Design, construction and technology
The following CPD materials fall within the ‘Design, construction and technology’ RIBA Core Curriculum topic area.
Dominic Meyrick (MSc Light and Lighting) discusses how good lighting after dark can enhance and transform night scenes with lifestyle-changing results. Topics covered include: nightscape by design – a blank canvas? Also, safe as houses? Building security with light. People-friendly spaces: the psyche re-lit! And finally: inside out, or outside in? Holistic solutions.
Dominic is passionate about his subject and his lively, effective delivery makes learning fun.
Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers and technical specialists. The company provides innovative solutions to complex building engineering and design challenges.
Lighting design affects everything on a project: from planning and performance, to resale value and health and wellbeing. Hoare Lea’s lighting design team balances environmental practicalities with people-centred design – understanding what a space needs to do for those who use it.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: one hour.
A guide to the better indoor air quality and energy savings that may be achieved in commercial buildings by implementing a ventilation strategy that encompasses mechanical ventilation with heat recovery. Find out more about the regulations covering this technology and the features and benefits that it can deliver.
Airflow has been at the forefront of the design and manufacture of innovative air movement products since 1955. Established in High Wycombe (where its head office is still based), Airflow now offers effective ventilation solutions, from super quiet extractor fans to an air handling unit with heat recovery, for retail, leisure and commercial buildings.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.