Who Should Participate?

The Sustainable Building Advisor (SBA) course is a nine month, specialized training course and certification exam designed to enable graduates to advise employers or clients on startegies and tools for implementing sustainable building

This class is ideal for:

• Architects and Engineers
• Tenant and Developer Representatives
• Project Managers
• Homeowners
• Resource Conservation Specialists
• Other Building Industry Professionals
• Contractors
• Educators
• Students
• Lifelong learners

Participants will be able to:

• Identify and articulate the key practices of sustainable building
• Establish competencies in applying leed,Œ built greenŒ and other relevant criteria or established guidelines
• Analyze the costs and benefits of incorporating sustainable building measures
• Take advantage of financial incentives and technical assistance offered by governments, utilities and non-profit organizations to improve a building°s performance
• Establish a sustainable design goal for project development
• Assist in the education and training of staff in sustainable building
• Upon successful course completion students are eligible to take the csba exam

Benefits from participating:

• save long term costs for building owners, operators and tenants
• improve the environmental, social and economic viability of the region
• reduce environmental impacts
• improve your skills in a rapidly growing field
• gain an understanding of current sustainability performance standards
• take a leadership role in your organization and community in a rapidly growing field
• be eligible to earn the designation ¿certified sustainable building advisorî

Class attendees have included representatives from these building-related professions:

• architectural firms
• engineering firms
• facilities, capital projects managers
• research, educational, and sustainability institutions
• developers & contractors
• public utilities
• permitting and planning
• government agencies, resource conservation
• other consultants