About This CPD

This comprehensive technical CPD course provides architects and building design professionals with practical knowledge of masonry-like cladding systems. The course covers traditional supported masonry, mechanically-fixed brick slip systems, adhesive-fixed systems, insulated prefab panels, rendered brick-effect finishes, and precast concrete solutions – examining up to ten distinct ways to achieve a brick façade appearance.

You’ll learn to compare systems across key performance criteria: self-weight, fire classification, installation speed, programme impact, cost, and long-term durability. The course explains the critical differences between mechanical retention and adhesive-only bonding, addresses fire classification requirements and height restrictions that govern system selection, and examines documented cases of adhesive de-bonding and slip detachment to illustrate how specification decisions carry long-term consequences.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course combines regulatory context with practical application, using side-by-side system comparisons, certification data, and project case studies to show how each system performs in practice.

Using clear diagrams, technical data sheets, and manufacturer specifications, this course builds evidence-based understanding. It’s designed to help you specify appropriate masonry-like cladding systems whilst recognising the common pitfalls, design errors, and specification gaps that lead to failures on site.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

About This CPD

Façade access is often the last thing considered in design – and the first thing that causes problems in operation. This course addresses the full scope of access planning, from initial design-stage decisions through to 60-year maintenance strategy, covering BMU systems, abseil provisions, cradle installations, and ground-level reach solutions.

You’ll learn how access strategy shapes façade design from the earliest stages: roof-level plant zones, parapet details, tie-back anchor locations, and the implications of building geometry on cleaning and inspection reach. The course also addresses the practical coordination required between façade engineers, architects, and access specialists, alongside the health and safety obligations that apply to maintenance access design.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course draws on real project examples to demonstrate how early access planning prevents costly retrofit solutions and ensures that inspection, cleaning, component replacement, and sealant renewal remain feasible throughout the building’s service life.

Combining elevation studies, access zone diagrams, and maintenance schedule templates, this course is designed to help you integrate access strategy into the design process rather than treating it as an afterthought.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

About This CPD

Every façade material moves. Clay expands, concrete shrinks, steel responds to temperature, and the structure deflects under load. This course provides architects and building design professionals with practical knowledge of movement accommodation and tolerance management – the discipline that keeps all of these behaviours from turning into cracking, leaking, or worse.

You’ll learn to calculate expected movements for common façade materials, determine joint widths and sealant specifications, and understand the critical interfaces where movement must be accommodated: floor-to-floor joints, corner details, material transitions, and connections to the primary structure. The course covers both the design principles and the reporting format expected by main contractors and checking engineers.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real project tolerance reports and movement joint calculations to demonstrate how small coordination errors lead to cracking, sealant failure, water ingress, and panel distortion.

Through worked examples, joint design calculations, and tolerance schedules, this course equips you to produce robust movement and tolerance reports – and to understand the consequences when movement is underestimated or ignored.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

About This CPD

This course takes architects and building design professionals through the thermal transmittance calculation for multi-layered wall assemblies – step by step, layer by layer. It covers the principles of steady-state heat transfer, thermal resistance of individual layers, surface resistances, and the combined U-value methodology used in international and European practice.

You’ll learn to build up a U-value calculation from external surface resistance through cladding, ventilated cavities, insulation, structural elements, and internal finishes. The course addresses repeating thermal bridges such as metal brackets and rail systems, explains the upper and lower resistance method for inhomogeneous layers, and demonstrates when numerical modelling is required instead of simplified calculation.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real wall build-ups from current projects to demonstrate how material selection, cavity ventilation, and bracket density affect the final U-value – and how small specification changes can push a wall assembly above or below regulatory compliance thresholds.

With step-by-step calculation worksheets and comparison tables, this course is designed to help you verify U-value calculations submitted by contractors and spot the common errors and optimistic assumptions before they become built problems.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

Before anything can be sized, the loads must be known. This course provides architects and building design professionals with practical knowledge of structural load assessment for façade systems – covering self-weight, imposed loads, wind pressure and suction, seismic actions where applicable, impact loads, and the load combinations required by relevant structural design codes.

You’ll learn to trace the load path from the outermost cladding component through brackets, rails, and fixings into the primary structure. The course explains how to determine characteristic and design values, apply partial safety factors, and understand the difference between serviceability and ultimate limit state checks as they apply to façade elements.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real façade load schedules and structural calculation extracts to show how loads are tabulated, combined, and communicated between the façade designer and the structural engineer.

Through load diagrams, calculation templates, and project examples, this course helps you read and review structural calculations with confidence – and understand where design responsibilities lie between architect, structural engineer, and façade subcontractor.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

Wind is typically the governing load case for façade systems, yet its calculation remains one of the least intuitive tasks in building design. This course walks architects and design professionals through the complete wind calculation process: from basic wind velocity and site terrain roughness through to peak velocity pressure and the application of external and internal pressure coefficients.

You’ll learn to determine wind zones on building elevations and roofs, understand how building geometry and surrounding terrain affect local wind pressures, and calculate the design wind loads that govern façade panel sizing, fixing design, and glass thickness selection. The course addresses corner zones, funnel effects between buildings, and the significant differences between pressure and suction loads.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses worked examples on real building geometries to demonstrate the full calculation sequence from wind map to final design pressure, including the zoning approach that determines why corner panels need stronger fixings than mid-wall panels.

With step-by-step calculation sheets and wind zone diagrams, this course builds confident calculation skills – equipping you to understand wind load reports, verify contractor submissions, and appreciate why getting the wind calculation right is fundamental to everything that follows in façade engineering.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

Opaque cladding thermal performance is governed by what happens behind the visible surface: ventilated cavities, discontinuous insulation layers, and hundreds of metallic brackets penetrating the thermal envelope. This course gives architects and design professionals focused knowledge of U-value assessment specific to rainscreen cladding and overcladding systems – where the support structure, not just the insulation, determines the real thermal performance.

You’ll learn to quantify the thermal impact of rail-and-bracket support systems using psi and chi values. The course demonstrates how bracket material (steel vs aluminium vs stainless), spacing density, and stand-off distance change the result – and when a 2D or 3D numerical simulation is necessary because the simplified method is no longer accurate enough.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real cladding system build-ups – including mechanical brick slip, terracotta rainscreen, and aluminium cassette systems – to show how the same insulation thickness can deliver very different U-values depending on the support system behind it.

This course is designed to help you evaluate U-value claims from cladding manufacturers, identify where optimistic assumptions hide, and understand why the bracket system – not just the insulation – is where thermal performance is won or lost in opaque façades.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

A cladding façade may have thousands of individual fixing points, each anchored into a substrate that varies in quality across the building. This course provides architects and building design professionals with practical knowledge of structural support and fixing design for rainscreen and overcladding systems – where the challenge is repetition, substrate variability, and installation quality at scale. The course covers L-brackets, T-brackets, adjustable systems, and continuous rail supports.

You’ll learn how each bracket carries a share of both dead load and wind load, how thermal break pads and stand-off distances affect structural capacity, and why substrate quality matters so much. The course addresses anchor design in concrete, masonry, steel, and timber-frame substrates – including pull-out and shear capacity, the difference between cracked and uncracked concrete zones, and the essential role of site-specific pull-out testing to verify design assumptions.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real bracket calculation extracts and technical approval certificates to demonstrate how fixing design is verified – and how common site errors such as under-torquing, wrong drill diameter, or insufficient embedment can compromise the system one bracket at a time.

Through manufacturer data sheets, technical approval documentation, and worked examples, this course equips you to assess bracket and fixing proposals, understand the test data behind them, and recognise that cladding bracket design is as much about installation quality as it is about engineering calculation.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

Curtain walling thermal calculation works nothing like opaque cladding. Instead of a layered wall with point thermal bridges, the overall U-value is assembled from separate zone calculations – centre-of-pane, edge-of-glass, frame, and spandrel – each with its own thermal behaviour, then area-weighted into a single representative value. This course gives architects and design professionals the knowledge to understand and interrogate that process.

You’ll learn what really drives the numbers in a curtain wall thermal report. Frame geometry and thermal break design often dominate the result far more than glass selection. The course explains how mullion depth, break material, cap profile, and the ratio of vision to spandrel area interact – and why a system that performs well at one module width may fail at another simply because the frame percentage increases.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real curtain wall thermal reports and product-specific frame sections to demonstrate how small changes in frame depth, thermal break material, or module proportions can shift the overall U-value enough to move a façade from compliant to non-compliant.

With annotated thermal simulation outputs and comparative frame studies, this course helps you evaluate curtain wall thermal performance claims, understand why the frame – not the glass – is usually the thermal weak point, and write thermal specifications that address the right parameters.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

Curtain wall brackets are a different discipline from cladding fixings. They are fewer in number, heavier, and more complex – each one must carry significant dead load while allowing three-dimensional positional adjustment to bridge the gap between as-built structure and the precision a curtain wall demands. This course covers cast-in channels, post-fixed angle brackets, and sleeve anchor connections.

You’ll learn the fundamental distinction between dead load support points and wind restraint points – a concept central to curtain walling that does not exist in the same way for cladding. The course explains why a typical mullion is supported vertically at one level only, with all other connections acting as lateral restraints, and how this affects bracket configuration, slot orientation, and movement allowance. Tolerance management is a major theme: the adjustment range required, the consequences of misplaced cast-in channels, and what happens when structural tolerances exceed the bracket’s capacity to compensate.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real curtain wall fixing details and structural interface drawings to demonstrate how coordination between the structural engineer and façade subcontractor determines whether a system can be installed accurately and safely.

Through detail drawings, fixing schedules, and project coordination examples, this course helps you review curtain wall fixing proposals, understand cast-in versus post-fixed strategies, and manage the structural interface that is often the most coordination-intensive element of façade delivery.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

Glass is the only structural material in common building use that is also transparent, brittle, and expected to provide both weather protection and safety barrier performance simultaneously. This course provides architects and building design professionals with practical knowledge of structural glass behaviour – covering annealed, heat-strengthened, and fully toughened glass, along with laminated and insulating glass unit configurations.

You’ll learn how glass responds to wind load, thermal stress, and impact – and why the choice between glass types affects not only strength but also breakage pattern, post-failure behaviour, and safety classification. The course addresses impact classification, barrier loading requirements, and the design principles for glass under sustained and short-duration loads.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real glass specification scenarios – overhead glazing, structural balustrades, large-format vision panels – to demonstrate how glass type, thickness, interlayer selection, and support conditions combine to determine structural adequacy and safety compliance.

With glass performance charts, breakage pattern photographs, and worked sizing examples, this course helps you understand glass calculation reports, specify glass correctly for safety-critical applications, and recognise when specialist glass engineering input is required.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

Surface condensation at thermal bridges causes mould, staining, and occupant complaints – and is one of the most common post-completion defects in modern buildings. This course gives architects and building design professionals practical knowledge of surface condensation risk assessment for façade and window systems, covering the physics of dewpoint, internal surface temperature, and the temperature factor fRsi.

You’ll learn to calculate the temperature factor at critical junctions – window frames, sill details, column penetrations, and balcony connections – and compare results against the threshold required to avoid mould growth. The course addresses why some thermal bridges are acceptable in certain humidity conditions and critical in others, and explains how internal environment classification affects the assessment.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real thermal modelling outputs at typical façade junctions to demonstrate how surface temperature distribution reveals condensation risk – and how remedial measures such as insulation returns and thermal breaks resolve the problem.

Combining thermal bridge analysis outputs, fRsi calculations, and junction detail studies, this course helps you identify condensation-prone details at the design stage, evaluate thermal bridge reports from consultants, and specify remedial measures with confidence.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

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Every façade decision affects the light inside the building. This course provides architects and building design professionals with practical knowledge of daylight performance and solar gain management, covering daylight factor, useful daylight illuminance, solar heat gain coefficient (g-value), and total solar energy transmittance – and explaining how these metrics relate to energy performance regulations and environmental certification schemes.

You’ll learn to navigate the trade-offs inherent in façade design: increasing glazing area improves daylight but raises solar gain and cooling demand; reducing g-value controls overheating but can darken interiors. The course demonstrates how glass selection, façade orientation, reveal depth, and external shading devices interact to determine the balance between daylight, thermal comfort, and energy performance.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real project scenarios – south-facing residential, deep-plan office, and mixed-use atrium – to demonstrate how façade configuration directly influences overheating risk and energy performance outcomes.

Through parametric studies and glass performance data tables, this course equips you to evaluate the daylight and solar implications of façade specification choices early in the design process, before detailed simulation confirms or contradicts your assumptions.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

Not everything on a façade needs a bespoke calculation – but knowing which components do, and who is responsible for producing those calculations, is essential for anyone reviewing a façade engineering submission. This introductory course maps the full scope of structural verification across a typical façade package: from glass panels and cladding fixings through to mullion sections, brackets, anchors, and connections to the primary structure.

You’ll learn to identify the calculation items that must appear in a submission, understand the difference between manufacturer standard calculations and project-specific design, and recognise where gaps commonly appear – particularly at interfaces between the façade subcontractor’s scope and the structural engineer’s scope.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses a typical façade package checklist to walk through each component that needs verification, explaining what level of calculation is expected, which design principles apply, and where responsibility typically sits under different procurement routes.

Structured as a practical checklist with real submission examples, this course serves as an essential reference for design professionals who need to confirm that nothing critical has been missed when reviewing façade engineering packages

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

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Condensation inside the wall – invisible and often undetected until damage is done – is one of the most insidious risks in façade construction. This course provides architects and building design professionals with practical knowledge of interstitial condensation assessment using the Glaser steady-state method: the procedure for determining temperature and vapour pressure profiles through a multi-layered wall to identify whether and where moisture will accumulate.

You’ll learn to construct a Glaser diagram step by step, plotting the saturation vapour pressure curve against the actual vapour pressure profile and interpreting the results. The course explains the role of vapour control layers, the effect of layer order on condensation risk, and the critical difference between seasonal accumulation and evaporation potential. Common mistakes are highlighted: misplaced VCLs, omitted air gaps, and reliance on vapour-open constructions without verification.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real wall build-ups – including insulated rainscreen, timber-frame with cladding, and warm-roof parapets – to demonstrate how the Glaser method reveals hidden condensation risks that are invisible on a standard detail drawing.

With hand-calculation worksheets and graphical Glaser diagrams, this course builds confident calculation skills – and helps you recognise where the Glaser method reaches its limits and dynamic simulation is needed instead.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

An insulating glass unit is defined by dozens of parameters, and changing any one of them affects the others. This course provides architects and building design professionals with practical knowledge of IGU specification and selection, covering glass type and thickness, cavity width and gas fill, low-emissivity coatings, solar control coatings, acoustic interlayers, and the implications of each choice on thermal, solar, acoustic, and visual performance.

You’ll learn to read and interpret IGU performance data – centre-of-pane U-value, g-value, light transmittance, and weighted sound reduction index – and understand the trade-offs between competing requirements. The course demonstrates how to select an IGU that simultaneously meets thermal targets, overheating limits, acoustic requirements, and the aesthetic expectations of the design team.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real manufacturer data and product comparison tables to demonstrate how apparently similar glass specifications deliver very different performance outcomes – and how specification language must be precise enough to prevent substitution.

Combining IGU performance comparison matrices with specification writing guidance, this course helps you choose the right IGU for each application, protect performance intent in your specifications, and evaluate contractor-proposed alternatives during value engineering.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

The façade is often the single largest contributor to a building’s embodied carbon. This course provides architects and building design professionals with practical knowledge of carbon footprint assessment for façade systems, covering the full life-cycle: raw material extraction, manufacturing, construction, use and maintenance, and end-of-life – and explaining how to quantify each stage using Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and recognised carbon databases.

You’ll learn to compare the embodied carbon of common façade systems: aluminium curtain walling versus steel-framed rainscreen, brick masonry versus brick slip, and timber cladding versus composite panels. The course addresses the significant impact of material choice, transport distance, replacement cycles, and end-of-life scenarios on whole-life carbon outcomes – and demonstrates why production-stage data alone is insufficient for informed decision-making.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real project carbon assessments to demonstrate how façade specification decisions contribute to whole-building carbon targets and environmental certification benchmarks.

Through EPD data, carbon calculation worksheets, and system comparison tables, this course equips you to evaluate the carbon implications of façade options, communicate findings to clients and sustainability consultants, and make specification decisions that genuinely reduce environmental impact.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.

Registration will open soon. Join the Facade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to receive priority access to this seminar.

About This CPD

The Glaser method has served the industry for decades, but it has known blind spots: it ignores moisture storage in materials, rain absorption, solar-driven vapour transport, and seasonal variation. This course introduces architects and building design professionals to the transient hygrothermal simulation approach that addresses these limitations – the method increasingly specified when Glaser alone is not sufficient to demonstrate moisture safety.

You’ll learn to interpret dynamic simulation outputs: moisture content profiles over time, relative humidity at critical interfaces, and cumulative moisture balance graphs. The course demonstrates which construction types require dynamic analysis – including timber-frame walls, internally insulated solid walls, flat roofs with organic substrates, and high-humidity environments – and explains how climate data, material properties, surface orientation, and rain exposure combine to produce results that steady-state methods cannot replicate.

Presented by Eugene Korch (façade engineer and IAST Programme Director), the course uses real simulation outputs from built projects to show how dynamic modelling reveals moisture risks that Glaser cannot detect – and how simulation results translate into practical design decisions.

With annotated simulation results and comparative studies of pass/fail constructions, this course helps you understand when dynamic modelling is required, evaluate reports from hygrothermal consultants, and specify moisture management strategies based on evidence rather than assumption.

Join the Façade Intelligence Professional Membership (FI PRO) to access a comprehensive library of seminar recordings, a wide range of short courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology (IAST), and regular case study releases.

We guarantee our members a minimum of 24 hours of structured, high-quality CPD content each year, allowing professionals to continuously develop their expertise in façade design and engineering.

FI PRO Membership provides individuals and teams with the flexibility to explore a wide variety of specialist courses without any additional course fees.

Individual Membership

Join FI PRO today to start accessing our full CPD library.

Corporate Membership

For organisations looking to support the development of their teams, explore our Corporate Membership options or contact us at corporate@iast.uk.

All technical CPD courses developed by the Institute for Architectural Science and Technology are free from advertising and commercial bias and are designed to promote best practices in façade design and engineering.

By joining FI PRO, you not only provide your team with engaging, relevant professional development opportunities, but also help support the continued development of the Façade Intelligence Knowledge Platform, contributing to higher standards of professional education across the construction industry.