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Green Certification for Builders

Customized Training & Consulting partners with Live Green, Live Smart™ in offering Integrated Green, a training program for contractors, designers, realtors and project managers that offers certification as a green-savvy professional.

Because some rating systems are best suited for new construction, remodelers are often on their own when asked to make existing homes into sustainable houses. Live Green, Live Smart™ faculty cut through the clutter in two daylong sessions that fast-track building professionals in the philosophy and practical concerns related to building or remodeling green. Review why some “standard” building practices present issues for energy conservation, durability, health and safety. The Integrated Green Certificate will make you the contractor, designer or realtor of choice for homeowners who want a livable, sustainable, energy-efficient home.

Brochure: Integrated Green - Green Certification for Builders

Integrated Green - Green Certification for Builders

Day One: Going Green

Date: March 28, 2008
Time: 8am – 4:30pm

Peter Lytle

MORNING

Making a sustainable house: A vital primer in the principles of sustainability and green building and remodeling
Lead Instructors: Peter Lytle, Keith Poets, & Dan Haugen
This overview covers the principles of energy and environmentally aware building standards that consumers increasingly seek—and which codes and tax credits will soon demand. Learn to assess building choices with regard to sustainability, acquire a common language for green building, receive materials for homeowner education, and be introduced to sources and providers for greener remodeling. Explore practical examples of ways in which LEED and GreenStar standards are made into homes that both sell and provide quality living include site management and conservation, recycling and reusing onsite material, insulation and durability techniques, renewable energy options and installation, green materials and contents, water management issues, finding green vendors and operating a green house.

Don Shelby

LUNCH WITH DON SHELBY

Green is good for business
Don Shelby is a Minnesota newsman known for his interest in environmental issues. He is also an advocate for sustainable housing. Shelby will give keynote remarks on Day One of this program on the trend to greener building as good for the business and natural environments.

Keith Poets

AFTERNOON

Foundations, walls, roofs and insulation
Lead Instructors: Keith Poets & Glen Gakemeier
This session addresses common problems faced by building contractors, and offers proven, practical and innovative approaches to solving them. A home’s envelope determines what other green techniques and systems can be implemented effectively. Learn practices for meeting the demands of a new generation of materials and homeowners in an existing home.

Day Two: Complete the Certificate

Date: March 29, 2008
Time: 8am – 4:30pm

Mario Monesterio

MORNING

Renewable energy technologies and applications
Lead Instructor: Mario Monesterio Gain a basic understanding of the benefits, costs and challenges of choosing renewable energy systems as main or alternative sources of heat and power in existing homes–and how to advise your clients on suitable applications in their specific homes, including dealing with rising energy costs, pollution and occasions when their home falls off the grid. Participants will be introduced to current renewable energy technologies and practices, and how to evaluate the best choice for a given project.

• Geothermal
• Solar thermal and photovoltaic
• Wind-sourced power (home-generated and grid)
• Cogeneration
• Passive systems and specialized applications

LUNCH

AFTERNOON

Building for health and safety of occupants and the environment
Lead Instructors: Keith Poets & Dan Haugen
Gain an understanding of environmental challenges to existing codes and materials, new ways of thinking about and addressing issues of safety, accessibility and maintaining systems and contents in a tighter, greener home. The decision to make a healthy, sustainable home provides new opportunities for choosing plumbing, electronics and air quality systems. It is also important to educate subcontractors and homeowners to think in terms of environmental and human sustainability.

Note: To receive an Integrated Green Certificate, you must take both days and an evaluation at the conclusion of Day Two.

Green Certification for Builders Registration

To register, fill out the registration form.

Live Green, Live Smart web site: www.livegreenlivesmart.org

Questions?

For more information, contact:

David Baker
Business Development Manager
Phone: 651.846.1583
Fax: 651.228.4338
E-mail David Baker