CPD Essentials

Webinar - Selectaglaze, a retrofit guide to building sustainability
2026-02-04 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Sustainable design is no longer a catchphrase, it’s an imperative. The need and urgency to update the existing building stock has never been greater and upgrading windows is one of the most challenging aspects of retrofit projects.
In this CPD, we help you to navigate through all the aspects of secondary glazing specification. You’ll learn how to determine what’s right for your or your client’s needs, what design considerations to bear in mind and lots more.We talk about typical applications and case studies and look at how to maximise product performance such as U-values, acoustic insulation and security. We also cover all the important regulatory aspects and design considerations, with particular emphasis on Heritage and Listed Buildings.Our aim is to give you confidence to design discreet, sympathetic treatments that meet the required performance levels and encourage you to involve your secondary glazing provider early on in the design process.
Contents:

How secondary glazing can help meet net zero and other sustainability commitments
Thermal insulation and upgrades to Part L (including U-values)
Control of noise with acoustic insulation (including dB ratings)
Window security (including blast, intruder, ballistic and fire)
Applications (including Listed and heritage buildings)
Standards and regulations
Specification process (including the range of products)
Maintenance
Economics

Speaker – Selectaglaze

Webinar - steel for wall and roof cladding
2026-02-11 17:00 - 18:00
Steel for roof and wall cladding

Steel substrate and properties (Gauge, Galvanising, Different paint system properties and performance)
Structural performance
Fragility, Health and Safety and compliance with CDM Regulations
Aesthetics, Durability & testing and Fire performance
Part L and contribution of systems
Acoustics, Sustainability and Guarantees

Commercial leases update
2026-02-26 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker – Richard Snape
This lecture is aimed at: Property professionals and fee earners involved in both contentious and noncontentious property work
Learning Outcome: To give an increased knowledge of the subject matter. To update on current
issues, case law and statutory provisions and to be able to apply the knowledge gained in the better
provision of a service to the client.

Webinar - Nordic Copper
2026-03-04 13:00 - 14:00
Nordic Copper is the product range for architectural applications, e.g. facades and roofs, made by Aurubis. The unrivaled range of factory-applied surface treatments provides copper and brass with various stages of oxidation and patination immediately.
Nordic Copper stands for individual architectural solutions, a long life cycle for buildings and a responsible legacy for future generations.
Copper has been used in building envelopes for many centuries and is characterised by an exceptionally llongevity of several hundred years.
Copper is a beautiful and timeless material with unique properties and performance benefits.
It can be easily folded both mechanically and by hand, on site or in the workshop, and can take on virtually any three-dimensional shape.
Speaker – Richard Parrett – VM Zinc

Webinar - How climate change affects properties
2026-03-11 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker – Tim Kenny
Tim is a residential surveyor and has been a DEA, Home Inspector and Property Manager in the past. Along with authoring two sections of iSurv for RICS he has also a contributor to the RICS Building Surveying and Residential Journals. Both in teaching and in his own business Tim is focused on how surveyors can deliver the highest possible quality of customer service and benefit to clients.
Outside of his day job Tim is also a Yoga teacher and runs regular webinars for LionHeart, a charity that supports RICS members.

Webinar - Security through secondary glazing
2026-04-22 13:00 - 14:00
Windows are the most vulnerable parts of a building. This is especially true in Listed and Heritage buildings with their original, often fragile, single glazed primary windows.
This seminar provides a comprehensive understanding of how security secondary glazing can be used to upgrade their protection, and what needs to be considered – with particular emphasis on the impact of the Terrorism Protection of Premises Bill (Martyn’s Law).
Contents:

Introduction to secondary glazing for security benefits
The impact of the Terrorism Protection of Premises Bill (Martyn’s Law)
Types of security: intruder resistance, blast mitigation, ballistic attack, fire protection
Test standards and methods of assessing security levels of products
Suitable products for use and their performance capabilities

Webinar - RIBA 2030 climate change challenge, how steel contributes
2026-04-29 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker – Elen Worthington, Tata Steel
RIBA 2030 climate challenge: How steel building envelope solutions contribute
Covers:

Operational energy.
Embodied Carbon.
Potable water use.
Best practice health metrics.
How to meet the challenge.
