This workshop provides contractors with the prerequisite knowledge to participate in the Home Performance with Energy Star program. It is an excellent opportunity for insulation and air-sealing companies, heating and air (HVAC) contractors, handy folks and home-renovation firms to expand their businesses and distinguish themselves from their competitors in the market. The four-day training covers an introduction to the program, use of the diagnostic equipment, basic building-science concepts, and site visits to houses. A half-day training is available for sales staff.

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Learn how green homes provide buyers with lower energy costs and higher value. This course for building professionals discusses strategies for incorporating green-building principles into homes without driving up the cost of construction. Students 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.

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The Solar Decathlon is a competition in which teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar powered house.

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The coursework is intense, and the schedule is rigorous: Mornings are spent in the classroom, where building pros hammer home the facts and theories. Afternoons are spent in hands-on practice, where these facts and theories are put to test with another sort of hammer.

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Fees: $750 per individual; $1,400 per couple

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Learn how green homes provide buyers with lower energy costs and higher value. This course for building professionals discusses strategies for incorporating green-building principles into homes without driving up the cost of construction. Students 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.

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Over the past ten years, American Youthworks’ Casa Verde Builders has built 90 innovative, quality, energy-efficient homes for low-income families in East Austin. Workshop Objectives: --Define and demonstrate Green Building Techniques and Materials. --Classroom and on-site contact with materials, staff & participants. --Green Building check lists/rating process for Austin. --Discussion of Green Building plans and challenges.

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Taking this course is the first step toward becoming a Certified Home Energy Rater. As an energy rater, you will be able to produce energy rating reports that will help home buyers and homeowners qualify for financing incentives through a variety of private and government loan programs. This course complies with the Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating System Accreditation Standard, which has been adopted by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the National Association of State Energy Officials.

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Contact: HERS@southface.org
Tel.: 404-604-3597
Fees: $1,155

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This course is required for all builder members of Green Built™ Michigan. After this three-hour program, you will have a firm understanding of the home certification requirements of Green Built Michigan. Participants will walk through all seven sections of the National Model Green Home Building Guidelines and the builder home certification checklist. Participants will also learn the process for certifying their homes. In addition, they'll learn the basics of green building, get tips on making homes more energy-efficient, durable, and environmentally sustainable, and explore the importance of indoor air quality and low-impact development.

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Contact: Steph
Tel.: 800-305-2021
Fees: $50 for non-members (or FREE if you join Green Built within 30 days); for members, one FREE training session per year is covered by your dues.

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Learn how green homes provide buyers with lower energy costs and higher value. This course for building professionals discusses strategies for incorporating green-building principles into homes without driving up the cost of construction. Students 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.

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The U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild is an unparalleled opportunity to connect with peers, industry experts, and influential leaders as they share insights on the green building movement and its diverse specialties. At Greenbuild 2007, we'll explore the theme of "Accelerating Green Communities" with outstanding educational sessions, exciting speakers, special events and tours, and our largest exhibit hall ever.

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Fees: $75 and up (see event site for full details)

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Join us for these huge parties with a purpose. You'll enjoy more than 200 visionary speakers and 400 green businesses in each city, great how-to workshops, green films, yoga and movement classes, green careers sessions, organic beer and wine, delicious organic cuisine, and live music.

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Fees: $15 each day for adults; students/seniors $7; kids 12 and under free

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Build Boston is a regional trade show and convention for the design and construction industry, attracting suppliers of building technologies, products, and services. The conference is for architects, specifiers, contractors, engineers, interior designers, renovators, facility managers, building owners and other professionals in the design and construction industry.

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Contact: Cindy Moriarty
Tel.: 800-544-1898
Fees: $80 and up (see site for full details)

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Learn how green homes provide buyers with lower energy costs and higher value. This course for building professionals discusses strategies for incorporating green-building principles into homes without driving up the cost of construction. Students 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.

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This is an intensive solar workshop for design professionals on the specific skills needed to produce high quality feasibility reports, drawings and specifications that are currently in high demand by architectural design teams, engineering firms, developers, and discerning property owners. This class will refine your skills and help you confidently negotiate through design development, stringent building dept. DSA reviews, the bidding process, and construction administration. Instructors: Jack West, Photovoltaic Systems Engineer, has been designing PV systems for 17 years and is in high demand by many of the Bay Area's top architects and developers. Christina Manansala, Principal Engineer, is a recognized expert in energy efficiency and renewable energy.

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Interested home builders and building professionals are invited to our series of four-hour workshops on several important green building topics. Often it is hard for builders to attend weeklong courses, and often these courses cover more topics than are of particular interest to a builder new to green building. The goal of these four-hour courses is to give builders and other building industry professionals a good understanding of high-performance and green home construction topics in easy-to-handle chunks of information and time. Each day that we offer a topic workshop, we are offering two workshops back to back--one in the afternoon and one in the evening--separated by a quick dinner provided to anyone in either class. The workshop material is based on the NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program’s checklist. These workshops are a great way to become more familiar with both the checklist and the high-performance building techniques that it encourages.

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Fees: $59 before November 27; $89 after November 27

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