Beyond Quality: Design and Build the Exceptional Home
Quality is often defined by codes, regulations and mandates created outside the building profession. Each of these focuses on a specific area that can be easily measured but rarely considers the home in its entirety or equates value with affordability.
In this course, NAHB redefines the quality home and sets the standard by which new homes should be evaluated. Elements from several design concepts are integrated into a balanced approach that best meets the needs and goals of its future residents. Addressing efficiency, sustainability, resiliency, livability, and affordability throughout the design and construction process to create a truly exceptional home.
When you complete this course, you’ll:
- Explore the definition of a quality home and how it is perceived differently both within the homebuilding industry and by the home buyer.
- Define and exemplify elements of efficiency, sustainability, resiliency, and livability in residential construction.
- Evaluate a home design and identify opportunities to incorporate and enhance these elements.
- Describe techniques to enhance affordability by balancing construction cost with long-term costs of ownership.
- Explain and illustrate “quality affordability” to buyers, insurers, appraisers, lenders and regulators.
This course is ideal for residential construction professionals who want to build higher-performing homes and better communicate the value of quality construction.
You should take this course if you are a:
- Home builder seeking to deliver homes with lasting value and balanced performance
- Remodeler incorporating quality upgrades that improve durability, efficiency and livability
- Project manager responsible for maintaining quality throughout the construction process
- Sales and marketing professional who wants to better explain the value of quality construction to prospective buyers
- Residential construction professional interested in improving home performance without sacrificing affordability
- Industry professional who wants to understand how quality impacts homeowner satisfaction and long-term value
Whether you’re designing, building, remodeling or selling homes, this course provides practical insights to help you define, deliber and communicate quality with confidence.
This course counts as 6 credit hours toward the continuing education requirement for the Certified Master Building Professional (CMBP) and Certified Master Remodeler Professional (CMRP) credentials.
Participants will also earn 6 hours of continuing education credit for the following NAHB designations: CAPS, CGA, CGB,CGP, CGR, CMP, CSP, GMB, GMR, Master CSP and MIR.