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Our Webinar Program
Our Division offers a robust webinar series for our membership. In many cases, we partner with organizations like the National Trust for Historic Preservation and other APA Divisions to offer a diverse program of urban design and historic preservation educational sessions.
Check our Division's webinar page for upcoming webinars. you can explore and watch our previous webinars here.
Highlighted Webinars
Building Performance Standards and Historic Buildings
Friday, May 29, 2026 | 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EDT
Get up to speed on an emerging climate policy that is impacting older and historic buildings across the country. More than a dozen cities and states have enacted Building Performance Standards (BPS), which require building owners to meet increasingly rigorous energy efficiency and carbon emissions performance targets. Learn how preservationists can ensure that historic buildings are not left behind as these important policies are adopted in additional jurisdictions across the country.
Speakers: Jim Lindberg, Sean Denniston
Reimagining the Industrial Past: Context-Sensitive Design in the 2026 APA Student Competition
May 7, 2026 1-2:30pm ET | Ohio APA
This year's Student Planning and Design Competition focused on the Division-Schoolcraft neighborhood along the Joe Louis Greenway in the NPC26 host City of Detroit. Situated northwest of downtown, the competition site is bisected by a newly completed section of the JLG and diverse land uses ranging from light industrial to vacant school buildings with established neighborhoods in between. This site presents a model opportunity to explore sensitive and strategic infill solutions while complementing the existing neighborhoods and facilitating growth of jobs through the rebirth of light manufacturing. Join us post-NPC conference with representatives of the three student team finalists and members of the final jury to discuss the student work and the broader response to reimagining the industrial past.
Panelists:
Final NPC 26 Jurors
Students from 3 NPC26 finalists
Moderator: Chris Rzomp, Washington D.C.
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