Complementary Continuing Education Courses
Courses are presented by Charles Peterson, one of the world’s leading experts on wood flooring.
Author of the industry’s most comprehensive book on wood flooring.
The continuing education courses are registered with the following organizations to provide continuing education credits to A&D Community.
• The American Institute of Architects
• The Interior Design Continuing Education Council
• American Society of Interior Designers
• Interior Designers of Canada
• International Interior Design Association
All courses are approved for general CEU credit through AIA and IDCEC. The HSW approval below indicates the course is approved for Health, Safety, Welfare designation.Current courses include:
AIA HSW
IDCEC HSW
Back to Basics: Wood Flooring 101
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This isn’t your Grandma’s Floor: Ornamental Wood Floors
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It’s not easy being Green: Sustainability of Wood
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Y
Beauty is more than Skin Deep: Maintaining & Refinishing Wood Floors
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Wood Flooring Species
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Cork, Bamboo & Hardwood as a Flooring Material
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How Cut Affects Appearances of Wood Flooring
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Y
Engineered Wood Flooring
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Y
Specifying Commercial Wood Floors
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Designing with Wood Floors
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From the Forest to the Floor
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Wood Flooring Grades
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Wood Flooring in Commercial Spaces
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Y
Frank Lloyd Wright
"SCIENTIA POTENTIA EST" KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
Most information concerning wood flooring is difficult to obtain or contradictory. It has been my quest to take some of the frustration out of searching for wood flooring answers. In no industry is the saying “Caveat emptor” let the buyer beware more true. There is a billion dollars of loses associated to flooring problems each year in the United States.
