Become an Expert on Green Building Best Practices
Certified Green Building Professional
This course introduces you to the overarching principles of green building and the systems approach to the design, construction and operation of residential buildings. You'll develop an understanding of energy efficiency, resource conservation, water conservation, and indoor air quality, and how you can effectively convey the importance of these building principles to homeowners and renters.
Course Details
Certified GreenPoint Rater
Differentiate yourself in the marketplace and add value for your clients by becoming an expert on GreenPoint Rated. Whether your goal is to serve as a third party verifier or simply to design and build better homes, we've got the training to take your business to the next level.
A GreenPoint Rater performs all steps of the rating process, including helping the project team decide which points to achieve, verifying each green measure, and submitting the application and supporting documentation to Build It Green. Only Raters can submit verified projects for a Certificate of Evaluation.
Features
- Bi-monthly Rater Council webiner meetings
- Rater E-News to keep you informed of program updates, changes and other news
- Personalized support from GreenPoint Rated staff
- Access to private webpages with news
Certified GreenPoint Rater Pre-Requisites
| GreenPoint Rated (GPR) Certification Type | Green Building Education | GreenPoint Rated Core | Building Performance | Multifamily Experience | License/ Certification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPR New Home | |||||||||
| GPR Existing Home Single Family | |||||||||
| GPR Existing Home Multifamily | |||||||||
GreenPoint Rated Professional Pathway
GreenPoint Rated Core
GreenPoint Rated Core is a prerequisite for all other GreenPoint Rated Courses. This course introduces you to all GreenPoint Rated systems and includes basic policies and procedures program requirements, verification of select measures, the differing roles of advisors and raters, and the submittal processes.
Pre-Requisite: GreenPoint Rated Training Application and Certified Green Building Professional or green certification through another provider (e.g. LEED Green Associate. etc.)
Time: 20 hours
Format: Online, Live Streaming.
GreenPoint Rated New Home
This course is required for professionals certifying GreenPoint Rated new homes, both single and multifamily. This course covers policies, program requirements, verification, energy evaluation, the role of the rater and submittal processes unique to new homes for both single family and multifamily rating systems.
Pre-Requisite: GreenPoint Rated Core
Time: 8 hours
Format: Online, Live Streaming
GreenPoint Rated Existing Home Single Family
This course is required for professionals certifying GreenPoint Rated existing single family homes. This course covers policies program requirements verification energy evaluation and audit role of the rater and submittal processes uniue to a single family existing home. Note: as an Existing Home Rater, GreenPoint Rated has developed a policy that allows you to work a QA Rater to rate your own projects and serve as a one-stop shop to your clients.
Pre-Requisite: GreenPoint Rated Core
Time: 16 hours
Format: Online, Live Streaming
GreenPoint Rated Existing Home Multifamily
This course is required for professionals certifying GreenPoint Rated existing multifamily homes. This course covers multifamily building systems, Home Energy Rating System Program Phase II content specific to multifamily (MF HERS II), and other green measures and energy audits that will qualify you to perform work for most multifamily upgrade programs, including GreenPoint Rated.
Pre-Requisite: Building Performing Institute Multifamily Building Analyst (BPI MFBA) certification + GreenPoint Rated Core
Time: 24 hours
Format: Online, Live Streaming
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