Certificates

Green Building Certificate

• Are you interested in working toward healthier, smarter buildings?
• Would you like to better understand effective energy and water use?
• Curious about successful case studies of green buildings and developments?

We have created a way for you to learn about sustainable building tools and strategies, including LEED, a registered trademark and the nationwide rating system of the U.S. Green Building Council. Our certificate program is geared toward working professionals, providing an accelerated evening program with the critical knowledge you need to respond to emerging trends in commercial and residential building.

This Green Building Certificate is offered by the Department of Construction Management and has been developed in response to a growing need for specially trained professionals able to respond to a changing industry and culture.

Benefits

Earning our Green Building Certificate will:

• Update you on environmentally sustainable construction from the Rocky Mountain region's leading university in construction management education.
• Expand your existing knowledge base to aid you in preparation for the LEED accreditation exam.
• Help you integrate environmental concerns with career satisfaction. Facilitate learning from faculty members at Colorado State University and regional experts in the industry.
• Enhance your career in a convenient one evening per week educational setting.

Who Should Attend

If you work in the design and construction industries and are seeking to further your career, this certificate will greatly increase your competency and ability to contribute and advance.

Following are examples of industry-related audiences who would benefit from this certificate: design professionals, contractors, and builders; planners and commissioners; facilities managers and stakeholders; built environment engineers and decision-makers.

Program Outline

Our twelve-week certificate program provides a comprehensive overview of the following construction topics:

• Site development
• Energy efficiency and conservation
• Water use and conservation
• Day lighting and natural ventilation
• Environmentally smart materials
• Integrated building and energy systems
• Occupant health and productivity
• Deconstruction, life cycle costing, and recycling
• Building commissioning
• Economics of sustainability
• LEED rating system and accreditation

Faculty

Colorado State University faculty and regionally recognized guest speakers bring breadth and depth of professional experience to the classroom. Colorado State University is a national leader in providing construction management education.

• Brian Dunbar is the lead instructor of the Green Building Certificate Program. He is the Director of the CSU Institute for the Built Environment (IBE), coordinating the graduate emphasis in Sustainable Building and researching healthy, sustainable buildings. Brian is a LEED-NC and LEED-CI Accredited Professional and is a national faculty member with U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Guest instructors include other IBE faculty and some of the top green building professionals in the region. Hereare a few highlights from their extensive resumes:

• Kurt Buss, former Program Manager for ReSource, award-winning building material reuse program, which operates reuse yard and performs building deconstruction.
• Steve Byers is a principal at EnergyLogic, Colorado's leading provider of residential energy and sustainability services. He has 15 years of experience in consulting, testing and educating builders and others about building performance and design. EnergyLogic is a LEED-Homes participant among other performance and sustainability programs.
• Carol Dollard, LEED AP and CSU Utility Engineer, has performed over 100 commercial and industrial energy audits, worked on two campus LEED projects, and helped bring wind power to campus.
• Kristi Ennis, AIA, sustainable design director at Boulder Associates, Inc., was project architect for medical architecture on the LEED-NC Silver Boulder Community Foothills Hospital and led the sustainable design initiative for BA’s new LEED-CI Gold office.
• Angela Guggemos, Ph.D., CSU Construction Management faculty member and research expert in life cycle assessment and life cycle costing for construction.
• Bruce Hendee, BHA Design, Inc., currently working on multiple LEED projects, has won American Society of Landscape Architects awards for sustainable site projects: Aurora Xeriscape Demonstration Garden and N. Colo. Water Conservancy District Headquarters.
• Erik Jeannette, P.E., Architectural Energy Corporation, directs the building commissioning department and has managed commissioning efforts for over 40 facilities, including numerous LEED projects.
• Alison Mason, LEED AP, principal of SunJuice, a solar consulting and design firm, and recipient of the 2004 “ Women in Solar Energy” award from American Solar Energy Society.
• Dave Nelson, AIA, IALD, and principal of DNA, specializes in architectural daylighting and electric lighting design, serves on USGBC Technical Advisory Group, and has participated in numerous LEED projects, including Platinum rated buildings.
• Josie Plaut, LEED AP, IBE Director of Projects, coordinates green building projects and offers working knowledge in LEED compliant design, construction, and documentation. Her research focuses on organizational change processes toward sustainability.
• Katherine Wagenschutz - After receiving her Masters degree from the CSU Sustainable Building program in Construction Management, Katherine became a Project Engineer for DPR Construction, led multiple LEED educational workshops, and served as the U.S. Green Building Council?s Orange County Chapter Chair. Since 2004, Katherine has worked as a sustainable building consultant providing project teams in design, construction and facilities management with green strategies that align with the various LEED certification programs.
• Lauren Yarmuth, DOMANI, is a LEED 2.0 and 2.1 AP, member of the USGBC Core Education Committee, Vice-President of the Colorado USGBC Chapter, and a LEED project certification reviewer.

Our Students

Students who have attended our certificate program are employed by the organizations listed below (partial list):

• Adolfson & Peterson Construction
• Alliance for a Sustainable Colorado
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• City of Boulder
• Colorado Housing & Finance Authority
• DMJM Aviation
• Daltile Ceramics & Stone
• Douglas County Libraries
• GAMBRO
• Georgia Pacific
• Golden Triangle Construction
• Green Spot Cabinetry
• Intrawest Resorts, Inc.
• McKee Medical Center
• McStain Enterprises, Inc.
• OZ Architecture
• Pinkard Construction
• Resonance Design LLC
• Resource Colorado
• Richmond American Homes
• Riviera Electric
• Roche Constructors, Inc.
• Saunders Construction
• Skanska USA Building, Inc.
• The Weintraub Organization
• Turner Construction
• XCEL Energy
• Western Area Power Administration