Whitesales Rooflights

This CPD aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the required approach to replacing heritage rooflights as historic features, to ensure that structural changes are compliant, and serve to complement the style of the building. This article will give you a greater understanding of: - The criteria for satisfying listed building consent - How to identify different period styles - How to match existing layouts with modern performance - How to re-use decorative features - The different options for glazing on heritage rooflights

This seminar provides an introduction to the benefits of daylighting with rooflights and the various factors which must be considered in the design and specification of glass rooflights. It will help you to understand the following topics: - The benefits of daylighting with rooflights - The advantages of glass and which glass type is appropriate - Factors to be considered in rooflight specification and how to avoid common pitfalls - Typical configurations to provide the amount and type of light required and control of heat, glare and ventilation - The regulatory requirements, Building Regulations and standards pertaining to rooflights, including safety and non-fragility - How rooflighting projects in various sectors have been carried out through case studies

This seminar looks at the difference between glass and polycarbonate when used in roof glazing and what regulations apply to roof glazing materials. It will help you to understand the following topics: - Types of overhead glazing available - The key terms around non-fragility and the non-fragility testing processes - The key concerns around rooflight safety - Specification and designer responsibilities - The main classifications and where to find further information to assist in preparing a roof glazing specification

This seminar covers the need for smoke control in the built environment and the issues around the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of smoke control systems. It will help you to understand the following topics: - The complex nature of smoke control - The legal responsibility of the specifier and where to look for definitive information on the regulations which surround the need for smoke control - The different types of smoke control vents and which is suited to what installation and why

This seminar looks at the benefits of natural daylight and the basics of designing daylight in the built environment. It covers information that is relevant to residential, commercial and industrial buildings. The seminar will cover areas such as the impact of daylight on building occupants through to important design considerations when specifying rooflights, light levels for specific building usage and use of rooflight applications for reducing energy usage and Co2 emissions. It will help you to understand the following topics: - Daylight in the built environment, benefits and importance, daylight theory and achieving higher levels of daylight - Technical guidance, light and living, the legal requirements, rooflights and energy efficiency and glazing safety - Designing with rooflights, types and applications, considerations and reference projects

This seminar covers the basic principles for design and specification of smoke ventilation. It will help you to understand the following topics: - The background and history to the development of smoke ventilations systems - Basic principles of smoke control - Design considerations for smoke ventilation systems - The various products available and their applications

This CPD aims to explore rooflights as an invaluable source of daylight for structures with otherwise low levels of natural illumination. It will cover rooflight categories and discuss topics including fragility, loading level, installation and surface coating. This article will give you a greater understanding of: - Non-fragility classification criteria - Classification levels of non-fragility - Rooflight application specification - Different installation methods relevant to rooflight categories - Different surface coatings on walk-on units, in the context of slip ratings

This CPD aims to discuss the design considerations for glazed roofs as an aesthetically pleasing and durable source of natural light. Topics covered will include compliance within glazing, performance standards and how to achieve robust, safe and durable outcomes to ensure the completed building can be approved. By the end of the article you should have a greater understanding of: - How to define structural and size parameters - The various types of glass for different building uses - The required performance standards - How to incorporate smoke ventilation into structural roof glazing - The advantages of modern bespoke designs

This CPD aims to discuss testing and certification of rooflights to ensure they remain a durable and safe source of natural light. Topics covered will include withstanding load forces, selection and fitting, and mitigation against degradation from the elements and accidental damage. This article will give you a greater understanding of: - The factors which impact loading - Permeability and breathability characteristics - Glass rooflight fire regulations - Glazing performance requirements for glass rooflights - Compliant security ratings for glass rooflights