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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.
ONLINE CEU COURSES
Luxury and Livability in Vinyl Tile Floors
Every designer knows a commercial interior is not simply about appearance. It’s about safety, security, sanitation, sustainability, brand identity, and a healthy dose of well-being built right into the design through product and material decisions. And when all these factors are in demand, luxury vinyl tile (LVT) can help designers create beautiful, unique, and safe solutions. In this CEU, learn the basic qualities and attributes of LVT and the versatility it can provide.
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.
Identify the six pillars of sustainable flooring
Describe how the six pillars relate to the intent of LEED v4 and WELL v1
Describe how flooring applies to both the environmental and social aspects of sustainability
Explain how flooring applies to wellness criteria in green building rating systems
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.
Describe how flooring contributes to wayfinding design
Describe how wayfinding contributes to WELL v2 Feature C13 – Accessibility & Universal Design and LEED BD+C: New Construction v4.1
Discuss how floor color, texture, and design can be used to aid in wayfinding and can contribute to WELL v2 – Feature V03, Circulation Networks
Identify How Flooring and Wayfinding Fit into Developing Effective and Safe Building Operations and contribute to WELL v2 Feature V01, Active Buildings and Communities
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.
Identify key considerations for designing senior living spaces
Describe how WELL Feature 88 – Biophilia I Qualitative applies to senior living
Describe how WELL Feature 72 – ADA Accessibility applies to senior living applies to senior living
Describe how WELL Feature 25 – Toxic Material Reduction applies to senior living applies to senior living
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.
Describe fundamental properties of sound and how sound propagates within buildings
Describe impact of acoustical design on indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in green buildings, including new LEED® v4 acoustical design criteria
Explain the importance of acoustical design to human health and well being sustainability strategies
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.
Define WELL Building Standard™ (WELL) and LVT and its unique performance attributes
Describe LVT attributes and how they align with WELL Building Standard Features
Identify key LVT selection criteria when health and wellness are project objectives
Describe how LVT contributes to the WELL Building Standard (WELL)
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
Identify key considerations for infection control, design & flooring
Describe how WELLv1 Feature 27 – Antimicrobial Activity for relates to flooring
Describe how WELL v1 Feature 28 – Cleanable environmental related to flooring
Describe how LEED O+M v4 and WELL v2 Feature X09 Cleaning Products and Protocol relates to infection control and flooring
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.
Describe light reflectivity as a physical property of materials
Explain how flooring contributes to building energy use and sustainable building design
Describe the sustainability benefits of light reflectivity
Identify LEED credits related to energy, light reflectivity and flooring
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.
Analyze shifts in consumer behavior impacting goods, services and purchasing behaviors
Identify key disruptors and industry shifts impacting Education
Identify key disruptors and industry shifts impacting Healthcare
Distinguish overarching design trends (Modern Optimism, Tactile Elements and Quiet Brutalisim)
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.
Define the concept of biophilia in relation to human health
Explain how the patterns of biophilic design impact health and well-being
Describe how biophilic design applies to wellness criteria in green building rating systems
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.
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.
Discuss the maintenance program and its role in supporting a clean and healthy environment
Identify the key considerations when choosing the right maintenance program for commercial resilient flooring
Describe the different types of maintenance programs
Discuss the maintenance life cycle to maintain commercial resilient flooring
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.
Identify potential flooring hotspots
List the fact finding questions that are necessary to ask before making flooring selections
Identify visual flooring design options
Discuss floor patterning options that can improve your installations
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.
Discuss components of a successful installation
Discuss importance of subfloor preparation
Discuss the importance of using the required tools and adhesives for each product as recommended by the manufacturer
Discuss the appropriate installation and seaming methods for tile, linoleum and sheet products
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.
Define Evidence Based Design (EBD)
Discuss the healthcare benefits of EBD
Illustrate ways EBD can be used in flooring design
Analyze how EBD applies to color and flooring choice in healthcare