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Cellular Glass - Insulating the Whole Building

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Legal, regulatory and statutory compliance

Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

Building Applications Using Cellular Glass Non-Combustible Insulation

This seminar is about the design and specification of cellular glass insulation to reduce fire risk. It will help you to understand the following topics:
- Building physics and how cellular glass performs
- The material properties of cellular glass
- Combustibility and fire load issues for the building envelope
- About insulation specification for roofs, facades, internal walls and soffits

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Health, safety and wellbeing

Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

Reducing Thermal Bridging

Understanding how cellular glass insulation is manufactured, the features and benefits of an hermetically sealed glass wall cell structure.
- Sustainability and environmental issues; use of post-consumer waste / abundant natural raw materials.
- Building physics; how insulation materials react to moisture, fire, point loading, changes in temperature, resistance to attack.
- What is Thermal Bridging and why it is an issue
- Solutions to Reducing Thermal Bridging using cellular glass insulation
- Technical support services

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Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

Cellular Glass Insulation for Load Bearing Conditions

Understanding how cellular glass insulation is manufactured, the features and benefits of an hermetically sealed glass wall cell structure.
- Sustainability and environmental issues; use of post-consumer waste / abundant natural raw materials.
- Building physics; how insulation materials react to moisture, fire, point loading, changes in temperature, resistance to attack.
- Code of practice – BS 8102
- Design solutions – One material
- Technical support services

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Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

Cellular Glass Insulation - Insulating Underground Structures

This seminar aims to cover:

- How cellular glass is manufactured
- The features and benefits of a hermetically sealed glass wall cell structure
- Sustainability and environmental issues, use of post consumer waste/abundant natural raw materials
- Building physics; how insulation materials react to moisture, point loading, changes in temperature, resistance to attack
- Thermal bridging

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Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

Cellular Glass Insulation – Metal Roofs and Facades

This seminar aims to cover:

- Understanding how cellular glass insulation is manufactured, the features and benefits of an hermetically sealed glass wall cell structure.
- Sustainability and environmental issues; use of post-consumer waste / abundant natural raw materials.
- Building physics; how insulation materials react to moisture, fire, point loading, changes in temperature, resistance to attack.
- Solutions for various roofing substrates and the solution for standing seam roofs
- Standing seam system solutions
- Façade design solutions, case study and fire considerations for facades.
- Technical support services

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Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

Cellular Glass Insulation: For Floors, Walls and Soffits

Understanding how celular glass insulation is manufactured, the features and benefits of an hermetically sealed glass wall structure
- Sustainability and environmental issues; use of post-consumer waste/abundant natural raw materials
- Building physics; how insulation materials react to moisture, fire, point loading, changes in temperature, resistance to attack, compressive strength
- Assessment of different internal humidty rooms, from hot, humid to traditional normal construction
- Different internal finishes blending with good design
- internal floor finishes, their asthetics and loading expectations
- Basement design, applications and resistance to water ingress and flooding

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Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

Accessible Roofs for Walkways, Vehicles and Public Places

Understanding how cellular glass insulation is manufactured, the features and benefits of an hermetically sealed glass wall cell structure
- Sustainability and environmental issues; use of post-consumer waste/abundant natural raw materials
- Building physics; how insulation materials react to moisture, fire, point loading, changes in temperature, resistance to attack, compressive strength
- Flat roofing standards, comparing data and evaluation of major considerations
- Good flat roof design and drainage. tapered insulation design, good water management
- Hot and cold application systems, specifications, site support, thermal and condensation calculations

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Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

Cellular Glass Insulation: Reducing Risk by Design

This seminar aims to cover:

- Understanding how cellular glass insulation is manufactured, the features and benefits of an hermetically sealed glass wall cell structure.
- Sustainability and environmental issues; use of post-consumer waste / abundant natural raw materials.
- Building physics; how insulation materials react to moisture, fire, point loading, changes in temperature, resistance to attack.
- Building regulations Part L – Eliminating thermal bridging in foundations and wall / floor junctions.
- The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
- Effective solutions to construction problems – examples of cellular glass insulation to address building physics in “high risk” applications.
- Technical support services.

RIBA Core Curriculum:

Health, safety and wellbeing

Legal, regulatory and statutory compliance

Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar