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STRUCTURED CPD

STRUCTURED CPD COURSES

Butler Harwell assists architects, designers and developers in achieving beauty alongside functionality.

We support CEDIA in delivering RIBA and BIID Accredited Structured CPD courses, giving professionals the tools to realise a project’s full potential. CEDIA CPD courses provide insight into the rapidly developing Home Technology Industry and help attendees address the subject with confidence. Guidance and expertise from our specialists will educate your teams on how to sustainably plan technology innovations into design, while making informed, cost-saving and value-adding decisions.

We appreciate time is valuable and will help to book the most suitable training session for you. We deliver courses at the Huf Haus show home in Weybrdige, and in specialist partners’ demonstration facilities where examples of seamless design and technology marriages can be seen in-situ. If these locations are not convenient, we are happy to visit client offices and external venues.

Cabling for the Integrated Home

CEDIA Course Material
Starting with a definition of the ‘Smart Home’, this course demonstrates the necessity of a reliable cable infrastructure to satisfy the homeowners’ basic demand for media consumption, whilst withstanding modern building methods. This CPD explores the various devices used at home for entertainment, data exchange, communication, energy control, security, and more and provides valuable insight into how a compact, long-term smart home wiring system saves time, money, and supports the modern digital lifestyle.
Key vocabulary and phrases
Basic design principles
What is required to cable an ‘Integrated Home’
Key metrics/space
When to ask for guidance or professional assistance
CORE CURRICULUM: Design, Construction & Technology
DURATION: 1 hour
KNOWLEDGE LEVEL: General Awareness
Attend this CPD at our Huf Haus HQ and Show Home in Weybridge where you can experience a pioneering example of an integrated home.
Alternatively, we can host CPDs at client offices on request.
Complete Booking Request Here

Outdoor Technology - Extending the Living Space

CEDIA Course Material
Homeowners today are increasingly utilising their outdoor space, in many respects, as an additional room. Integrated technology is facilitating the use of gardens and patios of all sizes as invaluable living spaces. With around 22 million domestic gardens in the UK, and an approximate 40% of the £7.5 billion spent on gardens each year allocated to home comforts, outdoor smart home technology is increasing.ly popular. This CPD explores technology innovations including lighting, AV, wi-fi, automation, security, and effective integration that can withstand the elements outdoors.
- How to specify technology options for outdoor spaces
- Outdoor project site evaluations
- How environmental conditions influence outdoor technologies
- How to review infrastructure and equipment requirements
- How to examine control options and real-world applications
- CORE CURRICULUM: Design, Construction & Technology
- DURATION: 1 hour
- KNOWLEDGE LEVEL: General Awareness
Attend this CPD at our HQ and Show Home we share with Huf Haus in Weybridge where you can experience integrated outdoor technology.
Complete Booking Request Here

Designing Home Cinemas and Media Rooms

CEDIA Course Material
Digital entertainment is considered a basic commodity in modern life. Craft a dedicated and convertible entertainment space, however, and the homeowner’s experience is amplified far beyond anything basic. Learn the foundations to design luxurious home entertainment rooms that exceed the quality of experience in cinema theatres. This course clarifies the difference between home cinemas and media rooms and exemplifies how varying components can be tailored to suit individual briefs.
- The difference between a home cinema and a media room and the basic vocabulary used
- How to raise awareness of home cinemas and media rooms
- How to help clients choose and specify rooms and raise the standard of the rooms
- The components that make a good home cinema room and media room
- The design principles of sound and vision
- How to work with a system designer and look at requirements
- CORE CURRICULUM: Design, Construction & Technology
- DURATION: 1 hour
- KNOWLEDGE LEVEL: General Awareness
Attend this CPD at one of our specialist cinema partner’s showrooms for a beautiful and immersive home entertainment experience.
Alternatively, we can host CPDs at client offices on request.
Complete Booking Request Here

Designing the Connected Home

CEDIA Course Material
This module highlights how integrated systems allow a client to enjoy the spaces you design, without compromising on great aesthetics. Explore why good design requires the consideration of a client’s technology consumption, and the importance of installing the right wiring at the beginning of a project. Know when to get help from an expert with popular systems such as lighting control, climate control, security, home automation, energy management, remote monitoring, and entertainment. Understand how a CEDIA integrator can help at different stages of a project.
The benefits of home automation, systems integration and structured wiring
Why it is vital to discuss technology with clients
The possibilities for technology in home design and know who to contact for assistance
The basic techniques and terminology used within Custom Installation
CORE CURRICULUM: Design, Construction & Technology
DURATION: 1 hour
KNOWLEDGE LEVEL: General Awareness
Visit our beautiful Huf Haus HQ in Weybridge, view a prime model of a connected home and experience enhanced living.
Alternatively, we can host CPDs at client offices on request.
Complete Booking Request Here

Introduction to Integrated Lighting Design

CEDIA Course Material
Explore the importance of natural and artificial lighting in an interior space, and how lighting techniques including colour, intensity, placement and creative layering can enhance a room and improve welfare. Understand the difference between meeting industry standards and achieving high-end, luxury light design. Learn how, with the help of a CEDIA specialist, bespoke lighting solutions can illuminate different spaces and be effectively controlled with the correct cabling infrastructure.
Various types of lighting
How to differentiate between different lighting design techniques
The processes of integrated lighting design and how it fits into the wider design process
The role light quality plays in lighting design
Design considerations for integrated lighting
When a technology professional should be involved in the design process
CORE CURRICULUM: Design, Construction & Technology
DURATION: 1 hour
KNOWLEDGE LEVEL: General Awareness
Visit our beautiful Huf Haus HQ in Weybridge, or one of our specialists Lighting partners’ showrooms for a sleek representation of total light management.
Alternatively, we can host CPDs at client offices on request.
Complete Booking Request Here

Book CPD

CEDIA is a leading global industry association for home technology that represents over 3,700 member companies specialising in designing and installing electronic systems for the home. CEDIA members work with architects, specifiers, interior designers and developers to design and install suitable smart home systems, either at new build or refurbishment stage. Through education and training, our members are best equipped to provide advice on the solutions available the best meet the clients’ needs.

Butler Harwell’s Managing Director Tom Butler served on CEDIA’s board of directors from 2013 - 2017 and he, with his Outreach Team, continues to educate on behalf of CEDIA as an Outreach Instructor. Butler Harwell Directors Roy Ashby and Tom Butler are lifelong contributors to the Technology Industry and have a valued partnership with CEDIA. They are advocate’s to CEDIA’s industry standards, and are committed to educate and assist Design and Build professionals in technology integration, without compromising aesthetics.

Why work with a CEDIA Integrator?

SUPPORT FROM THE START

Consider technology early on and avoid expensive changes once designs have already been produced.

PREPARING THE BRIEF

Appreciate the client’s needs, lifestyle, and requirements. Understand how to apply technology to enhance life at home and prepare a brief.

DESIGN

Produce detailed documentation based on client briefs and attend site visits.

PROJECT SCOPE

Ensure that the correct equipment is specified based on the project size and budget.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Coordination with other trades and designers such as M&E consultants, Interior Designers and Quantity Surveyors.

PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE

Extensive knowledge about system integrity, technology, current and upcoming trends, and product suitability.

CEDIA member Butler Harwell is a partnership of experienced professional installers that specialise in technology for residential and commercial properties. You can get in contact with us via one of the methods below, or fill in the form and we’ll be in touch to discuss your needs.

Our first point of contact with a client is a 20 minute strategy call. In this short amount of time we can establish your requirements and plan the next steps in your project. After your call, all clients are invited to a free exploratory session with our design team. It is absolutely complimentary and can take place at a time and venue to suit you.

Get in Touch

We’re here to help at any point in your home enhancement project. Please get in touch by phone, email, or complete the contact form below and we will get in touch with you.