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Green Building Certificate

Green Homes Certificate

“This is an exciting time in the building industry. LEED-guided, healthy, high-performance buildings are quickly becoming the standard for progressive cities, school districts, and the private sector. There is a place for all disciplines in this comprehensive, collaborative practice.” Brian Dunbar,
Program Director

Fall 2008
Tuesdays, September 9 - December 2, 2008
Denver, CO

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The IBE has created a program focused on sustainable building tools and strategies, including LEED®, the nationwide rating system of the U.S. Green Building Council. Our Green Building Certificate Program is an on-campus, accelerated evening program providing critical knowledge about emerging practices in commercial and residential building.

This certificate responds to the growing need for specially trained professionals who are able to adapt to a changing industry and culture. If you work in the design and construction industries and are seeking to enhance your career, this certificate can greatly increase your competency and ability to contribute, collaborate, and advance. Industry-related audiences who benefit from this certificate include:

• Design professionals – architects, engineers, planners, and interior
  designers
• Contractors and builders
• Building officials
• Facility managers and stakeholders
• Building owners and developers

PROGRAM CURRICULUM

Our 12-week Green Building Certificate provides a comprehensive overview of this fast-growing, dynamic field. Approximately 20% of the course addresses residential topics, 40% commercial/institutional, and the remainder applies to all aspects of the built environment.

Coursework focuses on the following topics in green building:

• Sustainable site development
• Environmentally smart building and finish materials
• Energy efficiency and renewable energy systems
• Water use and conservation
• Daylighting and natural ventilation
• Integrated building and energy systems
• Indoor environmental quality
• Deconstruction, recycling, and construction waste
• Building commissioning
• Economics of green building and life cycle costing
• LEED® Rating System and LEED® Accreditation exam preparation

In addition, participants experience an interactive design charrette and
have the opportunity to showcase a green building project. Peer learning is
integrated into the certificate program.

Many of our students successfully pass the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Professional Accreditation exam soon after completing this Certificate Program.

TEACHING FACULTY

• Brian Dunbar is the lead instructor of the Green Building 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 2.0 and 2.1 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. Here are a few highlights from their extensive resumes:

• Kurt Buss, Colorado Regional Manager for the Reuse People of America, has worked in reuse/recycling programs for over 14 years, two of which received national awards for their work in landfill diversion of natural resources. He now trains and certifies contractors to perform whole-house building deconstruction and material recycling.
• Steve Byers is a principal at EnergyLogic, Colorado's leading provider of residential energy and sustainability services. He has 15 years of experience in consulting, testing and educating builders and others about building performance and design. EnergyLogic is a LEED-Homes participant among other performance and sustainability programs.
• Carol Dollard, LEED AP and CSU Utilities Engineer, has performed over 100 commercial and industrial energy audits, worked on two campus LEED projects, and helped bring wind power to campus.
• Kristi Ennis, AIA, sustainable design director at Boulder Associates, Inc., was project architect for medical architecture on the LEED-NC Boulder Community Foothills Hospital and led the sustainable design initiative for BA’s new LEED-CI Gold office.
• Angela Guggemos, Ph.D., CSU Construction Management faculty member and IBE Director of Research specializes in life cycle assessment and life cycle costing research.
• Bruce Hendee, BHA Design, Inc., brings experience with multiple LEED projects, has won American Society of Landscape Architects awards for sustainable site projects: Aurora Xeriscape Demonstration Garden and N. Colo. Water Conservancy District Headquarters.
• Erik Jeannette, P.E., Architectural Energy Corporation, directs the building commissioning department and has managed commissioning efforts for over 50 facilities, including numerous LEED projects.
• Dave Nelson, AIA, IALD, and principal of DNA, specializes in architectural daylighting and electric lighting design, serves on USGBC Technical Advisory Group, and has participated in numerous LEED projects, including Platinum rated buildings.
• Victor W. Olgyay, AIA, principal and architect with Rocky Mountain Institute’s Built Environment Team, has performed architectural design, planning, environmental systems, acoustical, lighting and daylighting consultation on a wide variety of projects internationally, with an emphasis in the areas of bioclimatic, ecologic, and low-energy design.
• Brennan Schumacher, LEED AP, is founder of Be Green Consulting and directs integration of green building and sustainable design strategies, including architectural lighting design for industrial, commercial, and residential projects. He also teaches extensively about green building and LEED across the country.
• Katherine Wagenschutz - After receiving her Master’s degree from the CSU Sustainable Building program in Construction Management, Katherine became a Project Engineer for DPR Construction, led multiple LEED educational workshops, and served as the U.S. Green Building Council’s Orange County Chapter Chair. Since 2004, Katherine has worked as a sustainable building consultant providing project teams in design, construction and facilities management with green strategies that align with the various LEED certification programs.

TUITION & REGISTRATION

Tuition: $1,795
Includes three required texts, a framed Certificate of Completion, and a graduation program.

Early Bird Tuition: $1,695
If registration is postmarked no later than August 26.

Register Online Now!

For more information, email ibeinfo@cahs.colostate.edu or call (970) 491-3260.

Last updated on July 1, 2008