NCCER Your Role in the Green Environment

2-Day Training Course

(9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with 45 minute break for lunch)
 
COURSE OBJECTIVES

  • Describe the major challenges to the green environment that are caused directly or indirectly by the built environment.
  • Identify decisions and actions in your personal and work life that impact the green environment.
  • Prioritize your actions in terms of which ones matter most for the green environment.
  • Describe the life cycle phases of a building and the impacts on the green environment over its life cycle.
  • Identify green alternatives to conventional building practices and describe the pros and cons of those alternatives.
  • Identify specific practices you can implement at work to improve your impacts on the green environment.
  • Describe the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating process.
  • Identify construction activities that contribute to a project’s LEED rating.
  • Identify common construction pitfalls that may affect a project’s LEED rating.
  • Identify the LEED 2009 resources and tools that are used in managing LEED projects:
    • Project Scorecard and Templates
    • Construction Waste Management Strategy and Tracking
    • Sustainable Materials and Resources Strategy and Tracking
    • Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan

YOU WILL RECEIVE

  • Contren® Learning Series class participant trainee guide that includes:
    • Green Advantage Study Guide
    • List of common acronyms used in the green building environment
    • Practice tests
    • Green Jobs Initiative Framework Chart

EXAM AND CREDENTIALS

  • Exam is giving in the class by EcoPotential
  • Participants  earn NCCER credit for the class
  • LEED AP’s  and Green Associates earn 15 hours of continuing education under the Green Building Certification Institute’s (GBCI) Credentialing Maintenance Program
  • Participants will be prepared to take Green Advantage exam to become Green Advantage Certified
  • Participants will be given a Green Advantage study guide

 (Participants should bring the latest copy of their water, gas, electric, sewer, and trash bills for calculating their footprints.)
See link for more information on the course: http://www.nccer.org/green.aspx

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