Just wrapped a 12-hour openLCA course and want my next credits to focus on furniture-grade biomaterials and design-for-disassembly. I’m prototyping CNC kerf-bent seating in FSC beech using algae-based resin and non-isocyanate binders — what accredited programs or workshops have pushed your technique and material literacy forward?
And try Parsons’ Healthy Materials Lab CEUs on bio-based binders and Red List — they’re AIA/IDCEC approved and read like a nutrition label for glues in furniture spec reality (https://healthymaterialslab.org). Small caveat: SFC’s GreenLeaders is great for supply-chain literacy but you’ll still want to bench-test kerf joints for creep and heat with the algae resin. Are you seeing any springback differences between the NIPU and the algae system after CNC kerfing?