Armstrong is pleased to offer you a series of FREE continuing education courses. All Armstrong Flooring courses are AIA-approved, IDCEC CES-approved and many are GBCI approved to help you earn learning units towards your professional memberships.Contact Your Armstrong Flooring Representative to schedule a presentation for you and your colleagues.
Health, Wellness, and Designing for Senior Living
The expected population growth of older adults, has accelerated the demands for healthcare, in home care-giving, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Resilient Flooring Options For The Specifier
Review the history, development, raw materials, different types, standards, and performance characteristics of resilient floor products.
Concrete Subfloors To Receive Resilient Floor
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.
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.
Sustainable Design: Principles and Practices For Interior Spaces
Way Finding Flooring Strategies
Explore the answer to the question: “How do individuals navigate through space: using color and design directional cues, space definition & functionality, and safety indicators. Discuss the financial value of utilitzing wayfinding strategies in a space and the impact that wayfinding strategies has on communicating a well organized and professional facility.
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.
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.
Sustainable Flooring Systems
Material Impacts Changes In LEED V4