Autodesk Student Community News.

Some new features and info over at the Autodesk Student Community:

Architecture Students October 2009

2010 Sustainable Design and Conceptual Design Curricula Now Available The Autodesk Education Community provides valuable resources to help aspiring architects learn more about sustainable and conceptual design concepts. The new 2010 curricula will help you prepare for professional practice by exploring a building information modeling approach to design.

A Day in the Life of a Build San Francisco Student Hear how a student from the Build San Francisco program is using Autodesk products to help learn about sustainable design in this intriguing documentary by ConnectED: The California Center for College and Career.

Interactive Guide to Sustainable Design for Architecture Developed for AEC professionals, this new online guide highlights sustainable design principles and technologies for every phase of the project life cycle. Users can explore each project phase to see the opportunities for impacting the efficient use of land, water, energy and materials, then dive deeper to learn more.

2011 Solar Decathlon Requires Teams to Use BIM Tools The U.S. Department of Energy, which hosts the Solar Decathlon competition, will require all teams in the 2011 competition to use Autodesk® Revit® Architecture and Autodesk® 3ds Max® in the design development, construction documentation, and "virtual tour" phases of their projects.

Autodesk University 2009 December 1-3, 2009, Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas Learn. Connect. Explore. Meet face-to-face with experts in your industry and learn about the latest technologies.