Green Building for Professionals, an NAHB Designation Course
DESTINATION GREEN - Green Building for Building Professionals (an NAHB designation course):
August 6th & 7th, 9-4 daily: Class will be held at the Jeffersonian Institute in Jefferson, TX
Sponsored by:
Home Builders Association of Northwest Louisiana
and
The Jeffersonian Institute
Learn how green homes provide buyers with lower energy costs and higher value. This 2-day course for building professional discusses strategies for incorporating green-building principles into homes without driving up the cost of construction. Learn how green homes provide buyers lower maintenance, better indoor air quality, and better long-term value. Discuss techniques for competitively differentiating your home products with increased indoor environmental quality as well as energy and resource efficiency.
As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:
- Locate and design green building development sites.
- Effectively control moisture and durability for each component of the building envelope.
- Employ resource-efficient materials to achieve comfortable. Safe, and sustainable buildings.
- Strategize way to meet., exceed, and verify green building energy efficiency requirements.
- Implement indoor and outdoor water conservation practices.
- Achieve indoor air quality.
- Consider green building objectives in a remodeling project.
- Explain a homeowner’s and builder’s role in effective operation and maintenance of a green home.
- Apply successful business management, marketing, and sale strategies to sell green.
Click here for NAHB’s Spring 2010 PDF brochure