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11 Excellent Think Wood CEUs of 2025
Looking to round out your continuing education for the year? Or just have a few more credits you need to complete your requirements? Explore our popular 2025 courses and strengthen your wood-construction expertise. As mass timber and light-frame systems evolve—from hybrid approaches for taller buildings to new strategies for prefabrication, acoustics, durability, and more—these 11 courses offer practical insights you can immediately start using on your next wood project.
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Designing Sustainable, Prefabricated Wood Buildings
Unlock the speed, efficiency, and sustainability of prefabricated wood construction. Through real case studies, learn how light-frame and mass timber components cut waste, boost performance, and streamline installation—making prefab a powerful solution for today’s multifamily and commercial projects.
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Creating Beautiful, Accessible, and Equitable Spaces with Mass Timber, Presented by Chandra Robinson
Discover how mass timber is reshaping architecture with sustainable materials, advanced performance, and equitable design. Through real case studies, you’ll learn structural advantages, testing innovations, and cost-effective strategies that make timber a high-impact choice for today’s equitable and accessible projects.
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1 AIA LU/HSW
Design and Construction of Taller Wood Buildings
Step up and embrace the rise of tall wood buildings. Learn how mass timber makes 7- to 18-story projects safe, fast, and more sustainable. Explore breakthrough fire testing, smart design approaches, and the innovations redefining what’s possible in today’s city skylines.
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1 AIA LU/HSW
Contemporary Cedar Cladding: Regional Approaches and Best Practices for Residential Design
Master cedar cladding design across climates—from coastal bleaching stains to mountain-ready treatments. Learn smart detailing, seamless indoor-outdoor transitions, grade and profile selection, and how to harness cedar’s natural character for durable, sustainable, visually dynamic façades in any region.
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Designing for Durability
Learn why well-designed wood buildings can stand the test of time. Dive into smart moisture design, insect protection, and proven durability strategies—while challenging outdated assumptions about wood vs. steel and concrete. Build longer-lasting, higher-performing wood projects with confidence.
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1 AIA LU/HSW
Introduction to Wood Building Systems
Understand the fundamentals of wood structural systems. Learn how light-frame and mass timber boost sustainability, expand design options, and offer strong fire, seismic, and acoustic performance. Case studies and code insights reveal why wood is reshaping today’s most efficient and resilient buildings.
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1 AIA LU/HSW
Mass Timber 2030: Preparing Your Practice
Be prepared as mass timber continues to rise. Explore how architects, engineers, and developers are using mass timber to drive faster construction, stronger ROI, and healthier, low-carbon buildings. Through real case studies and expert insights, this course shows how to integrate timber and hybrid systems into your practice to ensure you stay competitive in the coming years.
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Multifamily, Mid-Rise Wood Buildings
Learn why wood is becoming the go-to choice for mid-rise multifamily projects. This course covers sustainability gains, economic advantages, code considerations, and smart framing solutions that address fire, seismic, and shrinkage requirements—supporting faster, more efficient, lower-carbon construction.
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Optimizing Acoustic Performance of Wood Buildings
How do you ensure exceptional acoustic performance of wood buildings? This course explains key noise factors, relevant codes and green standards, and design strategies that help wood systems meet performance goals—rounded out by case studies where acoustics shaped the final design.
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Steel-Timber Hybrid Highrise Buildings: Trends, Drivers, Challenges
Get a front-row look at the latest rise of steel–timber hybrid towers. Learn when hybrids make sense, how teams combine both materials, and what today’s built projects show about structural performance, design flexibility, and emerging opportunities in next-generation tall building systems.
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The Woodpecker's Delight: Nader Tehrani on the Role of Wood Architecture in Culture and Ecology
Join architect Nader Tehrani for a provocative look at wood’s cultural and ecological power. Through hybrid systems and renewable-material strategies, this session highlights how timber addresses carbon, supports sustainable supply chains, and offers designers new ways to meet today’s climate challenges.
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There’s no limit to how you can expand your knowledge of designing and building with wood. These top 11 CEUs of 2025 are merely the beginning. Our e-learning platform, The Wood Institute, provides free, on-demand content from Think Wood, WoodWorks, and the American Wood Council, including 190+ CEU courses accredited by AIA, ICC, GBCI, and others.
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