The Six Pillars of Sustainable Flooring
This CEU explores the six (6) pillars that must be considered when designing and selecting sustainable flooring. The course reviews flooring through the environmental and social lens of sustainability, and explains how the six pillars relate to the health and well-being of building occupants. Key attributes of sustainable flooring will be discussed, along with the intent and requirements of LEED v4, WELL v1, and Building Codes.
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Wayfinding Flooring Strategies
Explore the answer to the questions: How do individuals navigate a space? How does wayfinding contribute to a facility’s success? How can wayfinding communicate spatial definition and function? Discuss the value of implementing sound wayfinding strategies into a space. Discuss the impact of color, texture, and materials on wayfinding success, as well as how wayfinding will be affected in the post-COVID Era.
Health, Wellness and Designing for Senior Living
The expected population growth of older adults has accelerated the demands for healthcare, in home caregiving, and assisted living facilities. This course provides an overview of key considerations for designing senior living spaces including regulations, building codes and health and wellness certifications that related to senior living design and flooring.
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The Role of Flooring in Room Acoustics
Flooring & Acoustics: The Role of Flooring in Room Acoustics describes the fundamental properties of sound and how acoustical design impacts indoor environmental quality (IEQ). The role of acoustics in green building rating systems will be described and examples comparing acoustical design criteria in LEED 2009 and LEED® v4 will be reviewed.
Health, Wellness and Specifying LVT
Human health and wellness and luxury vinyl tile (LVT) are increasingly important design elements for building spaces. This course explores the intersection of these two design trends, provides insight into specifying LVT that achieves WELL Building Standard® Features and has been approved by the IDCEC, AIA for HWS and the Green Business Certification Institute for WELL AP credit.
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Infection Control, Design & Flooring
Explore the role of flooring and design in infection control including basic information about pathogens, key infection control recommendations and guidance, and information for properly disinfecting flooring to promote health and wellness
Flooring and Building Energy Use
This seminar is designed to frame the concept of light reflectance and to provide you with an understanding of how this concept can impact your design and the energy use associated with a project’s design.
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The Art of Heat Welding
Cracks and joints in healthcare flooring are common spots to host bacteria and pathogens, so it's imperative that flooring seams are heat welded. This course explains what heat welding is and why it's important. It will also outline the types of flooring can be heat welded and the tools required to complete the job. The presenter will walk through the steps that flooring installers need to take to ensure a successful installation.
Design Disrupters: The Transformative Power of Healthcare & Education
A discussion of key disruptors shaping healthcare and education design. Supported by research, we'll highlight specific trend forecasts and share examples of each to equip you on your journey toward transformative design. We will look at Consumer Drivers, Industry Disruptors and Design Trends shaping our environments in today's built environment and beyond.
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Biophilic Design and Flooring
Human health and wellness are increasingly important design elements for buildings and spaces and biophilia can play and vital role. This program will introduce the principles of biophilic design, review scientific evidence supporting biophilic design and explore how biophilic design relates to flooring.
Resilient Flooring Options For The Specifier
Review the history, development, raw materials, different types, standards, and performance characteristics of resilient floor products.
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Specifying Concrete Subfloors To Receive Resilient And Wood Flooring
Includes information on sub-base design, sources of moisture, how to measure slab vapor emissions, the proper use of vapor retarders, good concrete mix design, measurement of slab flatness and levelness, joint treatments, and curing compounds and sealers.
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Maintenance of Commercial Resilient Flooring
An investigation into commercial resilient flooring maintenance practices and products, including sealers, polishes, cleaners, strippers, floor machines, walk-off mats, and entrance grating with an emphasis on stain removal, prevention of soiling and wear, and the role that proper maintenance plays in lessening the chances for slips and falls.
Using Design To Improve The Visual Performance of Your Floor
Learn how to use color, design and pattern to help the visual performance of the floor. Review the questions need to be asked before making a flooring selection for your space. Discuss how you can use flooring as an effective design element.
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Installation of Commercial Resilient Flooring
We will discuss proper subfloor preparation, components of a successfull installation which include jobsite conditions, product acclimation for tile, sheet and linoleum, tools for the job, review ASTM F 710 guidelines, and discuss installation methods for heat welding, coving, inside and corners and wall base installation.
Evidence Based Design and Flooring
Discuss how Evidence Based Design (EBD) is defined in the healthcare industry and the impact it has on the bottom line. Discuss the benefits of incorporating EBD into your projects. Review the credible research that prove these benefits of EBD in Healthcare and real world examples. We will discuss how EBD applies to color in Healthcare and the measurable results.
Material Impacts Changes In LEED V4
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