New EcoCocon Straw Wall System CPD

Description

Who it is for:

This training is aimed at professionals from all disciplines of building design and the construction industry; specifically, those who are interested in sustainable, healthy and high performance biobased materials.

This is an open CPD with participants joining from different organisations. We are offering virtual design reviews with individuals following the CPD to enable you to discuss the details of specific projects with our technical team.

If you have a number of colleagues wanting to attend and a more tailored approach would be preferable, we can provide a dedicated virtual CPD for your team, which can be requested by sending an email to us at info@ecologicalbuildingsystems.com

What you learn: 

Construction industry is responsible for significant amount of carbon emissions, but there are ways of radically reducing the impact by using low carbon, renewable, biobased building materials.

The EcoCocon straw wall system uses four key ingredients: softwood timber from renewable forests, untreated straw as a byproduct of agriculture, plywood and screws. It combines structure, insulation and airtightness into one building system. 

By the end of the CPD you will get a good overview of how to design and build with these building blocks of the future.

 What you will do?:

You will receive industry leading training from a highly experienced technical professional with the opportunity to ask questions. We will show examples of buildings of different sizes and typologies that showcase the use and versatility of EcoCocon straw wall system.

What happens on the day

You will receive an email containing the link to join the virtual CPD which will be taking place via Zoom.

There will be a brief introduction, followed by the presentation, with the opportunity to ask questions throughout the presentation via the chat box. We'll answer as many questions as possible at various points during the session and afterwards via email if we run short of time.

As this is an open CPD with participants joining from different organisations, we are offering virtual design reviews with individuals, to enable you to discuss specific projects in more detail with our technical team.  This can be requested by sending an email to us at info@ecologicalbuildingsystems.com

Points Gained

This CPD is a 1-hour stand-alone CPD providing 1 point towards maintaining your professional standard. 

Sustainable architecture is a rapidly developing area and is included on the list of the 10 mandatory RIBA core curriculum CPD topics. There is a requirement for a minimum of 2 hours to be spent on each of the 10 core topics.

Continued Development 

The content of this CPD is a great background knowledge for the creation of long-lasting energy efficient sustainable buildings. Our other CPDs develop these concepts for different types of insulation and building methods.  

We have a dedicated training areas in both Ireland and the UK where we offer practical training on a regular basis, giving delegates the opportunity to experience installation first-hand. In Ireland, our Centre of Knowledge training facility can be found in Athboy, Co. Meath, while our UK training facility is based in Cumbria.