aia LUNCH & LEARN –
ACCREDITED EDUCATIONAL COURSE TO THE TRADE
AIA Accredited – 2025 COURSE DESCRIPTION
Length: 60 Min. (35-minute presentation + Q&A session)
Learning Credit Units: 1 LU, HSW (Health, Safety, and Welfare)
Topic: Biophilic Design & The Impact of Thermally Modified Wood in
OUTDOOR LIVING SPACES CATEGORY
Date: TO-BE-DETERMINED – Call NOLT Scheduler, Makinsie Evans (216) 771-4080
Presenter: Stuart Sheridan/Bryan Midlik, NORTHERN OHIO LUMBER & TIMBER
AIA Credit: 1 HSW LU
A paradigm shift is underway in the Outdoor Living category. Major innovations and changes are impacting biophilic home design, particularly using 20-year durable, and dimensionally stable, natural wood in outdoor spaces. TM Natural wood is authentic real wood, does not warp or cup, creates intimate connections, and is assuredly displacing plastic-faux-wood composite products, and increasingly rare exotic rainforest species (e.g., IPE), with the introduction of renewable and sustainable Thermally Modified (TM) Wood options in all exterior applications:
· Decking & Outdoor Living Spaces
· Natural Wood Exterior Siding/Cladding
· Screening & Fencing
· 3D Fluted Architectural Facades & Ceiling Surfaces
Leading this category in the United States are Lunawood, Arbor Wood, Americana, Great
Lakes Wood, and LDC Wood, producing renewable and sustainable species of (high-heat
dried) thermally modified, chemical-free, wood species (including hardwoods, Ash, Oak, Poplar, and clear and knotty grade Pine, Spruce, Ayous & Radiata Pine). Commercial & Industrial Lumber company, NORTHERN OHIO LUMBER & TIMBER, founded 1864, is the State of Ohio Distributor and Milling Partner for each of these global TM companies.
OUTCOME:
AIA Accredited Leadership from NORTHERN OHIO LUMBER & TIMBER will review the
process of thermal modification, its national impact on outdoor spaces, and high-heat dried TM wood’s technical insights, including detailed information about the product's specifications,
pricing, application, and performance.
SCHEDULING CONTACT: Makinsie Evans, makinsie.evans@noltco.com, (216) 771-4080