EDUCATION PROVIDER PROGRAM (EPP)

Large format floor tiles are elegant, classy, and timeless, and create spacious and stylish environments with high-end appeal. This course introduces a unique, cutting edge surfacing material known as ultracompact surfacing (UCS) and explores how it is manufactured, installation considerations, and the attributes that contribute to its superior performance and design potential.

In this course, we’re going to challenge the popular belief that multitasking is the key to productivity. Our objective is to offer insights and strategies for streamlining your daily tasks, and ultimately, enhancing the quality of your work and elevating your productivity levels.

We will explore the 12 concepts of Monotasking while focusing on six activities designed to enhance creativity and efficiency. Through engaging exercises and focused work sessions lasting just 20 minutes a day, discover how you can reduce stress levels and attain heightened focus in both your personal and professional pursuits

This second installment in the Future Vision series examines how design predictions translate into today’s materials, colors, and finishes. Using the biennial forecasting tool, we revisit the three trend stories from Future Vision Vol. 3—New Order, Safe Haven, and Fresh Start—and validate which elements are shaping current CMF design.

When planning your next kitchen design, there are numerous specialty appliances beyond the standard refrigerator, oven, cooktop, and dishwasher you’ll want to consider to boost function and convenience in your client’s kitchen. A convection steam oven should top that list, as it provides superior steaming, roasting, reheating, and defrosting compared to a conventional oven and standalone appliances.

That said, some mystique remains around convection steam oven technology. Most homeowners don’t fully understand the science behind steam cooking, the many functions of a convection steam oven, and the numerous health, taste, and time-saving benefits of this cooking methodology. This course will fill those knowledge gaps around convection steam ovens, including how they operate, technical installation considerations, and best practices for operation. With a bit of education, your clients will be full steam ahead with convection steam cooking.

Buildings designed with resilient enclosure systems are better positioned to perform through increasingly demanding climate conditions. This course examines how whole building air barriers contribute to long-term building durability, exploring performance differences between air barrier types, material-level testing standards for high temperature resistance and UV durability, and moisture management strategies for roofs and walls. Participants gain the technical knowledge needed to evaluate air barrier performance beyond code minimums and apply building enclosure commissioning and airtightness verification programs that support safe, durable buildings.

As the built environment faces increasing environmental, economic, and social challenges, architects and designers must adopt strategies that ensure long-term resilience and sustainability. This course explores the interconnected nature of these challenges and provides a framework for transitioning from a linear to a circular approach in design and construction.

The course will examine the role of architecture and design in shaping sustainable solutions, leveraging the concept of using collective power to drive meaningful change. Through case studies, discussions, and practical applications, participants will learn how to integrate circular economy principles into their work and influence firm-wide adoption of future-proofing strategies.

By the end of this course, students will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to create a more regenerative and adaptive built environment, ensuring that every design choice contributes to a more sustainable future.

Not all hardwood is created equal, and the differences go far deeper than aesthetics. This course explores how solid, engineered, infused, and densified hardwood construction methods influence flooring performance and long-term reliability. Participants will examine the key factors affecting durability, dimensional stability, moisture response, and installation outcomes, gaining the knowledge needed to specify the appropriate hardwood solution for any project.

Have you considered building materials as a source of optimizing energy performance and reducing operational carbon emissions to meet sustainability goals? In this course, participants will understand how building materials such as phase change material ceilings can address building occupant discomfort related to acoustics and temperature. The course will review the fundamentals of thermal mass in buildings, explore phase change material and dive into applications and case studies. This course will demonstrate how innovative products like phase change material ceilings can contribute to numerous sustainability criteria such as LEED credits.

In this course, participants will delve into the intricate relationship between creative design, well-being, and the rejuvenating properties of water elements. Throughout the program, participants will be guided by the presenter to explore the profound impact that creativity, solitude, sensory stimulation, and water integration can have on the overall wellness and interior spaces. By addressing these key themes, participants will develop a comprehensive understanding of how to curate environments that foster both physical and emotional health.

The course explores the specific demands of healthcare environments and guides participants in selecting durable, user-friendly products suited for rigorous cleaning protocols. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining clean water systems through industry standards, highlights strategies for minimizing contamination risks, and examines how product choices contribute to a secure and efficient care setting. Participants will also gain insight into sustainable practices and ongoing management trends that support reliable, long-term performance in healthcare plumbing systems.

Professional’s play a key role in shaping the water quality and user experience of buildings and landscapes. This CEU on Water Filtration provides focused, practical guidance to help design professionals specify, integrate, and communicate effective filtration solutions that meet performance, aesthetic, sustainability, and maintenance objectives.

In this CEU, we will look at holistic sustainability approaches to better understand why climate change is on a critical path. We will decipher all the product declarations, labels and standards, giving you the tools to measure success. Finally, we will demystify the carbon story and discuss circularity to arm you with information to move us all forward in our sustainability goals.

Color has the ability to transform a room and complement the many design elements that add up to a beautiful, well-considered space. When selecting the right colors and products for a project, selecting the appropriate finish for walls, trim, millwork and other painted surfaces is a key consideration. This course provides information and practical knowledge on sheen and gloss levels, while illustrating the use of various finishes through a home painted in colors from the Color Trends 2019 Palette.

This 1-hour course offers an overview of the IBC seismic design categories classifications and the effect of soil type, location, and building types on design categories and their installation methods and details, including alternative ceiling suspension designs.

There are many refined metal surface options to add lustrous and reflective qualities in Hospitality, Retail, Office and High-end Kitchen spaces. Over the millennium, metals have been mined and refined for use in decorative objects and surfacing: starting with Copper to Gold, Brass, Bronze and Steel, then modern day Stainless and Aluminum. Decorative and protective finishing techniques enhance thin sheets of metal for easy-to-fabricate millwork used in modern interiors. Today’s vertical metal sheet options have suitable technical certifications and are easy-to-clean and maintain.