Comfort underfoot
Walls, ceilings and windows may get the lion’s share of designers’ attention, but the surfaces we stand on play every bit as important a role in our comfort and wellbeing. The materials featured below offer just a taster of the mountain of CPD information available via the RIBA.
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Provides an overview of air source heat pumps (ASHPs), including: what a heat pump is and its operation; design and specification issues; correct sizing of a heat pump; relevant regulations and standards; installation requirements; and, performance and how to estimate running costs.
Grant has been designing and manufacturing reliable and easy-to-install heating products for four decades, from oil-fired condensing boilers to the latest renewable technologies. Grant combines precision engineering, innovation and performance to produce sustainable heating solutions that are trusted by both installers and householders. While the technology is sophisticated, Grant products are easy to install, straightforward to maintain and backed-up by excellent after-sales support.
Duration: one hour + Q&A
Compares common screed types and their applications, addresses common causes of screed failure and how to avoid them, and offers helpful advice on how to specify screed correctly.
Flowcrete is a world leader in the manufacture of seamless industrial and commercial flooring. Its exceptional design, technical support and service – from initial enquiry to installation – is central to its business philosophy. Now part of Construction Products Group Europe, Flowcrete works alongside global brands that offer solutions from joint sealing, bonding and insulation, to passive fire protection, performance flooring, waterproofing and roofing. Flowcrete’s global offering – combined with the local knowledge and expertise of its teams – uniquely qualifies it solve any building challenge.
Duration: 40 minutes + Q&A
Examines all aspects of specifying a hardwood sports floor, including interpreting the client’s needs, current and future standards, different types of sports floor systems and their properties and benefits, lifecycle costs, underfloor heating, floor loadings and maintenance.
Junckers Industrier A/S is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of solid wood flooring for the sports, residential and commercial markets. Junckers also offers its own carefully balanced range of wood-care products for the regular maintenance and renovation of wooden floors.
Junckers prides itself on being a professional partner, always on hand to provide full technical back-up, before, during and after installation. All Junckers wood floors and wood-care products are manufactured in Denmark, and are the product of the finest traditions of Danish craftsmanship.
Duration: 45 minutes + Q&A
Outlines key considerations when specifying sports flooring and how to deliver the best technical solution for each intended use in-line with relevant European standards. Also discusses the different types of sports floors available and where they should be used, innovative design options, and maintenance issues.
Gerflor has specialised in vinyl sports flooring since 1947 and is recognised as a leading manufacturer. Dedicated to innovation, Gerflor has the right product for a vast range of sporting applications, offering a wide variety of design choices, colours and bespoke customisation options.
Duration: 45 minutes + Q&A