Education & CPD Programme
Stay informed, advance your skills, and get inspired with Escea’s accredited CPD programmes and ongoing education opportunities.
Be informed, and inspired.
From practical product sessions to fully accredited CPD programmes, Escea’s education offering is designed to support architects and specifiers – keeping you informed, inspired, and equipped with smart solutions for modern fireplace design.
Earn while you learn
Earn CPD points while expanding your technical knowledge. Escea’s accredited sessions combine real-world application with expert insight to keep you informed and inspired.
In-Depth Product Sessions
Take a deeper look into Escea’s product range. Explore complex installations, smart specification strategies, and the design freedom our systems make possible.
One-to-one Project Specification
Book a time to discuss with an Escea Architectural Advisor on how to specify a fireplace into your design project online at a time that suits you.
Details
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Delivery: Online
- Suitable for: Architects, designers, and specifiers, and more
Case Study: Creating a Recess Escea DS Fireplace
Learn about a case study with an Escea Architectural Advisor on creating a recess DS Series fireplace online at a time that suits you.
Details
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Delivery: Online via zoom or teams
CPD: Specifying Indoor Fireplaces in Modern Sealed Homes
Homes today aren’t built like they used to be — and that’s a good thing. As construction methods evolve to deliver warmer, healthier, and more airtight homes, the role of the indoor fireplace is also changing. So how do you specify a fireplace that works with the modern sealed home, not against it?
Key Learning Outcomes
- Outline the key principles of specifying fireplaces in modern sealed homes
- Identify critical issues and challenges associated with specifying fireplaces in modern sealed homes
- Explore solutions for compliance, safety, and efficiency
- Cite real world examples, in which modern fireplace specifications have overcome these challenges
Details
- Duration: 1 hour
- Delivery: Online or in-person
- CPD Points: 1 AIA point
- Suitable for: Architects, designers, and specifiers
Escea Fireplaces Product Introduction
Want to learn more about Escea Fireplaces? Talk with an Architectural Advisor about the products available online at a time that suits you.
Details
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Delivery: Online via zoom or teams
CPD: Specifying Fireplaces in Commercial Projects
Specifying a fireplace in a commercial project isn't just a design decision — it's a technical one. Covers flue design, fire safety, fuel type selection, and spatial integration across hospitality, apartment, and aged care environments, with real project examples.
Key Learning Outcomes
- Identify the key technical challenges faced when specifying fireplaces in commercial buildings
- Explain how flue design, ventilation pathways and building services affect feasibility in this context
- Evaluate and compare the advantages and limitations of different fireplace fuel types across project types
- Identify strategies for integrating fireplaces into commercial architecture, safely and efficiently
Details
- Duration: 1 hour
- Delivery: Online or in-person
- CPD Points: 1 AIA point
- Suitable for: Architects, designers, and specifiers
CPD: Cladding performance, HVAC and joinery integration
In this session Escea presents alongside Starke Windows + Doors to delve into all aspects of Cladding performance, Heating, Ventilation, Air Con and Joinery.
Details
- Duration: 1 hour
- Delivery: Online
- CPD Points: 2 AIA points, 20 NZRAB points, 2 LBP points
- Suitable for: Architects, designers, and specifiers
CPD: Carbon Management and Designing for Climate Change
Escea presents alongside Enveloped NZ and Autex discussing topics that surround all things to do with Carbon management and design for climate change.
Details
- Duration: 3 hours
- Delivery: Online
- CPD Points: 3 AIA points, 30 NZRAB points
CPD Podcast: Heating and Gas
In this Teulo podcast, DK, host of the Teulo podcast, sits down with Richard Miller, Architectural Advisor Lead at Escea, to discuss the future of residential heating — including gas and decarbonisation, clean-air wood fires, materials and compliance, and how medium-density, high-performance homes are reshaping heating design.
Details
- Duration: 1 hour
- Delivery: Online
- CPD Points: 1 AIA points, 10 NZRAB points, 1 LBP point
CPD: Weathertightness, Building Materials and Water Solutions
This session features Escea and Pro Clima Australia, exploring heating design, materials and performance in high-efficiency, medium-density buildings, alongside best-practice approaches to weathertight flat roof and water management solutions.
Details
- Duration: 2 hours
- Delivery: Online
- CPD Points: 2 AIA points, 20 NZRAB points
CPD: Sustainability
This session focusses on sustainable building choices, with Abodo Wood exploring high-performance timber, and Escea examining modern combustion heating, emissions, and design integration.
Details
- Duration: 2 hours
- Delivery: Online
- CPD Points: 2 AIA points, 20 NZRAB points, 2 LBP points
- Suitable for: Architects, designers, and specifiers, builders
CPD: Timber, Facades, Waterproofing + Heating
Together with Allco, learn why waterproofing and heating are so important when it comes to building your home and commercial environment.
Details
- Duration: 3 hours
- Delivery: Online
- CPD Points: 3 AIA points, 30 NZRAB points
Advisory Services
Our team of Architectural and Construction Advisors offer complimentary advice, technical resources, and tailored guidance to ensure seamless integration of an Escea fireplace into your project.
