Eco Metrics Continuing Education Courses
The LEED® Payoff
We present a study of 40 LEED buildings to determine if
the energy and water use measures required by LEED
are effective. The 40 buildings represent all of the rating
systems except LEED ND. The message of the importance
of measurement and verification is amplified by the
presentation of three EBOM case studies. A coffee table
book with a case study of each building is available at
USGBCWM.org
GBOM Budgeting, Estimating, and Financing 101
Operations of existing buildings provide a host of
challenges to evaluating options for maximizing your
return on investment. LEED Green Buildings Operations
and Maintenance (GBO+M) provides a template to
determine operational best practices that optimizes
building operating potential and the operational
potential of the occupants as well. If you are planning a
new LEED building, it is important to integrate planning
for LEED O+M into the design of the new building and
establish expectations of the building Owner to in order
to retain the efficiencies intended by the designers.
We present a systematic method of programming a
GBO+M project to meet your financial objectives. We
will demonstrate a gap analysis, budgeting tools, ROI
calculations, risk assessment, and financing structures,
through LEED EB case studies using a non-profit, a
commercial office, a distribution warehouse, and a
multi-tenant office. At the conclusion, you will have
gained an understanding of the financial picture of the
first cost, a risk assessment, and a path toward
certification that informs the decision makers. When the
static number crunching is done, the fun part is including
the mission and goals of the client.
GB O+M Solid Waste Management
This course covers the LEED GB O+M Solid Waste credit
requirements. It provides the rationale on the
importance of the solid waste credits by reviewing the
scale of solid waste generation, the greenhouse gas
implications, and how to review the material flows in a
facility. Attendees will learn specific credit requirements
and program options to achieve credit compliance.
Ideal attendees would be facility managers and
business owners who are either considering LEED GB O+M
certification or wish to improve the material flows in their
facility.
The Sumac Grove
This seminar charts the journey from design through the
start of construction of a LEED Platinum home with
aspirations to build to the German Passive House energy
standards. Though we elected not to certify under the
Passive House standard, the lessons learned in the
process are of great value. To follow along with the
construction progress, click on the link below.
www.sumacgrove.blogspot.com
The LEED® Payoff
We present a study of 40 LEED buildings to determine if
the energy and water use measures required by LEED
are effective. The 40 buildings represent all of the rating
systems except LEED ND. The message of the importance
of measurement and verification is amplified by the
presentation of three EBOM case studies. A coffee table
book with a case study of each building is available at
USGBCWM.org
GBOM Budgeting, Estimating, and Financing 101
Operations of existing buildings provide a host of
challenges to evaluating options for maximizing your
return on investment. LEED Green Buildings Operations
and Maintenance (GBO+M) provides a template to
determine operational best practices that optimizes
building operating potential and the operational
potential of the occupants as well. If you are planning a
new LEED building, it is important to integrate planning
for LEED O+M into the design of the new building and
establish expectations of the building Owner to in order
to retain the efficiencies intended by the designers.
We present a systematic method of programming a
GBO+M project to meet your financial objectives. We
will demonstrate a gap analysis, budgeting tools, ROI
calculations, risk assessment, and financing structures,
through LEED EB case studies using a non-profit, a
commercial office, a distribution warehouse, and a
multi-tenant office. At the conclusion, you will have
gained an understanding of the financial picture of the
first cost, a risk assessment, and a path toward
certification that informs the decision makers. When the
static number crunching is done, the fun part is including
the mission and goals of the client.
GB O+M Solid Waste Management
This course covers the LEED GB O+M Solid Waste credit
requirements. It provides the rationale on the
importance of the solid waste credits by reviewing the
scale of solid waste generation, the greenhouse gas
implications, and how to review the material flows in a
facility. Attendees will learn specific credit requirements
and program options to achieve credit compliance.
Ideal attendees would be facility managers and
business owners who are either considering LEED GB O+M
certification or wish to improve the material flows in their
facility.
The Sumac Grove
This seminar charts the journey from design through the
start of construction of a LEED Platinum home with
aspirations to build to the German Passive House energy
standards. Though we elected not to certify under the
Passive House standard, the lessons learned in the
process are of great value. To follow along with the
construction progress, click on the link below.
www.sumacgrove.blogspot.com
