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Green Building Diploma Series

McKimmon Conference & Training Center, NC State University, Raleigh, NC

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About The Diploma Program

The North Carolina Solar Center at NC State University is now offering a Green Building Diploma Series (GBDS) tailored specifically for building professionals. The program will provide the necessary skills and information to help architects, engineers, general contractors, and others in the building profession get involved with the rapidly growing market for high-performance and sustainable buildings in both the commercial and residential sectors.

Tailored similar to the Renewable Energy Technologies Diploma Series (RETDS), the Green Building series requires the completion of 105 contact hours, or three week-long workshops within three years. Two week-long workshops on commercial design and building will be offered in addition to the already offered residential workshop on Designing and Building a Sustainable Home or Small Building. AIA credits will be offered for the GBDS workshops, while PDHs will be offered for both RETDS and GBDS courses. All of the diploma series programs offer Continuing Education Units.

To earn a Green Building Diploma from NC State University, the participant must complete two weeklong workshops (or a total of 70 contact hours) of buildings courses plus one of the four renewable energy technologies offered under the Renewable Energy Technologies Diploma Series. The table below simplifies the process of earning your Green Building Diploma:

Green Building Chart

First, choose two week-long green buildings workshops: (70 contact hours)

• GB I: Designing and Building a Sustainable Home or SmallBuilding (a.k.a. RE III)
  
• GB II: Designing and Building Commercial Green Buildings 1
  
• GB III: Designing and Building Commercial Green Buildings 2

Then, choose one week-long workshop: (35 contact hours)

• RE I: Solar Technologies (PV or Solar Thermal), usually scheduled for November
  
• RE II: Business Basics of RE, Biofuels or Photovoltaic Industries, usually scheduled for March
  
• RE IV: Electric Generation withWind or Photovoltaics, usually scheduled for September

Take note that Designing and Building a Sustainable Home is RE III, the third weeklong workshop of the RETDS. Therefore it is possible to earn dual diplomas by taking three RETDS workshops with one of them being RE III, and add a workshop on commercial buildings. So, you can take advantage of earning two Diplomas by taking 4 weeklong workshops!

Workshops

GB I (RE III): Designing and Building a Sustainable Home or Small Building (May 2009)

• Green Building Basics Workshop
• Intermediate Green Building Workshop

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GB II: Design and Implementation Strategies for Commercial Buildings (Part 1) (July 28–August 1, 2008)

You Will Learn:

• Introduction to green building principles and practices for commercial buildings
• How to use energy modeling analysis for small commercial/residential buildings, several programs will be discussed and briefly introduced
• Integrating day lighting into building design to reduce lighting and cooling loads and increase productivity
• The commissioning aspects of daylighting controls
• Utilizing on-site water management strategies to maximize water resources
• Comparative Building Systems

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GB III: Design and Implementation Strategies for Commercial Buildings (Part 2) (October 27–31, 2008)

This week-long workshop will cover commercial building issues such indoor air quality, building commissioning, advanced mechanical systems, historic preservation and renewable energy.

Renewable Energy Technologies Diploma Series Workshops schedule

To register or for more information

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919.515.2261

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919.515.7614

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