Courses Directory
BACK TO BASICS: WOOD FLOORING 101
This course assists design professionals in understanding the characteristics of hardwood flooring so that they can effectively specify wood flooring for their client projects.
BEAUTY IS MORE THAN SKIN DEEP: MAINTAINING & REFINISHING WOOD FLOORS
This course assists design professionals in understanding the processes involved in properly maintaining and refinishing hardwood flooring so that they can effectively specify wood flooring for their client projects.
CORK, BAMBOO, & HARDWOOD AS A FLOORING MATERIAL
This course analyzes the characteristics of cork, bamboo, and hardwood. Design professionals will become more familiar with these materials as a flooring option in an effort to properly specify the material that will perform best in their client projects. Sustainability, indoor air quality, and maintenance for each material will be examined.
DESIGNING WITH WOOD FLOORS
This course analyzes the use of wood flooring as an element of design. Design professionals will become more familiar with wood floors as a design material in an effort to properly specify the product that will perform best in their client projects.
ENGINEERED WOOD FLOORING
This course explores the uses and benefits of engineered wood flooring. Design professionals will become more familiar with the construction and manufacturing processes of engineered wood flooring in an effort to properly specify the material for their client projects.
FROM THE FOREST TO THE FLOOR
This course explores the process of how trees become wood flooring. Architect and design professionals will become more familiar with wood and its use as a flooring material in an effort to properly specify the product for their client projects.
HOW CUT AFFECTS APPEARANCES OF WOOD FLOORING
This course explores how different saw cuts will affect the appearance of wood flooring. Design professionals will become more familiar with the different sawing methods available in an effort to properly specify the material that will best meet their client expectations.
IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: SUSTAINABILITY OF WOOD
This course assists design professionals in understanding the green attributes of hardwood flooring so that they can effectively specify wood flooring for their client projects, and meet potential green building program criteria.
SPECIFYING COMMERCIAL WOOD FLOORS
This course assists architect and design professionals in understanding the variables that should be considered when specifying commercial wood floors for their client projects.
SPECIFYING THE RIGHT WOOD FLOORING FOR THE JOB
This course explores how to specify the right wood flooring for a successful installation. Architect and design professionals will become more familiar with wood and its use as a flooring material in an effort to properly specify the correct product for their client projects.
WOOD FLOORING GRADES
This course assists architect and design professionals in understanding how wood flooring is graded in an effort to properly specify the product for their client projects.
WOOD FLOORING IN COMMERCIAL SPACES
This course assists architect and design professionals in understanding the physical properties and characteristics of wood and the variables that should be considered when specifying it as flooring for their commercial client projects.
WOOD FLOORING SPECIES
This course assists architects and design professionals in understanding the species used for hardwood flooring so that they can effectively specify wood flooring for their client projects.
WOOD FLOORING TRENDS: WIDE & LONG PLANKS
This course assists architect and design professionals in understanding the trend toward wide and long plank wood flooring and the variables that should be considered when specifying it for their client projects.