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The Urgency of Bird-Safe Building Design


5/14/2026|CONTINUING EDUCATION|STRUCTURED

1.50 ConEd Learning Hours
2:00p.m.-3:30p.m.

Fatal bird collisions with glass demand bird-safe design. The presentation explains how reflections and transparency kill millions of birds annually, and introduces mitigation strategies like visual markers on glazing that are enacted through standards, policies, and regulations. The goal is to show that small architectural changes create safer, sustainable urban environments for wildlife while promoting occupant health. It provides design examples of strategies architects should adopt and avoid.

Learning Objectives
1. Understand how to comply with leading bird safe building design standards and environmental regulations.
2. Become familiar with architectural solutions for mitigating bird collisions as well as their co-benefits.
3. Develop strategies to communicate the value and aesthetic impacts of bird-safe design to clients.
4. Learn how to interface bird collision mitigation with green infrastructure and biodiversity enhancement.

Mauro Javier Carreño Chao, Arq., M.Arch, OAA, MRAIC, LEED AP
Associate and senior architect, BDP Quadrangle
Michael Mesure
Executive director/cofounder and BirdSafe Building Consultant, FLAP Canada

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