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Online Green Courses and Modules

Sustainability and Green Building
Contact: Paul Tingler
[email protected]
Director, Instructional Design & E-Learning
(202) 266-8162

High Performance Building Online Courses

Learn how to implement cost-effective green building techniques and boost your production efficiency by taking the online courses, Basics of High Performance Building and Advanced High Performance Building: Project Management.

Both courses reference the newly revised ICC/ASHRAE 700-2020 National Green Building Standard® (NGBS). Earn continuing education credit towards a NAHB designation or get AIA continuing education credit.

To learn more about NAHB Continuing Education Credit and AIA credit, please click on each individual course link below for more details.

These courses are registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education.

The NAHB is a Registered Provider with The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems. Credit(s) earned on completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request. 

Basics of High Performance Building With a focus on flexibility, building science basics and cost-effective solutions, the course provides tools for a successful green project and includes a review of the newly revised ICC 700-2020 National Green Building Standard®.
Advanced High Performance Building: Project Management Combining Project Management Institute concepts with the “whole-house” approach to building, this six-hour full course identifies important systems, documents and communication strategies. It is highly recommended that the High-Performance Building for Building Professionals be taken prior to this, or that an attendee has a basic understanding of green certification programs and how they work.

Modules:

  • – In this 1.25-hour module, understand the importance of including effective planning and coordination throughout the life-cycle of a green building project.
  • – This 1.5-hour module explores the tenants of a project management system such as defining goals, creating processes to meet the goals, creating benchmarks, maintaining a schedule, containing costs and measuring outcomes. Understanding such attributes are especially critical to a project that is seeking certification to a green building program.
  • – This 2.5-hour module reviews how to use green building certification tools and processes, such as the NGBS, as planning tools and checklists throughout the project to meet the client’s goals and attain certification.
  • – This 1.5-hour module will help green builders, remodelers and other building industry professionals learn how to decrease their risk through proper messaging, effective documentation and detailed planning.
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