Defining Sustainability: Materials, Systems and Carbon Impacts

This CPD presentation explores how sustainability considerations can be integrated into building design from the earliest project stages, with a focus on the relative importance of embodied environmental impacts. Participants will learn how to apply principles from building, environmental and social sciences to inform conceptual design decisions, assess key sustainability factors across a project’s lifecycle, and select materials, finishes and systems that optimise performance, environmental outcomes.
– Fairview

Fundamentals of Polycarbonate Building Materials and Compliance Issues

Polycarbonate is a high-performance building material, but its successful application depends on a clear understanding of its properties, system performance, and regulatory requirements.

This course provides architects and building professionals with an introduction to polycarbonate as a building material, including product types, material behaviour, and key performance characteristics.

It also outlines relevant National Construction Code compliance pathways, alongside sustainability and lifecycle considerations, equipping participants to confidently specify and apply polycarbonate systems for compliant, durable, and high-performing architectural outcomes.
– Danpal

Designing For the Australian Climate Using Multicell Polycarbonate​

Designing for Australia’s harsh and varied climate requires more than material selection—it demands an understanding of how materials perform under real environmental conditions.

This CPD provides architects and building professionals with insight into how multicell polycarbonate can be effectively specified and detailed to respond to climate, improve thermal performance, manage UV exposure, and enhance daylighting.

It equips participants with the knowledge to design resilient, energy-efficient, and compliant buildings by addressing key factors such as orientation, thermal movement, moisture control, and total system performance.
– Danpal

What is Passive Fire?

What is Passive Fire? demystifies one of the most critical aspects of building safety. Discover how fire compartmentation works, how to interpret Fire Resistance Levels (FRLs), navigate AS 1530.4 and AS 4072.1, and confidently select compliant firestopping systems. Packed with real fire test footage, industry examples, and practical applications, this session equips professionals with the knowledge to reduce compliance risk, improve building performance, and confidently navigate NCC compliance pathways for passive fire protection.
– Boss Passive Fire

Designing with Aluminium: Innovations, Challenges and Performance-Driven Solutions.

This CPD explores aluminium façade innovation through material performance, solar shading, and engineered façade solutions. Learn how to optimise aluminium systems for durability, sustainability, wind performance, and constructability, while balancing design intent with engineering, compliance, and project-specific performance requirements.
-Louvreclad

Enhancing Design with Performance Louvres

This seminar explores key louvre performance criteria including energy efficiency, rain defence, and pressure drop, supported by recent case studies. It also outlines updates to AS4740 developed with Standards Australia, helping architects and specifiers better compare natural ventilators and apply enhanced performance data to projects.
-Louvreclad

Foundations of Glass: Essential Knowledge for Design and Construct

“Foundations of Glass: Essential Knowledge for Design and Construct” aims to provide valuable insights into the key aspects of glass selection, performance considerations, and best practices for the design and construct project phases. Ensuring essential glass knowledge for seamless integration into your projects.
-Viridian Glass

Facades of the Future: Looking Beyond Compliance, Prioritising Best Practices and Sustainable Design

In this CPD presentation, we look at the state of the façade market – where we have come from and where we are today. We explore Australian and global fire testing methods, their role in evaluating façade designs and systems, and discuss how looking beyond compliance is critical when designing safe buildings and futureproofing your specifications. With the increase of extreme weather conditions and climate change, we also investigate weatherability performance testing methods for common weather events such as hailstorms and severe wind.
-Network Architectural

Sustainable Floor, Steel and Façade Coatings

This course is designed to provide information on the most effective and proven protective coating systems with an emphasis on sustainability. The course will teach specifiers to how to select the most appropriate coating system for a range on typical applications in the construction industry.
-A&I Coatings

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