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Customized. Private. Convenient.
Arrange a customized workshop with the USGBC-NCC Education Program!
We will bring our trainings to your organization, and will teach what you need to learn. Let us teach your organization, associates, or friends - if you can get the group together, we will come to you. Choose from one of our developed workshops, or let us work with you to build a customized workshop based on your specific needs.
Benefits
- Convenience - Schedule a workshop based on YOUR availability and location
- Targeted Learning - Tell us what YOUR needs are, and let us do the rest
- Exclusivity - Learn as a team, for your own organization's benefit
- Savings - Cost will vary depending on the size of the group, the level of customization, and the location. (Savings usually begin at around 20-25 attendees, compared to public workshop pricing.).
Email us today for more information and to find out what makes the most sense for you! Please be sure to include the course subject (see Workshop Catalog below or explain your needs), your location, and group size.
All available workshop Topics
(Select workshop titles to see full description)
- LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation
- LEED AP Specialty Exam Preparation (BD&C, ID&C, O&M, ND, Homes)
- The Business Case for Sustainability
- The Cost and Value of Green Building
- Applying Green Building and LEED to Building Portfolios
- Greening the Green: Landscape Planning and Maintenance to Support Green Building and LEED Certification
- The General Contractor's Role in Green Building and LEED Projects
- LEED for Contractors
- Green Building Innovation and Communication for Product Manufacturers
- Clean and Green: Custodial Practices and Products to Support Healthy Environments
- Engineering Green: How (Civil, Structural, MEP) Engineers Can Play an Effective Role in Green Building
- LEED 101: The Mechanics and Credits of LEED
- The Living Building Challenge
- LEED 2009: Managing the Transition
- Biomimicry: Planning and Designing with Nature
- Selecting and Procuring Green Materials
- Strategies to Mimic Natural Hydrology in Existing Buildings
- LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance: Introduction, Overview and the Business Case
- Benchmarking & Enhancing Existing Building Performance Using LEED O&M
- Benchmarking Building Performance Using LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
- Building Commissioning: The Process and Value Proposition
- Carbon: Footprinting and Management Strategies
- Building Energy Auditing to Cost-Effectively Optimize Existing Building Energy Performance
- Analytical Tools and Techniques to Achieve Exemplary Building Performance
- Energy Modeling Analysis to Optimize Design for Energy Performance
- Greening the Campus: Green Building and LEED Strategy for Campus-Scale, Mixed-Use and...
- Analytical Tools and Techniques to Achieve Exemplary Community and Building Performance
- Creating Healthy Spaces for People
- Planning & Site Strategy to Achieve Exemplary Performance and LEED for Neighborhood Development
- ABC’s of Schools: Green Building Strategy to Create Healthy, Productive and Efficient Learning Environments
- Healthy People, Healthy Bottom Line: Applying Green Building and LEED in Healthcare Facilities
- Sustainable Tenant Improvements and the LEED for Commercial Interiors Process
- Greening Retail Environments and the LEED for Retail Rating System
- Using LEED on Historic Projects
- Energy Opportunities in New Construction and the Operation of High-Tech Facilities
All available workshop Topics: Content Descriptions
LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation
Full Day Workshop
New to green building? Start here!
Join the momentum of the emerging green building movement and distinguish yourself with the new LEED Green Associate credential. The LEED Green Associate credential is for professionals who want to demonstrate green building expertise in non-technical fields of practice.
This credential focuses on basic knowledge of green design, construction, and operations. The workshop focuses on the key information necessary to pass the LEED Green Associate exam the first time, including: the LEED implementation process, project site factors, water management, energy impacts, synergistic opportunities, stakeholder involvement in innovation, project surroundings, public outreach, and test taking tips and strategies. Participants will receive an eligibility certificate to take the LEED Green Associate exam upon completion of this course.
Start with the LEED Green Associate credential, and then further distinguish yourself with a LEED AP Specialty.
LEED AP Specialty Exam Preparation
Full Day Workshop
The LEED AP Specialty credential signifies an advanced depth of knowledge in green building practices and reflects the ability to specialize in a particular LEED Rating System. The LEED AP Specialty exam is divided into two parts: the first is the LEED Green Associate exam, which demonstrates general knowledge of green building practices see the previous workshop. The second part is a specialty exam based on one of the LEED Rating Systems.
Our LEED AP Specialty Exam Preparation workshops are designed to help you to pass any one of the following LEED AP Specialty exams with confidence the first time:
Building Design & Construction
Interior Design & Construction
Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Homes
Neighborhood Development
The Business Case for Sustainability
Half Day Workshop
Become a leader in the quickly growing green building marketplace by mastering how sustainability is a tremendous business opportunity. Learn to explain the business case for sustainability to key stakeholders and capture the vast middle market by explaining sustainability from a bottom line cost perspective.
- Develop the skills needed to make a compelling value proposition
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Become adept in the art of selling sustainability to your clients and potential clients
The Cost and Value of Green Building
Half Day Workshop
Learn about the costs and values, rationale, and adoption of green building in the marketplace and gain a comprehensive understanding of the green building value proposition.
- Understand where incremental costs are born and how they can be logically redefined as investments
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Learn why the market is shifting, how it is happening, and how you can tie in
Applying Green Building and LEED to Building Portfolios
Half Day Workshop
Become a leader in your field by gaining insight into how to optimize the green building approach for different portfolio scenarios. This interactive workshop, led by green building experts, will teach you what tools are available to support LEED certification.
Greening the Green: Landscape Planning and Maintenance to Support Green Building and LEED CertificationHalf Day Workshop
Are you interested in learning how to incorporate green building and LEED into the planning and maintenance of landscapes? Take this workshop if you are interested in exploring strategies to support green building and LEED performance.
- Develop skills to optimize your landscaping relationship to people, buildings and the environment
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Learn how green building and site performance is influenced by landscape decisions
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Gain an understanding of how these roles can effectively insert themselves into the green design process
The General Contractor's Role in Green Building and LEED Projects
Half or Full Day Workshop
Learn how general contractors can work with the project team to support early sustainable design decisions. This workshop covers general contractor’s scope and responsibilities during design and construction. It also explores pre-occupancy and tools and methods to support a successful project.
LEED for Contractors
Half Day Workshop
Are you a contractor interested in learning about green building and LEED projects? Gain basic knowledge and understand how contractors affect the outcome of a project.
- Learn the essential knowledge a contractor should have to be an effective member of a project’s team
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Understand the LEED process as it relates to your work
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Learn about the specific LEED credits that the construction team must implement
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Develop the tools needed to organize the information required for LEED review
Included in this workshop:
- Examples of proper LEED documentation
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Case studies with best practices to employ on all projects
Green Building Innovation and Communication for Product Manufacturers
Half Day Workshop
Whether you are a manufacturer or working on a project where green materials knowledge is essential, take this workshop do to develop a better understanding of how the market defines green products.
- Learn how you can evaluate, augment and market your products to address core sustainability criteria
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Understand what certification options are available
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Explore how to accurately communicate green product characteristics and survey recent product innovations
Clean and Green: Custodial Practices and Products to Support Healthy Environments
Half Day Workshop
Interested in learning about the importance of custodial decisions and practices in its application to green building and LEED?
- Learn how janitorial practices impact people and building performance
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Explore a framework for incrementally institutionalizing better practices
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Learn how custodial policy, practice and products can support green building performance and LEED for Existing Buildings: Operation and Maintenance certification
Engineering Green: How (Civil, Structural, MEP) Engineers Can Play an Effective Role in Green Building
Half Day Workshop
Do you work in engineering and are curious about what LEED means for you? Take this workshop if you are interested in exploring some of the latest engineering strategies to achieve exemplary green building performance.
- Learn how to proactively engage and support the green design and LEED process
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Learn when and how green building and LEED can be integrated into your scope of work
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Understand how to effectively identify and evaluate green design scenarios with your project team
LEED 101: The Mechanics and Credits of LEED
Half Day Workshop
Are you new to the world of green building and LEED? Take the first step towards jumping into one of the fastest growing markets in the country.
- Learn about the structure, process, costs, and scheduling for LEED credentialing and certification
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Gain a basic understanding of the U.S. Green Building Council and the LEED Rating System
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Understand the different Rating Systems and applications of each LEED Rating System
The Living Building Challenge
Half Day Workshop
The Living Building Challenge defines the highest measure of sustainability attainable in the built environment based on the best current thinking – recognizing that ‘true sustainability’ is not yet possible. Take this workshop to explore the intent, requirements and application of the Living Building Challenge.
- Learn through intensive review by professionals
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Understand the changes needed in planning, design, and construction strategies in order to shift from lower impact to truly restorative intentions in a project
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Follow the workshop guided by a conceptually framing power point presentation
LEED 2009: Managing the Transition
Half Day Workshop
Interested in understanding LEED 2009? Take this workshop to understand what all the hoopla is about around the transition to LEED Version 3 and get the latest updates in LEED professional accreditation.
- Learn the detailed changes to core LEED Rating Systems
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Develop the knowledge to effectively communicate with team members and clients
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Understand what the LEED changes mean and the impact these changes will have on future projects
Biomimicry: Planning and Designing with Nature
Half or Full Day Workshop
Are you looking for new tools, knowledge and inspiration to design sustainably and beyond? Become a leader in your field with this green building cutting edge knowledge.
- Learn how biomimicry offers a holistic and deeply rooted method to achieving true sustainability
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Understand how to solve real-life design challenges by applying nature’s design successes
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Develop great planning and design knowledge as an approach for single and multi-building developments or as an auxiliary tool for LEED or the Living Building Challenge
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Learn from a biologist/urban planner and an architectural designer – both professionally trained in biomimicry and sustainable building design
Selecting and Procuring Green Materials
Half Day Workshop
Are you a designer, specifier or other professional hoping to learn to identify, integrate and maintain green materials in projects? Looking for a way to choose the best green materials among all the “greenwash”?
- Gain a complete understanding of how environmental elements of materials should be evaluated
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Learn about the process and tools that support green materials selection
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Develop decision-making, procurement and materials management skills
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Become familiar with the material certification systems and tools available to support selection
Strategies to Mimic Natural Hydrology in Existing Buildings
Half Day Workshop
Take this workshop to learn the fundamentals of natural hydrology, understand how to evaluate the cost and performance impacts of prospective strategies, explore process and green building strategies to improve the water performance of existing buildings, and learn how to identify “target areas” for improvement.
LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance: Introduction, Overview and the Business Case
Full Day Workshop
Are you a building owner, operator or facility manager? Take this workshop if you are interested in improving the energy efficiency, occupant health and environmental impact of your building operations.
- Understand the LEED O&M system, assessment process, and the business case for pursuing certification
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Learn about LEED O&M implementation and documentation processes
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Understand the roles and responsibilities of team members working within a typical project timeline
Benchmarking & Enhancing Existing Building Performance Using LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Half Day Workshop
This workshop is for you if you are a building owner, facilities manager, maintenance contractor, developer or government representative interested in mastering the building audit process.
- Learn about initial assessment, corporate planning, and implementation of green building strategies
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Learn how to implement a comprehensive sustainability building audit toward LEED O&M
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Understand how LEED O&M effects the decisions you make
Benchmarking Building Performance Using LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Half or Full Day Workshop
Take this workshop to learn about the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Rating System (EBOM) and the process to benchmark current performance.
- Learn to identify and prioritize enhancement strategies and successfully implement them
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Explore methods to cost effectively optimize existing building sustainability performance using EBOM
Building Commissioning: The Process and Value Proposition
Half Day Workshop
Are you a building owner, facility manager and operator interested in learning about building commissioning? Take this workshop if you are interested in the critical process by which the design, construction and performance of building energy systems are assessed for their compliance with the owner’s goals and performance expectations.
- Learn how to identify design, construction or operational discrepancies
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Understand what can lead to immediate savings and protection of the owner’s investment
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Explore the intent, process and value of building commissioning
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Learn to communicate the value of building commissioning and understand your role in the process
Carbon: Footprinting and Management Strategies
Full Day Workshop
Learn how carbon footprinting, reporting frameworks, financial instruments, policies and protocols relate to each other and what market sectors will likely be impacted by this growing field. This class prepares you to capture an opportunity in the rapidly evolving field that is sure to grow with the impending passage of cap-and-trade legislation for carbon emissions.
Building Energy Auditing to Cost-Effectively Optimize Existing Building Energy Performance
Half Day Workshop
Take this workshop if you are an engineer, building operator or manager, commissioning authority, HVAC designer or contractor, architect, or general contractor interested in gaining an in-depth view of the ASHRAE Level I and II Energy Auditing process in existing buildings.
- Learn why and how energy audits are relevant to your building
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Master the major steps in the auditing process
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Understand the tools, information and analytical methods at each step
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Understand your role in the planning, implementation and evaluation of a successful energy audit
Analytical Tools and Techniques to Achieve Exemplary Building Performance
Half or Full Day Workshop
Take this workshop to learn about current analysis tools and methods available to provide support for early design and construction decisions that impact building performance.
- Learn about evolving techniques for bio-climatic analysis, energy simulation, daylight simulation and computational fluid dynamics
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Explore case studies and software demonstrations
Energy Modeling Analysis to Optimize Design for Energy Performance
Half Day Workshop
Take this workshop to understand the integration of energy modeling analysis into the design process and how it informs architectural design decisions.
- Explore why the value of energy modeling extends beyond the prediction and validation of energy system performance on the performance of the whole building
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Gain an understanding of the most critical variables in the energy modeling and analysis process and more effective methods by which to analyze and respond to modeling outputs
Greening the Campus: Green Building and LEED Strategy for Campus-Scale, Mixed-Use and Multiple Building Projects
Half Day Workshop
This workshop explores green building and LEED certification opportunities unique to campus-scale environments. After this workshop you will understand district and site level strategies that optimize campus and single building performance and how to use the LEED Application Guide for Multiple Buildings and On-campus Projects.
Analytical Tools and Techniques to Achieve Exemplary Community and Building Performance
Half Day Workshop
Take this workshop to learn how transportation-related carbon stems directly impacts a building’s performance. Learn how to achieve the next increment of exemplary performance at the building-scale, explore an analytical approach to siting, orientation and climatic variables, and more…
- Learn how to use analysis tools to make planning and site-level design decisions
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Learn through in-depth discussion of new developments in bio-climatic analysis, analyzing potential for district heating, cooling and power generation systems, and water resource assessment
Creating Healthy Spaces for People
Half Day Workshop
Take this workshop if you are interested in learning about planning and design strategies relating to greening and optimizing interior environments.
- Learn to optimize interiors to support occupant health, well-being and productivity
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Explore the triple bottom line as the primary measure of success
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Understand the ways in which healthy spaces can lead to increased productivity and survey design issues such as lighting, thermal comfort, space design and biophilia
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Follow case studies to illustrate the presented concepts and strategies
Planning & Site Strategy to Achieve Exemplary Performance and LEED for Neighborhood Development
Half Day Workshop
This workshop is for you if you are interested in understanding how the district, neighborhood and site scale planning link to design decisions on building performance.
- Learn about tools available to support planning and design of communities
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Learn how to support both community and building scale sustainability performance in the context of the LEED for Neighborhood Development Rating System
ABC’s of Schools: Green Building Strategy to Create Healthy, Productive and Efficient Learning Environments
Half Day Workshop
Take this workshop to learn about the attributes, benefits and challenges to the application of green building in schools
- Understand the parameters unique to defining ‘green’ in schools
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Explore the most critical influencing variables on building and occupant performance throughout the school’s life-cycle
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Learn green building strategy to meet multiple objectives
Healthy People, Healthy Bottom Line: Applying Green Building and LEED in Healthcare Facilities
Half Day Workshop
Take this workshop if you are interested in learning how green building can be applied within the strict parameters of the healthcare environment.
- Understand how to maximize employee, patient and building performance
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Participants will learn how to prioritize, evaluate and address the most influential variables on life-cycle performance while balancing multiple objectives and constraint
Sustainable Tenant Improvements and the LEED for Commercial Interiors Process
Half Day Workshop
Take this workshop to learn how tenants can integrate green building into their space selection, design, construction and operation decision-making processes using the LEED-CI Rating System as framework. Also gain a detailed understanding of the LEED-CI Rating System, and explore strategies to implement at critical decision-making points that maximize green building and LEED performance.
Greening Retail Environments and the LEED for Retail Rating System
Half Day Workshop
Take this workshop to understand the challenges and opportunities unique to applying green building to retail environments. Learn how to identify and pursue high and multi-impact green building strategies that address retailer, shopper, and employee performance, and explore how to apply the LEED for Retail Rating System at the single building or portfolio scale.
Using LEED on Historic Projects
Half Day Workshop
Take this workshop to learn how to use the tenets of historic preservation to identify and explore synergies between historic preservation and green building, understand the challenges and alignment between preservation and sustainability in buildings, and learn successful approaches for greening historic projects.
Energy Opportunities in New Construction and the Operation of High-Tech Facilities
Half Day Workshop
This workshop is for you if you are interested in understanding the application of green building and LEED in high-tech facilities, learning the primary opportunity areas to enhance occupant and building performance, and exploring the unique conditions of high-tech environments.
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