The LEED Green Associate credential is intended for professionals who want to demonstrate green building expertise in non-technical fields of practice. The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) has created the LEED Green Associate credential, which denotes basic knowledge of green design, construction and operations.

The LEED professional credentialing program provides third party administration and verification of the LEED Professional Credentials (LEED Green Associate, LEED APs).

LEED Professional Credentials demonstrate current knowledge of green building technologies, best practices, and the rapidly evolving LEED Rating Systems. They show differentiation in a growing and competitive industry, and they allow for varied levels of specialization. Show your industry expertise!

A LEED Professional Credential provides employers, policymakers, and other stakeholders with assurances of an individual’s level of competence and is the mark of the most qualified, educated, and influential green building professionals in the marketplace.

LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system,  providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO₂ emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED provides building owners and operators a concise framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. 

LEED is flexible enough to apply to all building types – commercial as well as residential. It works throughout the building lifecycle – design and construction, operations and maintenance, tenant fitout, and significant retrofit.

GPTC completed training & consulting for Installation Command (IMCOM). Army National Guard Facility Managers received policy training and education on energy efficiency, water use consumption reduction, development of renewable and alternative energy, green building operations & maintenance. It is a very important rating system for the Army, because over 80,000 of their existing structures are over 30 years old. While new construction can be rated under the LEED for Building Design & Construction system, these older structures can benefit greatly from a LEED for EBOM overhaul, saving millions of taxpayer dollars in the long run.

The first two days of the training seminar covered the basics of LEED for Existing Buildings in great detail, covering all of the material we generally discuss in our Live and Online Training Courses. The third day of training consisted of a hands-on LEED Project Registration, wherein the students were assigned a variety of LEED credits, and used the support documents for the project to actually go through the process of registering a LEED project on LEED Online. This is equivalent to what our LEED Project Management Experience students have the opportunity to do, and not only does it help the students to gain valuable experience, it also makes them eligible for the LEED AP exam, as the prerequisites for that exam require you to have participated on a LEED Project!

Day four was a special trip to Phoenix’s Burton Barr Public Library, a LEED for Existing Buildings Gold project. There the students were able to view many project additions and enhancements in person, including a building automation system, rooftop HVAC enhancements, and low-water landscaping. Our thanks to the Phoenix Public Library system and Wally Scholz, our tour guide for the day. And we hope that everyone had a fun and educational couple of days in Phoenix!

This training provides administrative and technical training for energy managers, school officials, building operators, and others responsible for energy-efficient facility operation.

In many cases 25 percent or more of a facility’s utility bill can be attributed to inefficient equipment and building operation procedures and is therefore paid unnecessarily. Our workshops are designed for school districts, hospitals, and local government entities who would like help identifying ways to eliminate their unnecessary energy waste.

This Workshops will cover the following topics: energy accounting, energy retrofit financing and energy program planning and evaluation, state-of-the-art energy management technologies and energy efficient building design.

Instructors

This training is conducted by successful facility energy managers, experienced energy professional. They provide tools and proven strategies to design a locally controlled energy management program that really works. Participants leave the course armed with an customized action plan.

Preliminary Energy Assessment Service

Investing in our communities through improved energy efficiency in private & public buildings is a win-win opportunity for our communities and the state. Energy-efficient buildings reduce energy costs, increase available capital, spur economic growth, and improve working and living environments.

The Green Professional Training Center will receive $166,000 from the Employment Training Panel for Green Job Retraining to help California Employers retool their workforce and pursue green job opportunities. America at Work & Green Professional Training Center will administer this training and deliver a comprehensive overview on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and the New California Green Building Code (CalGreen) plus provide Energy Star Certification training to small business who need to train employees but otherwise could not afford to pay for this green building training. Once these small business have completed this training they will be able to pursue and compete for Energy Efficiency retrofits, LEED Building Certification, CalGreen and Energy Star building certification projects.

If you don’t have a green job, you may soon be left in the dust. Green-collar jobs have experienced a 9 percent increase in the last 10 years. There’s no turning back now.

The Obama Administration has proposed a $10 billion budget for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop new environmental programs aimed at protecting the country’s ecological resources, while creating new jobs. Additionally, President Obama promises to spend $150 billion over the next decade to create 5 million green-collar jobs. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has siphoned billions of dollars into the development of renewable energy. Green building will support an estimated 7.9 million jobs by 2013 and the American Solar Energy Society predicts that renewable energy and energy efficiency will be responsible for 8.5 million new jobs in the years to come.

At Green Professional Training Center, we offer a training programs suited for careers in green industries. We recently introduced four additional programs for people interested in becoming geothermal installers, environmental specialists, hybrid automobile specialists and OSHA safety-trained workers.

Accredited geothermal installers install, operate and maintain geothermal systems. Geothermal is a renewable form of energy that doesn’t add pollution or greenhouse gases to the atmosphere because fossil fuels don’t combust during its operation. The extreme heat trapped in the earth core’s liquid rock creates naturally occurring hot water and steam, which, when close enough to the surface, can be piped to generate electricity. These systems draw from beneath the ground where the temperature is roughly 60 degrees year-round, and the process is used to heat and cool buildings.

Certified environmental specialists protect and preserve the natural environment and human health. They address problems associated with drinking and surface water quality, solid and hazardous waste storage and disposal, indoor and outdoor air quality, radiological health, occupational health, system ecology (interrelationships of organisms and their environments) and sanitary hygiene. Environmental specialists collect and research hazardous samples, record data, prepare reports, maintain monitoring gear and provide support to engineers and scientists. These specialists work in the fields of environmental management, public relations, landscaping, food protection and more. Regulatory and public health agencies, industry, utility companies, engineering firms and universities all seek professionals trained as environmental specialists.

OSHA safety personnel understand the basics of occupational safety and health. They recognize health hazards that may be present in the workplace and offer prevention measures. OSHA training programs are intended for workers, safety directors, foremen and field supervisors in construction and general industries. Those who undergo training obtain a Department of Labor completion card.

We’re pumped about how the United States is retooling its workforce to meet the demands of the burgeoning green economy, and we hope you are too.