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    GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green, Online Training with Urban Green Council, October 9, 9 am - 2 pm ET

  • 9 October 2024
  • Start time : 09:00 AM
  • End time : 02:00 PM
  • Event Host : Urban Green Council
  • Event Location : Online training-Zoom, 60 Broad St, New York, NY, United States
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Event Description

In GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green, you will learn how to see buildings differently and discover strategies to make them efficient, healthy and resilient.

What you’ll learn

By the end of this course, participants will learn:

  • How reducing building energy will reduce the effects of climate change
  • Basic elements of green, high-performance construction and building operations
  • Role of trades on high-performance job sites
  • Energy-consuming building systems and some strategies to reduce building energy use

Who is this for

This course is ideal for anyone who needs a better understanding of high-performance building, including sales or administrative staff in real estate, construction, architecture or engineering, workforce development providers, facilities and operations staff, and college students interested in entering the building or construction industry.

How it works

This class session will be held virtually over zoom. NYSERDA fully subsidizes the cost of this training for certain groups.

Registration includes a course e-book and the online exam session. Students who pass the exam with an 80% or higher become a GPRO Certificate Holder.

  • Host Company/Organization Name
    • Urban Green Council
  • Speakers / Presenters
    • Katherine Copp Brown
      Resident Professor, SUNY Rockland Community College
      Kay Copp Brown is a Resident Professor of Green Building at SUNY Rockland Community College with a decade of experience teaching Sustainability courses. Previously, she served as a Sustainability Project Manager at McKissack, overseeing LEED Gold achievements at the World Trade Center and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Kay has also taught green building and construction management courses at various institutions including CUNY Baruch College and Cooper Union. She holds a BSc with Honors in Building Surveying from London, UK, and an MS in Construction Management from New York University. As a LEED AP and experienced Sustainable Project Manager, Kay is dedicated to promoting green building practices through education and industry expertise.
  • Sponsors
    • Carrier
  • Cost
    • 200
  • Event type
    • Training

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