiding occupant/user wellbeing.
  • Identify principles of biophilic design and how to make purposeful use of rooftop decks and gardens, outdoor workspaces, public greenspaces and more to improve the physical and mental state of the user.
  • Recall which wood-alternative building products make it possible to reap the benefits of biophilic design while delivering usability and lasting style to the commercial greenspace.
  • Specify wood-alternative building products that help create health and wellness-focused outdoor experiences across a variety of commercial applications, including multifamily dwellings, mixed-use developments, public facilities, retail/restaurant plazas and corporate campuses.