Every deliverable — free with any course, or buy standalone in the live store. Enter the Academy library →
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Derivatives · Deliverables · Basic Courses

Every deliverable,
one academy.

The paywalled store for the Blind Solutions knowledge estate — eBooks, Guides, Cheatsheets and self-study Basic Courses on solar shading, SANS XA compliance, daylighting, motorisation and the craft of window treatments. Bundled free with any full course or module — or bought standalone, right here.

Browse the live store → How free access works
68
SKUs in catalogue
4
Deliverable formats
28
Source courses
R199
From — entry tier
How it works

Free when you commit. Affordable when you don't.

Every deliverable in this store has two doors. Walk in through a course, module or module and the matching derivatives are already paid for. Or pick up exactly what you need, à la carte, at a fraction of the course price.

Included free

Buy a course or module — these come with it.

No extra charge · delivered to your library on enrolment

  • ✓Full Course (ShadeSchool) — unlocks its companion eBook, Guide & every Cheatsheet
  • ✓Full Course (Architects division) — the same derivatives for the specifier titles
  • ✓Any Module purchase — unlocks the deliverables mapped to that module
  • ✓Lifetime access & free revisions to every included deliverable
See what each tier unlocks →

Buying a course is the cheapest way to own a deliverable. The store price is what you pay only if you want the deliverable on its own.

Standalone purchase

Just need the document? Buy it here.

One-time payment · instant download · no enrolment required

  • ↓Cheatsheets from R199 — single-page field references & decision trees
  • ↓Guides at R449 — applied, illustrated 18–30 page how-to documents
  • ↓eBooks at R699 — the deep, referenced treatment of a single subject
  • ↓Basic Courses at R899 — a self-study course plus its eBook (no CPD points)
Go to the store →

Bought standalone and later enrol in the full course? Your standalone purchase is credited toward enrolment.

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Where the Academy sits. ShadeSchool runs the full courses, the Architects division serves specifiers, the cockpit builds modules — and the Academy is the shop that sells the documents all three produce. One paywall, one library, one certificate verifier.

The store

The deliverables, by format.

Sixteen representative SKUs drawn from the live catalogue — facade analysis, SANS XA compliance, daylighting, motorisation, concealed blinds, curtain-making and the history series. Filter by format, sort by price. Free with any course — or buy any item standalone in the live store.

No deliverables match that filter.
Pricing ladder

One subject, six ways to own it.

Take “SANS 10400-XA shading compliance.” You can buy the field cheatsheet for coffee money — or climb all the way to the full masterclass. Each rung up includes everything below it.

01 · Cheatsheet

Field Cheatsheet

R199 standalone

Single-page reference card — the values, formulas & checks you need on site.

02 · Guide

Applied Guide

R449 standalone

18–30 illustrated pages — worked SA examples, decision trees, workflow diagrams.

03 · eBook

Reference eBook

R699 standalone

The full, standards-referenced treatment of the subject — the canonical document.

04 · Basic Course

Basic Course

R899 course + eBook · no CPD

Self-study video course bundled with its eBook. Includes every cheatsheet & guide above.

05 · CPD version

CPD version — not sold here

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The CPD version will be available on the SAIAT e-Portal and on CPD On-Demand. For the five courses SAIAT has validated: “This course is validated as a Category 1 CPD activity by SAIAT for all SACAP-registered professionals. Attendees will earn 0.5 Category 1 CPD points.” Everything on this site is a full course, module or document: Not a CPD activity; no CPD points.

06 · Full Course

Full Course

R2 990 complete programme

The complete ShadeSchool programme — every module, every deliverable, lifetime access.

Buy at any rung and the matching derivatives are included free from rung 4 upward. The store sells rungs 1–4 standalone.

Certificate verification

Every certificate, independently verifiable.

Basic Courses and full programmes issue a record of completion carrying a unique verification code. Not a CPD activity; no CPD points. CPD certificates for the validated courses are issued by SAIAT on its own e-Portal. Anyone — an employer, a client, the SACAP or ECSA — can confirm it is genuine at the public verifier. No login, no PDF forgery.

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Blind Solutions Academy

Certificate of Completion — Basic Course

Programme
Beat the Heat: Energy-Smart Shading
Format
Self-study + eBook
Issued
16 June 2026
CPD status
Not a CPD activity
VERIFY · BSA-BC-7CB342-0468 · valid