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Rainscreen Façade – Principles & Design CPD

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Our engaging and informative RIBA accredited CPD seminar covers the design, principles and benefits of specifying rainscreen façades.

During your CPD you will learn:

  • Benefits to the building
  • Fixing methods
  • Façade support options 
  • Typical details e.g. panel layout and joints
  • Standards and conformity

Attendees of the presentation will be sent a CPD RIBA Certificate. Complete the form here Request a CPD – EQUITONE

Please note this CPD seminar is open to UK practices only.

Addressing the Key BSA Concerns of 78% of Architects | New Lunch and Learn

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According to a recent RIBA survey, 78% of architects have expressed significant concern about the implications of the Building Safety Act, particularly regarding compliance and the need for ongoing professional development to ensure fire safety in their designs.

Join EQUITONE for an insightful Lunch and Learn that delves deeper into fire-safe facades and their relation to the Building Safety Act (BSA).

This session is designed to help you navigate critical aspects of fire safety in building design, from understanding regulations to enhancing safety standards.

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(Available to UK practises only)

 Learning Objectives

During EQUITONE’s Lunch and Learn, you will discover:

  • Why we need to act
  • Overview of building regulations
  • Fire classification explained
  • The importance of the Golden Thread
  • Standards and guidance for conformity

Roundtable insights on the BSA

The Building Safety Act has had a huge impact for the construction industry, imposing stringent new requirements for higher-risk buildings. Building Magazine, in partnership with EQUITONE explored this with a roundtable of professionals from architecture, engineering, construction and client sectors earlier this year.

This thought leadership event posed some fascinating questions and insights. Click here to view EQUITONE’s latest article on the BSA and the Roundtable summary (In the further reading section).

Benefits of a Rainscreen Facade

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Our engaging and informative RIBA accredited CPD seminar covers the design, principles and benefits of specifying rainscreen facades.

During your CPD you will learn:

  • What rainscreen cladding is
  • Materials
  • Fire classification and wind loadings
  • Fixing methods & facade support options
  • Façade benefits to the build including thermal properties
  • Typical details e.g. panel layout and joints
  • Examples of build

Attendees of the presentation will be sent a CPD RIBA Certificate. Complete the form here Request a CPD – EQUITONE

Please note this CPD seminar is open to UK practices only.

EQUITONE is Cradle to Cradle Certified® Bronze

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EQUITONE is the first and only Cradle to Cradle Certified® fibre cement rainscreen facade material

Learn more about Cradle to Cradle Certified®

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The architectural community drives sustainable construction

How construction products are designed and selected today shapes the world we will inhabit tomorrow. That is why we joined the movement that is rethinking, redesigning, and transforming the system one sustainable facade at a time. Cradle to Cradle Certified® provides architects with fact-based, at-a-glance assurance that EQUITONE’s facade materials meet some of the world’s most rigorous sustainability standards.

What is Cradle to Cradle Certified®?

The Cradle to Cradle Certified® Product Standard is the leading multi-attribute standard used globally for designing and making products that enable a healthy, equitable, and sustainable future. It is widely regarded throughout the building industry as the preferred sustainability standard.​

 

How Cradle to Cradle Certified® is awarded

Certification is awarded based upon independent assessment of a product or material according to five critical categories of sustainability performance:

  • Material Health
  • Product Circularity
  • Clean Air & Carbon
  • Water & Soil Stewardship
  • Social Fairness

Sustainability is a journey not a destination. ​Bronze is just the beginning…

At EQUITONE, we’re leading the way in contributing to the sustainability goals of the construction industry.  Achieving Cradle to Cradle Certified® Bronze is an important milestone on our path to circularity, and our fibre cement materials are already earning performance ratings of Silver for Material Reutilization and Social Fairness. We are working hard to accelerate advancements in the carbon, water, and energy footprint of our operations.

 

 

Cradle to Cradle Certified® is a registered trademark of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.​