Workforce Development Green Academy Education Program

For the environmental protection and renewal of our community, country and planet, and to help ensure a healthier world for future generations, local, state and federal governments are promoting and requiring increased environmental responsibility in the workplace, commonly referred to as "Going Green."

Workforce Development's Green Academy Can Help

To help area companies know, understand and achieve sustainable objectives, Workforce Development is offering courses in Green Academy Education. Taught by experts, it is expected that this series quickly will become an important, valuable and highly sought after program.

Program Overview

1.  Incorporating Green into New & Existing Buildings
Are you interested in what makes a building green? How to remodel or build a green building? This Workshop will introduce you to sustainable green building from energy efficiency, green materials, indoor environmental quality, and use of renewable energy.

The Workshop will introduce the attendees to green buildings. It will define sustainability, green buildings and why they are important. Each of the divisions of the LEED rating; site, water, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality will be discussed with examples of features that promote sustainability. With the heightened interest in energy use, energy efficiency and renewable energy will be discussed in more detail. The session will end with case studies to further illustrate green buildings and their features.
 
Who Should Attend:  Builders, Contractors, Material suppliers, architects, design specialists, and HOMEOWNERS!

2.  Entry Level Photovoltaic (Solar) System Installation Training
This five-day intensive training teaches the basic technology and skills required for entry level knowledge of the design and installation of solar photovoltaic systems.  These skills do not replace electrical, technical and engineering trades; rather they are appropriate for a supervised position with a PV installer or other PV industry company.

Participants who successfully complete the exam given at the end of this training are granted the PV Entry Level Certificate of Knowledge issued by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP).  This five-day training satisfies the requirements for a board recognized training program that is needed, along with work experience, to qualify to sit for the NABCEP PV Installer Certification Exam.

3.  Energy Audit Training
Our homes produce nearly 20% of the nation’s carbon footprint. The ability to make homes more energy efficient represents a potential one-third reduction in energy usage and a corresponding reduction of over 262 million metric tons of greenhouse gases while creating 220,000 jobs. To accomplish this task, energy audit training programs are being rapidly established to provide professionals and college graduates with the skills to analyze structures for weatherization and efficiency improvements. Applying these green building and renovation techniques will position candidates to enter the emerging $60 billion green construction market.

CleanEdison and the Building Performance Institute (BPI) offers nationally recognized training, certification, accreditation and quality assurance programs in home performance contracting.  Certified BPI professionals  understand  that the relationship between all interconnected systems of the house is the key to its overall performance, efficiency, and durability.  They are trained to quickly target, diagnose, and solve household performance problems.

• Who should take this course?
• HERS raters
• Home inspectors
• HVAC professionals
• Insulation professionals
• General contractors
• Homebuilders
• Engineers with a 4-year degree
• Other construction professionals

CleanEdison’s 4-day intensive Building Analyst Certification Training course is a fast-track to BPI certification and is designed for professionals with some previous experience in residential contracting or home inspection.
Cost:  $1,600

Date:	February 8-12, 2010
Cost:	$1600
Time:	8-4:00 pm
Location:	Workforce Development Washington State Community College 710 Colegate Drive Marietta, Ohio
Room:	BT 103-105
Direction:	Find Us
Registration:	Register Online   OR Call 740.568.1918, select 3

• Course costs include:
• Pre-course materials including definitions, concepts, basic math review and useful formulas
• CleanEdison Workbook – includes class exercises and review materials
• Field Guide – step-by-step manual on analyzing buildings with a primary focus on energy efficiency
• Classroom training (2 full days)
• Field training (2 full days)
• BPI application fees
• Written exam fee
• Field exam fee

The written and field exams will be held on Friday.  Depending on the number of students in the class, field testing may also extend through Saturday.

The ISO 14001 Environmental Management System course is for those who need to implement or manage an ISO 14001 program. The objective of this course is to give you the knowledge to build an Environmental Management System to meet the requirements of ISO14001from the start, improve, or manage an existing program.

Future Green Programs

2. Intrepreting Green Bid Specs, non-credit

3. Going Green When the Going Gets Tough, non-credit, 40 students maximum.

Topics include:

• Sustainable Business Practices — what they are and why they are important
• Green Movement Leaders — what they have achieved
• Building Green — constructing high performance buildings
• Climate Change — regulatory changes that soon will impact all organizations
• Preserving Our Mobility — food vs. fuel
• Emerging Concepts — industrial ecology, byproduct synergy, life-cycle analysis, biomimicry, natural capitalism and creative capitalism
• How to Get Started or Accelerate Progress in Your Organization — issues affecting supply chain, facilities, operation, products and services

4. Green and Sustainable Design for Building, non-credit, 40 students maximum.

“Green” and “Sustainability” have become synonymous with high-performance buildings that reduce consumption of energy and raw materials, and improve the indoor environment. This seminar explores the components of sustainable design and construction, and lays out the benefits of going green. It will also:

• Introduce the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) Certification program.
• Highlight the impacts of Senate Bill 221 on Ohio’s energy requirements
• Outline strategies and incentives for creating energy-efficient, sustainable buildings.

5.  Green Cleaning Solution for YOUR Business non-credit, 40 students, maximum

This workshop will teach what it means to be green and why you should consider using green cleaning products. Specific topics include:

• Garnering corporate support with upper management
• Financial consideration for changing existing systems
• Additional information on the many benefits in using green products

If you have specific questions, contact:

Karen Peters
Business & Technology Project Specialist
WSCC Workforce Development

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