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Considering attending a workshop? Here’s why you should… sooner than later. Green Building Education Training Meets a Variety of Continuing Education Needs
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LEED® Green Associate - Pre-Requisite AIA® / CES Provider Program ABC Green Contractor Certification PA Department of Labor & Industry, Uniform Construction Code (UCC) PA Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors & Geologists _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Commercial Design & Construction: Green Advantage "Talk the Talk" Sessions Green Building Education has developed a training program, “Building the Green Home”, which is beneficial for not only contractors and trades-people in the residential building construction industry, but also for developers and homeowners. The Residential program was developed through collaboration between home builders/developers and crafts persons. This curriculum is essentially industry specific to new construction, but it also contains aspects of renovation/additions and modular/manufactured housing. It gives the attendees knowledge of current ratings systems and explores the categories of rating systems and tools. It also affords an understanding of the prescriptive systems that assign points to various conservation features, computational systems which use tools to estimate energy consumption and performance systems that assess the energy efficiency ratings based on past fuel consumption. The extent of field validation/verification of individual systems and tools is discussed. An overview of the use and implementation of a home energy rating systems; LEED®, Green Globes®, NAHB®, Energy Star, RESNET®, HERS® is also included. The Residential program meets the same high standards as our commercial offering and can adequately prepare the attendee for many of the industry’s certification tests. Top Green building methodologies are well on their way to becoming the standard for new construction and the rehabilitation of buildings and homes. No longer a passing fad States, Municipalities as well as both public and private entities are reaping the benefits of going green. Green Saves Safely™ will prepare code officials, building inspectors, elected officials, planners, and design and construction professionals to recognize and understand green building elements and systems. The seminar begins by defining green building, introducing key principles and an exploration of building components: Site, Resource Efficiency, Energy and Renewables, Water Efficiency, and Indoor Environmental Quality. Attendees will be shown the most current and leading edge construction products and techniques. In the second half of Green Saves Safely™ participants learn about the next generation of green buildings, examples include: Living Buildings, Carbon and Water Neutral, and Passive Survivability. The next section, “Integrating Green into the Regulatory Process” addresses green building as it relates to the I-codes, the NEC, NFC and NSPC. Course instructors will demonstrate how code and code official’s play a role in tackling the most challenging environmental and national security issues. The day concludes with an overview of national green building and energy programs; building and employee certifications; and finally Federal Policy and Incentives for energy and green initiatives. Green Associate This two session course will provide an overview of the LEED Green Associate credentialing process, as well as give helpful tips and resources for passing the exam. The LEED Green Associate credential is a new designation for 2009, but it is also the first step in obtaining a LEED AP specialization under the new LEED v3. This course will review logistics of taking the exam, including format and content, provide tips on how to prepare for the exam, and provide you with sample questions. No course can provide “all the answers to the exam” and in order to pass you will still need to spend additional study time outside this review course in order to prepare for the exam. Top GBE: Fundamentals of Sustainability The first half of this course is designed to enhance your sustainability knowledge so you can better navigate your way through the green marketplace.You will be presented with the process by which American society is becoming green and how business and industry are taking this “new” old concept and are changing the way they operate and market their businesses. You will review best practices for determining how green a product is, and you’ll explore how green has integrated itself into and has been embraced by large segments of industry such as building design and construction. The second half of the course will assist individuals who want to become familiar with Green Building Rating Systems and LEED®, and are seeking foundational knowledge to benefit their role in the building design and construction industry. It will provide the attendee the ability to understand the green building movement and the application of sustainability in the marketplace, understand and enforce the core concepts and construction principles behind sustainable buildings, integrate green practices and strategies into construction processes and become knowledgeable enough about the LEED® rating system to apply it to their particular field of endeavor. Attendees leave with a general knowledge of several industry rating systems, with a broader focus on the LEED® rating system, its standards and requirements. |
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