CPD

Free RIBA Accredited CPD Seminars

As market leaders in natural light and rooflight solutions, we fully understand the complexities of design and specification in these areas. It can be difficult to keep up to date with ever-changing products and constantly evolving standards and regulations. With this in mind, we have developed our CPD seminars to provide you with the thorough knowledge you need.

Both of our RIBA accredited CPD seminars highlight the importance of natural light for buildings and occupants, as well as providing technical and legislative instruction. With essential advice on the design considerations involved, and options available, when incorporating rooflight systems into the built environment, our core curriculum seminars deliver essential guidance for creating better living and working environments.

Our RIBA accredited CPDs
High-quality, aesthetically pleasing prefabricated flat glass rooflights.

No Light Like Daylight:
Designing Daylight in the Built Environment

Our RIBA-accredited ‘No Light like Daylight: Delivering Daylight through Design’ seminar highlights the importance of natural light for buildings and occupants, as well as the general principles of daylight.

Highlights include technical and legislative guidance. It also advises on the design considerations involved and options available when incorporating rooflight systems into the built environment.

It will help you to understand the following topics:

  • Daylight in the built environment:
    Benefits and importance, daylight theory and achieving higher levels of daylight
  • Technical guidance: Light and living, the legal requirements, rooflights and energy efficiency, glazing safety
  • Designing with rooflights: Types and applications, considerations, reference projects

All of our CPD presentations last 1 hour, and one of our experienced advisors will present at your office. We will arrange a date and time that suits you and your colleagues – This seminar also allows plenty of additional time for questions and discussions on the topic.

Don’t Break Glass:
Classification of non-fragility for roof glazing

This RIBA-accredited seminar details the classifications of glass used in roof glazing and the types of rooflights that can safely be specified as non-fragile or walk-on. It covers how to specify rooflights which will ensure compliant safety levels.

It will help you to understand the following topics:

  • Understand the test procedures and classifications relating to roof glazing
  • Understand the terminology pertaining to durability and non-fragility​​
  • Understand the definitions of, and differences between, non-fragile rooflights and walk-on rooflights​
  • Understand where non-fragile rooflights should be installed​​
  • Understand practical recommendations for specification for both types of rooflight to be safe and compliant​

All of our CPD presentations last 1 hour, and one of our experienced advisors will present at your office. We will arrange a date and time that suits you and your colleagues – This seminar also allows plenty of additional time for questions and discussions on the topic.

What counts as CPD?

What you can do for your CPD as a RIBA member is very liberal and flexible.

For an activity to count towards your 35 hour CPD requirement RIBA only ask that you can learn something from the activity which is relevant to you as an architect and professional. CPD can be structured or informal. Both of our accredited seminars would be considered ‘structured’ CPD as they have clear learning aims and outcomes. Microlearning (CPD taking less than 30mins) is informal learning which is often self-directed and delivered in very short, digestible chunks. Examples could be reading (articles, documents, policy papers), short videos, podcasts, info-graphics. The articles below cover a variety of topics relating to daylighting and roof glazing:

Any requests?
Anything we may have not included above; we are more than likely happy to provide. As a holistic service providing comprehensive support and documentation along the entire process of your Whitesales product installation we pride ourselves that our installers are as knowledgeable as we are by the end of any project.

If you have any specific requests, do not hesitate to contact us.
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