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Learning Objectives

1. Define cork, how it’s sustainably grown under FSC chain of custody, the careful process in harvesting, and the waste-free steps to a finished product.

2. Identify the third-party testing confirming that indoor-air-quality standards are met.

3. Acknowledge how a cork underlayment can provide significant acoustic benefits, a protective vapor barrier, durability, and comfort to the building’s occupants.

4. Review cork’s lifecycle and its green-building contributions.

5. Understand how cork contributes to a circular economy utilizing recycled, reclaimed, and reused cork for new products.

Comments

very interesting things i never knew thanks

Gary

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Great

Karen Junie

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Will use cork in the future

John

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Great presentation and presenter. Had no idea of the many uses of cork beside stoppers and underlayment.

James

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I learned a lot that I did not know. Thanks!

Franklin

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Verry well presented. The presenter had a good knowledge of the product and its use. A price comparison could be useful in my decision to use cork. Overall well done.

Ron

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Great presentation

Dietmar

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good!

Habib

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ok....interesting subject on cork - learned something

Tae (a.k.a. Francisco)

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Enjoyed the presentation. Didn't know you could harvest every 9 years

Thomas

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Great!

Ramona Venera

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Great!

Ramona Venera

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The training was very informative. Really enjoyed this training.

Sarkis

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Really great course, very informative

Lloyd

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Great course

Timothy

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Great Resource

DEZHAO

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Highly interesting. Cork is a great material for floor underlayment.

Michael

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Great

Albert

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Great

Albert

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great information

Matthew

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excellent and clear presentation

William

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Lots of great information on the whole process of harvest to finished product. Well presented!

Morgan

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good info

Randy

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Very interesting. Thank you.

Mary

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This course was very interesting and informative.

Denise

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Very informative, Thanks

Carl

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Very good presentation and learned much about cork!

Vincent

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Great Information!

Barbara

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Vey informative course. I've always been a fan of cork, but I feel this course really highlights all the properties and environmental benefits of the material.

Schauble

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A lot of new information well prepared in this course. Thank you Samer Nessiem

Samer

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Great product. Enjoyed learning about harvesting, production and final products.

Krystal

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I have cork floors in my house. Great product for longevity and sustainability.

John

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Great presentation

Kim

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Interesting information

Damian

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great!

Peter

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Nice info

Alex

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Very insightful

SUMIT

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Super good….excellent presenter

Bill

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Much of this information was new to me. Nice balance of technical and practical information.

Thomas

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VERY INTERESTING

Cristiana

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Valuable information

Kamran

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Relatively common knowledge, cost is the main inhibitor.

Jiarui

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Good Info

Ryan

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learned a lot about cork product!

Marie

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very clear, very interesting, very useful

Milton

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Very informative course.

Beatriz

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Good overview of materials.

Daniel

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Good presentation!

Alev

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Interesting!

Marybeth

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Love cork products!

Jeffrey

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This course was very interesting

Alissa

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Very fascinating - thank you.

Allyson

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great

Ken

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Interesting and informative

Michele

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Very informative session. I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and material.

Doug

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Very informative. Will use in the future

F. Patrick

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Very informative

Edward

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GREAT LEARNING!! THANK YOU

Naeem Ali

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Love me some CORK!

Keith

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Very Good Information learned a lot!

Chris

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INTERESTING

Jenna

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informative

Sara

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Thank you! I did not realize that cork had so much compressive strength

Sophia

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Great info.

Penny

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Great presentation

Herbert

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It was very well presented

John

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Cork is a great product! great course!

Marcos

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This was fascinating! I really enjoyed it. I thought it was a fluff course but took it anyway and was really surprised!

Laura

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Great seminar on cork

Michele

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Very interesting presentation, thanks!

Whitney

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interesting

Ashley

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interesting

Ashley

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Learned a lot about cork however the video stream was tough... kept buffering but was worth the wait and aggravation for the information presented.

Denise

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Great!

Anderson

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This was an extremely informative presentation. I learned so much. Thanks.

Kathy

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Excellent broad and deep survey of cork's natural gifts and benefits.

Donald

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Very interestigd presentation of about cork and how products from it are manufactured

james

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great product, good info—would have like to have seen sample projects with cork used for flooring, siding, etc.

Julian

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Great course, instructor was as dense as the cork but loved the material.

Jeremiah

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The presentation was very informative and learned alot about cork for 1st time. Thanks

Manzoor

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Very good. Seems very suitable to use under a stage floor for dance / ballet performances.

Robert

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I learned a lot about cork.

Mark

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great presentation

Kristin

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Interesting presentation on a natural material.

Niklas

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Excellent.- great product

Gerry

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Very interesting and will be a product to use.

David

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Very interesting and informative course.

Curry

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Great product presentation. Great product.

Clay

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Very good

Katherine

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Very informative

Patricia

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Very informative

Patricia

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Awesome presentation

Shannon

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cool material

Brandon

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Great information. I did not know all this about cork. Thanks

Steven

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great

Luis

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Great Job and very interesting, Cork is pretty interesting!

Anice

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good

Graciela

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Great Course! Very informative.. will be looking for an opportunity to utilize more cork!

Mario

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Very informative!

LUIS M

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Great information on the uses of cork!

Patrick

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This was a very informative and useful presentation. 5 stars (highest rating)

Michael

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It is helpful to learn the new concept.

ZHEN

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Great lesson and great information.

Bryan

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Very interesting and instructive.

Terrance

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Interesting, thanks!

Jennifer

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Enjoyed the course

Kevin

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great

Katherine

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Great info!

Christine

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very informative about the harvesting process, the natural product, and then how it is used in construction field

Joe

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Great explanation of the benefits of this material!

Syd

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Good

jerry

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this was a great course !

Yasmine

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Informative seminar.

Blaise

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Thorough introduction to cork growth, availability, uses and products. Well done.

Richard

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Interesting subject

Mark

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nice presentation

Carrie Wahl

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Very informative.

Allison

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Excellent course on cork. Always appreciated cork but learned more and my opinion is even higher. I would definitely recommend cork to my clients. I would also consider it for my own house. I am opposed to using to petroleum-based foams, particularly in historic structures.

Karen

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More appreciation for the cork stopper in my wine bottle

Glenn

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Presentation was excellent. Presenter was knowledgeable and conveyed the information very well. May have read too much directly from the earlier slides. Test appears to have a mistake where .....1 ton of cork harvested, 72 tons of CO2...(Slide deck indicates 73 tons of CO2).

Charles

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Interesting topic.

Merrill

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Interesting product

Andrea

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Good info about cork.

Sarah

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One of the most interesting presentations ive seen in a long time. Very thorough!

Hannah

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One of the most interesting presentations ive seen in a long time. Very thorough!

Hannah

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Very good.

Dean

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The most surprising insight was cork’s regenerative harvesting cycle—the bark can be removed every nine years without harming the tree, for up to two centuries.

Pedro

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Interesting

Marco

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Very informative.

Lyn

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Fascinating.Thank you!

Camilo

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nice presentation...learned a lot

Terry

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Very interesting!

Kelly

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Very informative.

Kenneth

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Great information- I had no idea cork was so versatile.

Daniel

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great content

Mark

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great seminar

Kojo

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Very interesting program.

Joe

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Very informative. Loved the detailed explanation of how cork is harvested.

Chris

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Very informative. Loved the detailed explanation of how cork is harvested.

Chris

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Loved the presentation and the information provided .

Darryl

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love this product

Robert

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fab

Alejandro

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Great, engaging session!

Danielle

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Very informative. Learned a lot from course.

Jose

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Excellent format and presentation of information. The presenter was very knowledgeable, clear, and kept a very good pace in delivery

David

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very interesting

Kristen

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Good info.

Mike

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great presentation

Adam

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First 100% I've ever gotten on one of these exams LOL

Michael

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Easy peasy

Jesse

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Very nice presentation and well spoken.

David

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interesting subject with informative presentation

Kellee

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Great Presentation!

Daniel

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Excellent course

Jeffrey

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I was not aware where cork was grown and how often the bark could be taken before this seminar.

Steven

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great COURSE

David

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Very Informative and interesting! Good presentation.

Bridget

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Interesting and informative

Andrew

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interesting

Todd

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I use cork in many projects - reaffirms its use

Aimee

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Thanks for the course

Joseph

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Enjoyable exploration of a very interesting natural material.

Cheryl

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Very cool exploration of an under perceived building material

Ravi

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good course

Gary

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Great!

Francisco

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Good information

Jesse

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Great presentation, but would have liked to cost comparisons with other materials used in the same capacities.

Mark

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Clear and interesting presentation, covering many aspects of the product from location, growth, manufacturing, usages, and useful properties.

Alfredo

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Interesting content about the versatility and resiliency of cork.

Michael

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Great topic!

D. Leslie

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Good one.

William

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Really interesting presentation

David

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great product

Wilfred

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Thank You - Very informative

Ben

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Wow! Such an amazing lecture! I really enjoyed it and will recommend it my colleagues.

Jovana

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Very insteresting

Zümrüt Çağlayan

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A comprehensive summary for its purpose, well worth the potential of further study and consideration. Thank you for this material, and its applications in this thorough introduction.

stuart

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Reinforces my view of cork

Ben

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Excellent

Shyamal

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met my needs

Dan

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Never connected the fact that this product is a great product to reduce VOC's

Amonet

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Very useful information

Sameh

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Very interesting information, thank you!

Jason

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great

Rob

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I found course very interesting.

Mary

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I enjoyed learning about the Cork Oak Tree, how we continually use technology to make the efficient use of this material from day to day consumer products to large-scale building projects!

Shegalla

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thanks you for this information , I will certainly pay attention to using it for many reasons - really like it for achieving a high LEED rating.

Tucker

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Great informative presentation!

John

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This was an excellent and fascinating presentation.

Stuart

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Very informative course.

Frank

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Great info

Tricia

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Interesting and informative

Svetlana

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Very informative! Thank you.

Gaston

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Informative

Halima

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Really liked this presentation

Otto

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THANK YOU VERY INFORMATIVE

Gary

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Helpful and informative. Thanks!

David

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It was an interesting course.

Claudia

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Excellent course.

Jay

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Good presentation

Thomas

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good intro to cork which shows the durability of building materials

Paul

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excellent seminar

BRANKO

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There was a lot I did not know about this product, so this course was very enlightening. Will definitely be trying to find ways to specify this product.

David

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Good presentation - knowledge gained!

Joe

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Good information. Thanks.

Gerard

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Great presentation

Ligia

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Great content! Thank you.

Julia

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Very informative. Really enjoyed the course.

Meighan

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Interesting topic! Love the potential of cork.

Suchita

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Great presentation

Christopher

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good

Courtney

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good

Courtney

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Great Course

Nick

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Great presentation.

Edward

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Good and comprehensive information

Andrew

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Thanks!

Joanne

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Interesting presentation - sounds like a great product

Nina

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Great graphics and videos to gain full grasp on the cork's lifecycle!

Jordan

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Excellent presentation with a few surprises.

Stephen

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Very informatvie

J.Reginald

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Great course!

Ivanka

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Great course!

Ivanka

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what a great product

Gary

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Great product.

Ian

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Very Informative

Mitesh

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