Demand for green homes is on the rise. LEED for Homes is a third-party certification program that lets homebuilders verify their homes as truly green. A LEED-certified home is more energy and water efficient, demonstrates smart materials and resources use, puts durability at the forefront, and incorporates an integrated design process. A LEED-certified home is environmentally friendly, good for your buyers’ health, and good for your bottom line.
USGBC offers a host of resources to help you learn how to build the most-efficient, sustainable, healthy houses in the most cost-effective ways.
Education
USGBC’s educational offerings are tailored to your needs, whether you’re just starting out or are a more more experienced green homebuilder looking to hone your craft. Courses are taught by USGBC’s expert staff, and options are available either online or in person.
Check out all of our LEED for Homes curriculum.
Greenbuild Toronto, Oct 4-7, 2011
The
Greenbuild 2011 Residential Summit is being held in Toronto on October 6th. This unique event is a great place to meet fellow green residential professionals, and see some of the newest products and technologies.
The 2011 Residential Summit features 15 education sessions for residential professionals covering topics from financing to marketing, new construction to remodeling.
Don’t miss this year’s Residential Summit General Session featuring Frans Johansson, best-selling author of The Medici Effect.
LEED help
AEp1.1 - Basic Operations Training
The LEED for Homes Operations &Maintenance (HOM) Manual was developed to support the LEED for Homes prerequisite AE 1: Education of the Homeowner or Tenant, and to provide tips on maintaining a LEED-certified home. Be sure to read the Project Team Instructions for how to properly use and customize the manual.
- Sample Manual and Project Team Instructions - updated 08/10/2010
Local resources
- Find your local LEED for Homes Provider – Providers are local organizations with demonstrated experience and expertise in their region's market whose role in the LEED for Homes process includes marketing and rating support for builders and training, coordinating and overseeing LEED-qualified inspectors and building support staff.
- Get in touch with your local USGBC Chapter – Chapter membership is a great way to connect with green building colleagues in your area, help raise awareness about green building in your community, share strategies, resources and best practices, tour green building projects, and more.
Affordable housing
LEED for Homes represents the top tier of green homebuilding across the spectrum of housing types, and that includes affordable housing. In fact, because green homes are more efficient and result in lower utility and health-care bills, LEED for Homes is especially well-suited to affordable housing projects. Getting started
Once you’ve decided to build your next home project using LEED, visit the LEED for Homes page to register your project and get more technical information.
More green homes resources
- GreenHomeGuide.com is USGBC's consumer-focused resource that connects you to your customers, and puts green resources at your fingertips. GreenHomeGuide.com offers essential tools for your business: “Know How” features timely news and education, “Ask-a-Pro” lets you interact directly with your customers, and the “Find-a-Pro” directory expands your customer base.
- REGREEN – The nation’s first residential green remodeling and renovation guidelines. The free download provides best practices, case studies and other information for 10 different project types, including kitchens, bathrooms, gut rehabs and deep energy retrofits.
- Project Team Questions: Are you a LEED for Homes project team
member with a question? Ask
away!
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