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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Two-Part GPRO Operations and Maintenance Course
DESCRIPTION:About the Course\nYou and your business may be eligible to take this training for FREE! Learn more about this opportunity at our Green Building Training Program website. NOTE: This course is a two-part series.\n \nSchedule:\nClass 1: May 5th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Class 2: May 12th from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				GPRO: Green Professional Building Skills Training is a comprehensive national training and certificate program that teaches the principles of sustainability and trade-specific green construction knowledge to people who build\, renovate\, and maintain buildings. GPRO is owned and managed by Urban Green Council and brought to you USGBC MA through expert local certified instructors. Learn more about the GPRO certificate at the official GPRO website. \nCertificate holders will be prepared to work in accordance with new regulations and to meet the expectations of owners and tenants who want healthier\, environmentally sustainable\, and energy-efficient homes and offices. \nThe GPRO Operations & Maintenance Essentials (O&M) course provides building professionals with strategies to reduce energy use while improving tenant comfort and health. This course is ideal for property managers and building staff in both residential and high-rise commercial buildings\, including building superintendents\, operators\, facility and property managers\, operating engineers\, and stationary engineers. Learn more about the Operations & Maintenance Essentials Course. \nLearning Objectives \n1) Take a systemic approach to operating and maintaining a building. \n2) Evaluate building performance. \n3) Identify measures that will improve building health\, energy or water efficiency of your building\, as well as the next steps needed to achieve them. \n4) Explain the costs and benefits of those measures. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				This now funded through the Commonwealth Workforce Training Fund’s Massachusetts Training Exchange. If you are a small\, Massachusetts-based business that employs 100 people or less\, you and your employees may be eligible to take this training session for free! Learn more about this opportunity at our Green Building Training Program website.
URL:https://builtenvironmentplus.org/event/gpro-two-part-operations-and-maintenance-course-2/
LOCATION:5th Floor “Meridian” Conf Room\, 50 Milk St\, 5th Floor "Meridian" Conf Room\, Boston\, MA\, 02109
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Two-Part GPRO Operations and Maintenance Course
DESCRIPTION:About the Course\nYou and your business may be eligible to take this training for FREE! Learn more about this opportunity at our Green Building Training Program website. NOTE: This course is a two-part series.\n \nSchedule:\nClass 1: May 5th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Class 2: May 12th from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Qualifies for 12 AIA\, GBCI\, and PDH (Health\, Safety\, and Welfare Including Core Technical) CE Credits. \nGPRO: Green Professional Building Skills Training is a comprehensive national training and certificate program that teaches the principles of sustainability and trade-specific green construction knowledge to people who build\, renovate\, and maintain buildings. GPRO is owned and managed by Urban Green Council and brought to you USGBC MA through expert local certified instructors. Learn more about the GPRO certificate at the official GPRO website. \nCertificate holders will be prepared to work in accordance with new regulations and to meet the expectations of owners and tenants who want healthier\, environmentally sustainable\, and energy-efficient homes and offices. \nThe GPRO Operations & Maintenance Essentials (O&M) course provides building professionals with strategies to reduce energy use while improving tenant comfort and health. This course is ideal for property managers and building staff in both residential and high-rise commercial buildings\, including building superintendents\, operators\, facility and property managers\, operating engineers\, and stationary engineers. Learn more about the Operations & Maintenance Essentials Course. \nLearning Objectives \n1) Take a systemic approach to operating and maintaining a building. \n2) Evaluate building performance. \n3) Identify measures that will improve building health\, energy or water efficiency of your building\, as well as the next steps needed to achieve them. \n4) Explain the costs and benefits of those measures. \nRegistration comes with… \n\na course workbook\nexam session; GPRO Certificates are awarded to those who pass this exam (80% or higher). The exam is open book.\n\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				This now funded through the Commonwealth Workforce Training Fund’s Massachusetts Training Exchange. If you are a small\, Massachusetts-based business that employs 100 people or less\, you and your employees may be eligible to take this training session for free! Learn more about this opportunity at our Green Building Training Program website.
URL:https://builtenvironmentplus.org/event/gpro-two-part-operations-and-maintenance-course/
LOCATION:5th Floor “Meridian” Conf Room\, 50 Milk St\, 5th Floor "Meridian" Conf Room\, Boston\, MA\, 02109
CATEGORIES:Courses,Green Building Training Program
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SUMMARY:Intro to Passive House
DESCRIPTION:PassivHaus\, Passive House or PH for short: we know you have been hearing about it\, if you subscribe to high-performance building. This well-known standard has made its way to the Americas and now is growing roots in Massachusetts. Come connect with the leaders at Passive House Massachusetts and learn the basics of the system.\nPassive House comprises a set of design principles used to obtain a quantifiable and rigorous level of energy efficiency and building comfort. Where did the Passive House standard come from and how has it evolved over the years? In this session\, participants will learn the history of Passive House as a building concept and the differences between the national and international standards as well as how they relate to LEED and other building standards. A great opportunity to learn the basics of Passive House and get your questions answered.\nLearning Objectives:\n\n\nLearn the basics of Passive House principles\n\n\nIntroduce yourself to Passive House Massachusetts and how you can learn more in upcoming sessions\n\n\nFind out how Passive House is being integrated into code in different areas nationally and internationally\n\n\nNetwork with other Passive House practitioners and those interested in the practice\n\n\n  \n  \n\nChapter members get a discount on this course! \n\nOur members support our close-knit community of passionate practitioners. Join us in transforming the built environment to sustainable design practices. To use a member discount\, enter your email address as a promotional code in the purchasing window. \nBenefits for all membership types are the same with a few acceptions\, including a 15% discount on all events. Please note membership with USGBC National is NOT membership with USGBC MA. Not sure if you are a member of USGBC MA? Check here.\n\nBecome a Member \n\n 
URL:https://builtenvironmentplus.org/event/intro-to-passive-house/
LOCATION:5th Floor “Meridian” Conf Room\, 50 Milk St\, 5th Floor "Meridian" Conf Room\, Boston\, MA\, 02109
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SUMMARY:Intro to WELL Building Standard
DESCRIPTION:The Introduction to the WELL Building Standard provides an overview of the WELL Building Standard ideology\, structure\, and certification process. The medical basis for the concept categories is introduced along with design and construction strategies to create healthy buildings. This training will introduce how to reinvent buildings that are better for both people and the planet using the WELL Building Standard as the framework. \nObjectives \n\nArticulate the financial\, societal\, and environmental benefits of WELL certification\nIdentify the role of the International Well Building Institute and the WELL Building Standard\nRecognize the structure of the WELL Building Standard\nExplain the 7 concepts of the WELL Building standard\, the strategies to achieve them\, and the health impacts they address\nSummarize the certification process of the WELL Building Standard\n\nIf you are interested in having this session count towards your LEED credential\, please self-report at USGBC.org and use GBCI: 0920003583 when referring to the session. \nAbout the Instructor: Jenn Taranto\nJenn Taranto\, WELL AP\, has over 15 years experience in the commercial real estate and construction industry. Jenn serves as Structure Tone’s Director of Sustainability\, a key component of the team on any project. Her ability to manage and lead subcontractors through the LEED and WELL process comes from her previous background as a superintendent and a project manager. Jenn understands the importance of creating awareness at the early stages of the project with the subcontractors in order to succeed in meeting the client’s sustainability goals. Additionally\, she understands the importance of being an active partner during the preconstruction integrated design process on projects that have sustainable goals.
URL:https://builtenvironmentplus.org/event/intro-to-well-building-standard/
LOCATION:5th Floor “Meridian” Conf Room\, 50 Milk St\, 5th Floor "Meridian" Conf Room\, Boston\, MA\, 02109
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SUMMARY:Residential Green Building Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Residential Green Building Committee is focused on improving the housing stock of the Commonwealth by championing green building practices in our communities. Join us on the second Monday of each month to be a part of the movement.\n\nSpeaker: David Lis\n\nDavid Lis\, Director of Renewable and Alternative Energy at the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships\n(NEEP) will deliver the inaugural presentation of the Action Plan to Accelerate Strategic Electrification\nin The Northeast.\n\nCulminating two years of research by authoritative trio of NEEP\, Synapse Energy Economics and Meister Consultants\, the Action Plan offers a new strategy for closing the troubling carbon reduction gap in the New England states and New York. Electrification describes the adoption of electric end use technologies by displacement of fossil fuel combustion in heating\, transportation and industry. There are significant added benefits to health and safety lower energy use and cost as well as decreased pollution. Electrification also enables the decarbonized generation of power.\n\nThe Action Plan calls for an integrated strategy of displacing at major scale use of fossil fuels in buildings transportation and industry. Although enabling technologies are largely in place\, formidable challenges\, including those of policy\, economics and infrastructure\, need to addressed. The Action Plan outlines a well-conceived\, unified program of priority actionable measures and parallel research to accelerate carbon reduction across all seven states.\n\n\nAbout Residential Green Building Committee \nThe committee’s objectives are to work to raise the awareness of the benefits of residential green building and remodeling and to increase the number of projects registering for LEED for Homes. The committee\, through education and outreach\, will focus on the following: \n\nHold across MA\, Lunch and LEED\, education sessions and tours on topics such as Zero Net Energy\, Deep Energy Retrofits and REGREEN\nHelp the community understand and implement LEED for Homes and residential green building\, remodeling and retrofits\nEnsure that our target markets are aware of available green building tools and resources\nPartner with other Green Building Programs\nEstablish a collaborative relationship with a professional and/or community organizations\nDevelop case studies and green residential building content for the USGBC MA website\n\nCommittee Meetings \nPlease contact Bill Womeldorf (williamwomeldorf@gmail.com) if you are interested in joining this committee or plan on attending an upcoming meeting. \nhttp://usgbcma.org/residential-green-building
URL:https://builtenvironmentplus.org/event/residential-green-building-committee-meeting-3/
LOCATION:5th Floor “Meridian” Conf Room\, 50 Milk St\, 5th Floor "Meridian" Conf Room\, Boston\, MA\, 02109
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