Green Building Guidelines, New Home Construction

Credit: 6 PDH Hours
Course Fee: $90.00
Pages: 54

How it Work!

  1. Register first and log into your account. Study and take the quiz for FREE until passed.
  2. After passing the quiz, follow the page, pay for the course and print your certificate.

Course Summary

These Green Building Guidelines are designed for the residential building industry.

The guidelines offer:

  • Cost Effective suggestions to minimize construction-related waste, to create healthier and more durable homes, to reduce operating costs for homeowners and to support local manufacturers and suppliers of resource efficient building materials.
  • Methods to reduce the impacts of building in Sonoma County communities – including solid waste management, water conservation, energy efficiency and resource conservation.

The practices contained in these Guidelines were selected for their viability in today’s market and their ability to promote sustainable building. Builders using this booklet will differentiate themselves in the marketplace while protecting our environment.

Learning Objectives

  • Overview of green building
  • How to start building green
  • Green points
  • Green building methods and materials
  • Selling green homes
  • Summary of green building benefits

Course Author

Sonoma County Waste Management Agency

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Certificate of completion of the course

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This online PDH course can also be used as a continuing education course for the following.

Architects

Civil Engineering

Structural Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Green Building - LEED Courses

Contractors

Landscape Architects

Home & Building Inspectors