Allied's Green Real Estate Inspection Career Training Program (Green Building) applies solar business practices and green building design to your home inspection career. As a home inspector in today's green-conscious society, you need the skills to recognize and inform clients about solar energy options and sustainable building features. The ability to conduct a 'green' home inspection will set you apart - solar energy and green building knowledge will enable you to create an eco-friendly career. Upon successful completion of this program, students will be awarded one certificate. Please call to see if you qualify for tuition assistance and if your branch covers your program of interest.
The Business of Solar provides you with a strong foundation of the fundamentals of the solar energy
business, including how to build your business and develop effective sales strategies. Your knowledge of applications of solar energy in homes and businesses - from solar electric systems to solar modules - will give you the basis to promote the environmental, health and financial benefits of this leading renewable energy. Training in today's energy conservation methods, benefits of PV systems and solar business practices will be applicable to career opportunities in the real estate, business and industry.
Green Building Practices introduces the concepts involved in green building design and delivery, as well as the various systems used in green buildings. Be prepared to apply green principles and reasoning to management decisions, practical design and implementation procedures. You'll learn sustainable site criterion and analysis as well as the basics of building energy, water, material, and environmental quality technologies. Your knowledge will enable you to analyze and make sound business decisions with respect to green investment options, and play a key role in the sustainable building industry.
Allied’s Green Building Practices course is appropriate for both those seeking to become a LEED Green Associate, or new LEED Green Associates seeking a deeper level of green building training. While the course introduces fundamental concepts of green building design and delivery, as well as the various systems used in green buildings, it also lays a solid foundation that the student can use to test any of the decisions that have to be made in designing and constructing a green building, from materials selection to considering the use of natural systems for wastewater processing. The course addresses both institutional and residential structures and emphasis is placed on understanding practical working systems used in the structures. Several certification programs are briefly addressed from within the context of understanding how they affect building design decisions. The last module addresses cost/benefit analyses so the student will be able to write justification proposals for green building projects.