Accredited CPD RIBA Glazing Seminars

Commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) ensures that Architects and developers keep up to date with the latest developments and gain a certain number of points per year to maintain their RIBA registration.

Our CPD RIBA seminars are available in person at our Bracknell showroom or your practice and delivered by a Solarlux or Internorm representative or one of our designers. Each meeting will open with a welcome from the representative and finish with a Q & A session.

Following each CPD RIBA seminar, our designers will be on hand to discuss any projects you may be working on, demonstrate products, offer general advice, and provide competitive quotes.

If held at our headquarters, you will also have the opportunity for a guided tour of our showroom, which features products from multiple manufacturers, including PVC, Timber, Aluminium and Composite profiles, and at various price points to give your clients the greatest possible choice and budget options.

At this time, we offer two CPD seminars:

Who should attend?

Commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) ensures that Architects, and developers keep up to date with the latest developments and gain a certain number of points per year to maintain their RIBA registration.

Our CPD RIBA seminars are available in person at our Bracknell showroom or your practice and delivered by a Solarlux or Internorm representative or one of our designers. Each meeting will open with a welcome from the representative and finish with a Q & A session.

Following each CPD RIBA seminar, our designers will be on hand to discuss any projects you may be working on at the moment, demonstrate products, and offer general advice as well as provide competitive quotes.

At this time, we offer two CPD seminars:

To Slide Or Fold, That Is The Question

Duration of CPD – 1 to 2 Hours

The seminar provides an overview of bi-folding and sliding doors systems and is designed to help you understand the following topics:

• The Solarlux Story – A brief history over three presentation slides describing the origins of the company, its product ranges and where it is today.
• How? What? When? Where? – Discuss the factors to consider when specifying glazing products.
• The Evolution of the Sliding / Folding Sliding Door & Glass – Discuss how the Sliding & Folding doors came about and their uses in today’s society. The evolution of glass and its current standards in today’s glazed doors.
• Materials – Discuss the types of material used in a modern Sliding or Folding door and the pros and cons of each.
• Pros & Cons of each system. (views/sightline etc.) – Discuss and describe, when specifying one door over the other, which product will give a distinct advantage
• Usage & Operation. (Sizes) (where does it lead) (Orientation solar gain)
• Quality, Testing & Performance Standards – Discuss testing standards and the criteria used to measure these products regarding security, weather testing, robustness etc.
• Installation & Maintenance – Discuss how to correctly look after and maintain these high-quality products to ensure longevity.

If you are interested in registering for this seminar, please register below at the bottom of this page.

Glazing For The Future?

Duration of CPD – 1 to 2 Hours

This interactive Internorm seminar examines the advances in new window innovations and technologies.

It will provide you with the knowledge and recommended process and design considerations to help specify the right window system for each project.

You will gain up-to-date specifications and allow you to listen and understand the following topics:

• Explore the history of window development and an introduction to current requirements for performance
• How to decide which materials can be used when specifying different windows systems. Explore the advantages and disadvantages of using metal, timber, UPVC and composite materials
• Understand the importance of glass and the development from single to multiple-pane glazing systems
• Overview of the latest glass technologies available and how to choose what is suitable for your project in terms of insulation, thermal performance, acoustics, ventilation and solar shading.

If you are interested in registering for this seminar, please register below.