HSLL 4003 - Green Homes Certificate Program

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

We have created a way for you to learn about sustainable building tools and strategies. 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 residential building.

This Green Building Certificate is offered by the Department of Construction Management's Institute for the Built Environment 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.
• 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. This program is also appropriate for individuals interested in applying sustainable building principles in the personal lives.

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

Program Outline

• Introduction to residential green building in Colorado
• Site & home design: first steps toward a Green Home
• Energy efficient envelope: the backbone of a Green Home
• High performance HVAC systems
• Renewable Energy Systems
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Field trip: home performance testing demonstrations; Green Homes visits
• Sustainable & healthy building materials/products
• Natural home building techniques
• Design charrette
• Construction waste recycling, deconstruction, remodeling
• Economics of green building
• Rating systems: LEED-Homes, Built Green, Energy-Star

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 Homes 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.

Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.

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