Green Building for Building Professionals (2-day Course)
Learn how green homes provide buyers with lower energy costs and higher value. This 2-day course for building professionals discusses strategies for incorporating green-building principles into homes without driving up the cost of construction. You will learn how green homes provide buyers lower maintenance, better indoor air quality, and better long-term value. Techniques are also discussed for competitively differentiating your home products with increased indoor environmental quality as well as energy and resource efficiency.
As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:
Locate and design green building development sites.
Control moisture and durability for each component of the building envelope effectively.
Employ resource-efficient materials to achieve comfortable, safe, and sustainable buildings.
Strategize ways to meet, exceed, and verify green building energy efficiency requirements.
Implement indoor and outdoor water conservation practices.
Achieve indoor air quality.
Consider green building objectives in a remodeling project.
Explain a homeowner’s and builder’s role in effective operation and maintenance of a green home.
Apply successful business management, marketing, and sales strategies to sell green.
NAHB is a Registered Provider with the American Institute of Architects
Continuing Education Systems. Credit earned on completion of this course
will be reported to CES Records for AIA members by the Provider.
Certificates of Completion for non-AIA members are available upon request.
This course counts towards 12 HSW/SD AIA credits.
For more information about this item, please contact The Professional Designation Helpline at 800-368-5242 x8154 or via e-mail at designations@nahb.org.
