Green building costs are overestimated by 300%*.  This fundamental mistake happens when green is seen as an add-on, rather than integral to a project’s success.  An integrative approach to buildings illuminates opportunities and synergies that not only enhance performance, but can have positive impacts on time and budget.  This two-part webinar series explores an integrative process, teams and systems.  In part one, we bridge the gap between design, construction, operations and maintenance with the goal of designing buildings for operational success throughout its lifetime. Part two illuminates best practices for charrettes and project team workshops as tools for meeting green building goals.  Join both sessions and get started on a path of success to designing, constructing and operating high performance, cost-effective green buildings.

Both sessions in this series will be registered for 1.5 hours of General (Not LEED Specific) GBCI hours as well as 1.5 AIA/CES LU hours. 

Listed below are the sessions that are included in this series. For further details regarding each session, or to purchase the session individually, please click on the session title.

Closing the Gaps between Design, Construction, Operations & Maintenance - May 10th

Charrettes and Team Workshops - May 17th 

*Reference: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (2008). Energy Efficiency in Buildings.

This five-session webinar series focuses on the technical requirements of the LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations 2009 Rating System, addressing the rating system’s seven credit categories: Sustainable Sites (SS), Water Efficiency (WE), Energy and Atmosphere (EA), Materials and Resources (MR), Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), Innovation in Design (ID) and Regional Priority (RP). Join us as USGBC LEED Faculty – both experts in LEED and skilled presenters – share personal case examples and demonstrate how credits have been successfully achieved on real LEED projects.

This series will give you a solid understanding of the LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations rating system and establish the foundation you need to implement LEED.

Each session in this series is approved for 1.5 hours of LEED Specific (BD+C) GBCI hours as well as 1.5 AIA/CES LU/HSW/SD hours.

Listed below are the sessions that are included in this series. For further details regarding each session, or to purchase the session individually, please click on the session title.

Sustainable Sites

Water Efficiency & Innovation in Design

Energy and Atmosphere

Materials and Resources

Indoor Environmental Quality

What positive impacts do you want your LEED projects to accomplish? What is your strategy to gain more points? The good news is: these two desires are not mutually exclusive. In part two of “Evolution of LEED: Weightings”, the results of the weightings process on point allocation and the evolution of LEED is explained.

We explore the rationale behind key priorities driving rating system development and analyze the impact of weightings on global issues such as climate change, human health,  economics and resource use and more. Top credits across each impact category and credit category will be explored to paint a clear picture of how the weightings process works and what the implications it will have on professional practice.

This session is approved for 1.5 hours of LEED Specific (BD+C, ID+C, O+M, ND, HOMES) GBCI hours as well as 1.5 AIA/CES LU hours.

Would you rather “do less harm”, or “do more good”? This fundamental question is the basis of LEED’s evolution. In LEED 2009, credit weightings were based on the EPA’s TRACI list to minimize negative environmental impacts. As LEED evolves, we flip the approach on its head by aligning credits directly with positive global outcomes.  In the first of this two-part webinar, learn the process behind how key priorities drive current and future development of LEED. Impact categories, prioritization, credit weightings, and point allocation will all be discussed in depth. Upon completion of this webinar session, attendees will be able to summarize how LEED points are given different allocations and how those allocations evolve with LEED.

This session is approved for 1.5 hours of LEED Specific (BD+C, ID+C, O+M, ND, HOMES) GBCI hours as well as 1.5 AIA/CES LU hours. 

Are you a GC struggling with design decisions you weren’t part of? Are you a designer, looking for partnerships to identify constructability and cost issues in the preconstruction phase and maximize your relationship with contractors? Then you should participate in this “Constructing LEED” webinar session!   

Much of the discussion around green building seems to come from the design perspective. What about the actual construction of LEED buildings? General Contractors and Subcontractors play an important role in the construction of LEED buildings. Their knowledge and expertise can be invaluable early in the design process as well.  

The first part of this series highlights the roles, responsibilities and opportunities of successful general contractors. In part two, we explore best practices for General Contractors working with their subcontractors to deliver successful LEED project submittals. Experts share their best practices, lessons learned and candid stories from the field. 

The first session in this series will be registered for 1.5 hours of General (Not LEED Specific) GBCI hours as well as 1.5 AIA/CES LU/HSW hours.  

The second session in this series will be registered fo  1.5 hours of LEED Specific GBCI hours as well as 1.5 AIA/CES LU/HSW hours.

Listed below are the sessions that are included in this series. For further details regarding each session, or to purchase the session individually, please click on the session title.

Build an Integrated Design and Construction Team  - April 12, 2012

Sustainable Construction Management - April 19, 2012

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New commercial construction is in the doldrums.  Instead of constructing new buildings, many real estate professionals see improving and repositioning existing buildings as an opportunity to create value for an organization.  How can these professionals maximize building investment and value beyond obvious and simple efficiency improvements with minimal added capital expenditure? By digging deeper with energy retrofits.

Experts from New Buildings Institute, Glenborough Properties, and Rocky Mountain Institute will share real project data, strategies, lessons, business rationale and financial information uncovered in their research and buildings.   Hear how investors and owner-occupants successfully implemented deep energy investments in existing buildings, while achieving big energy savings (50 percent!) and increasing the value of their buildings.

This session will be registered for 1.5 hours of General (Not LEED Specific) GBCI hours as well as 1.5 AIA/CES LU/HSW/SD hours.

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