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This week at GBRI:

Thank you to everyone who attended our live webinars in 2011. All courses are now available on-demand online.

We will be announcing our 2012 CE course curriculum by early January and begin broadcasting live in February.

Important Notice:

The LIVE* broadcast of the Building Commissioning course has been rescheduled to Wednesday, November 30.

*Notifications will be sent when the on-demand version is made available to registrants.

GBRI Halloween SALE EXTENDED. The sale will end at Midnight EDT Monday, October 31!

Halloween is around the corner and GBRI has a treat for you! 10-day SALE, now through October 27th all 30-hour and 15-hour CE packages at scary low prices! See the GBRI Store.

Join us for our next Project Experience session starting Thursday October 20th, 3PM EDT.

GBRI is home from GreenBuild! We loved meeting you all!

'O Canada' so nice to meet you... GBRI is at GREENBUILD! Stop by and say hi!

P.S. We're onTwitter -

Find us _GetYourLEEDOn

Introducing our 99 LEED Projects webinar series! 6 courses - 12 CE hours. This series is LEED General and LEED Specific for BD+C, ID+C and O+M!

For limited time only:

Get 20% off our 30 CE hour packages!

This promotion will end at midnight EDT Friday 7/29.

Check out the GBRI Store.

Go Green, $ave Green!Check out our July 15 Blog post on tax credits for consumers. Look out for more posts on tax credits for home builders and commercial buildings!

Take a look at our new GBRIBlog!

July 1: How to Green Your Office

Thank you to everyone who attended our live webinar on Sustainable Site Design!

It's officially summer!!

That means it's time to learn about Sustainable Site Design! Broadcasting live next Wednesday June 29, at 12PM and 3PM EDT.

Check me out for more info!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Elements of a Green Home webinar series!

Join us for the final installment in our Elements of a Green Home webinar series! Element of a Green Home: Sites & Energy will be broadcast live at 12 & 3 PM EDT Wednesday June 22.

Click here for more info on next week's webinar and other upcoming courses.

We loved meeting all of you at the LEED Professional Appreciation event last night in Houston!

GBRI is attending the USGBC Texas Gulf Coast chapter- LEED Professional Appreciation Event TONIGHT Thursday 6/16!

Starts 6pm CDT in Houston, TX

Stop by if you're in the area!

We would love to meet you!

Our Spring series is almost over... join us for for our next webinar 'Sustainable Neighborhoods' live on Wednesday, June 15.

Click here for more information and to check out our upcoming Summer series!

Thank you to all of those who attened our Elements of a Green Home: IEQ & Innovation webinar!

Join us for our next webinar Elements of a Green Home: IEQ & Innovation! The second installment in a 3-part webinar series on green strategies and topics for homes.

Click me for more info!

Thank you to everyone who attended out Energy Modeling live webinar!

Join us for our next webinar Elements of a Green Home: Materials & Water!

The first in a 3-part webinar series on green strategies and topics for homes. This series is LEED specific for Homes! Click me for more info!

Thanks to all of our BIM attendees!

2 DAYS left to register for our next webinar, BIM: Building Information Modeling! LIVE this Wednesday May 18th at 12PM or 3PM EDT.

Check me out for more info!

Thank you to all those who participated in our Energy Star webinar!

Go GREEN with GBRI and Energy Star in our next webinar live Wednesday May 4 at12pm EDT and 3pm EDT!

Click me for more info on ' Energy Star for Green Buildings '!

Happy Earth Week!

and thanks to all who attended our outdoor water webinar!

Check out our next webinar on 'Outdoor Water Efficiency' live next Wednesday, April 20 at 12pm EDT or 3pm EDT, as well as the rest of our Spring Webinar Series.

Click me for more info!

Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in our 'Efficient Lighting' webinar this week! We are very appreciative of all your positive feedback!

Register now for our upcoming webinar, "Energy-Efficient Lighting Solutions for Green Buildings', April 6th at 12:00 or 3:00 EST

GBRI is proud to be a presenter at I-Renew's 'Bright Green Building' conference April 29-30.

Don't be an April fool! Get your CE hours now and don't sweat it this spring,

Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in our 'Tax Incentives' webinar this week!

Putting the finishing touches on our Tax Incentives for Green Buildings webinar for this coming Wednesday, March 23.

There is still time to register!

Introducing our new Prescribed Packages to suit your LEED BD+C, O+M & ID+C needs.

GBRI is now an AIA education provider! We'll keep you updated on courses that are approved for AIA LUs as well as GBCI CE hours.

Thanks to everyone who participated in out 'Daylighting' webinar last week!

GBCI has revised their CMP guidelines! Please make sure to check them out at www.gbci.org

Although we have begun courses, you can still sign up for the Pathway webinar series

The Pathway Project Participation hours will begin in mid-March.

Barcode is a work in progress, we hope to launch soon!

Now accepting ideas for new research projects. What would you like to know more about? Send ideas to info_gbrionline.org

Welcome to the Green Building Research Institute:

Your research partner in Sustainability and Green Building!

Our mission is to promote green building design principles and practices around the globe. We hope to achieve this by making green building resources and education available to everyone, from individual homeowners to large design, engineering and construction companies. Our primary education focus is our LEED continuing education series that allows LEED professionals to get all of the CE hours they need in one place. Find out more here. We are also working on homeowner education, university partnerships, and sustainable business resources, so be sure to check out our projects tab.

Please email info_gbrionline.org for more information and partnering opportunities.

Thank you for your time, your passion and your commitment to green building.

-GBRI

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Continuing Education

The Pathway

Get all 30 CE hours from one convenient place!

The Pathway is Green Building Research Institute's continuing education series.

We aim to help you stay competitive by arming you with the basic tools, techniques and knowledge you need, while fulfilling your CE requirements. Our courses are ERB-approved and tailored to meet the requirements of GBCI’s LEED credential maintenance program for LEED APs with specialty, Green Associates and Legacy APs transitioning to the specialty system. All of our courses qualify for AIA LUs, and may satisfy other professional organizations’ requirements as well. The pathway program offers:

Convenience: Get everything you need from one place

Flexibility: Courses are offered twice live and are available on-demand 24/7 to accomodate your schedule

Choices: Get pre-arranged 30 hour packages, or build your own 30, 20, 15, or 10 hour packages based on your specific needs

No Expiration Date: Unused hours may be rolled over to your next reporting period

Economy: The most cost-effective package rates available on the internet

We also offer student, group, small business and corporate discounts, please contact us for more information.

So how does the pathway work?

Step 1: Choose your package - Select one of our prescriptive packages for BD+C, ID+C, O+M or Homes, or choose to build your own curriculum my choosing one of our build your own blocks of 30, 20, 15, or 10 CE hours and selecting the courses that you find most interesting and relevant. You can purchase packages through our store.

Step 2: Fill out your registration form - Within 1 business day after your purchase, you will be emailed a registration menu to choose the courses that you would like. From here you can choose 12PM live sessions, 3PM live sessions, or on-demand only access. Times for live webinars are for the Eastern time zone, and registration for the live sessions will give you access to on-demand as well. If you purchase a build-your-own package, this is where you will select the courses that you would like.. Our current course offerings are listed below.

Step 3: Log-in info - After registration, you will be sent a username and password for our on-demand site. This will allow you to access your personalized course curriculum anytime, at your convenience. For live webinars, you will be sent a login/ reminder 1 week in advance, and again the day before.

Step 4: Report hours - Once you have completed a course, you will need to report it to GBCI via your My Credentials page. GBCI has created a tutorial to guide you through reporting; access it here .

Step 5: Certificate - Once you have completed a course, you will receive a certificate with the course’s reporting number. You should keep these on file in case you are audited by GBCI to verify course completion. It may take 1-2 weeks to generate the certificate.

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Testimonials

I am thoroughly pleased with GBRI's Pathway package and intend to utilize GBRI again to fulfill future CE requirements.

GBRI delivers informative content in the most convenient of delivery methods -- at my desk using my own PC.

Highly recommend the series, a fast, effective learning tool for a busy professional like myself!

Well-delivered and informative!

I am very happy to be a LEED Green Associate and could not have done this without your help and courtesy with providing me with all the information I need to become more responsive to my growing environment.

An inexpensive way to get the required CE hours.

The contents and materials are well structured, precise and excellently delivered by Rebecca Jaume-Brown. I would recommend GBRI.

I appreciate the course offerings to keep my LEED AP status current.

I found the courses informative, and for CE units that is most certainly a distinction in which to take pride.

I have found the content excellent in terms of size and relevance for being applied to LEED projects.

Thank all of you for making my renewal simple and relatively painless by supplying your prescriptive continuing education courses. I would fully recommend you to anyone that requires CE hours.

I really like the one stop shop, one price, and package deal to get all my CMP items taken care of!

I really enjoyed the course format: highly professional, nice to hear and follow, convenient for attending and reviewing , highly educative.

Thank you so much for your help! GBRI has sure made it much easier on helping me through my 30-hr prescriptive maintenance! Thank you!

The GBRI Webinars are fantastic. I love the convenience they provide me in maintaining my LEED credential.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for honoring your words and original commitment. I have acquired all of the credits needed before the end of the reporting period, and was able to renew my credential. I couldn't have done it without GBRI. I look forward to working with you again in the future for continued credential maintenance.

Thank you, I have enjoyed completing my CMP with GBRI!

Thank you for helping me through the LEED CMP process.

Thanks so much! Lots of info and I enjoy the Q&A session.

I am very glad you are offering these presentations and I think the content is good!

CMP Info

CMP Information

Here are some frequently asked questions regarding CMP requirements and who needs to complete CMP. Please note that you should confirm all information with GBCI. The following is correct and current to the best of our knowledge; however GBCI is the final authority on all credential maintenance issues. You can access GBCI's CMP guide through the link at right.

What is CMP?

CMP, or credential maintenance program, is the LEED system for continuing education. LEED Green Associates and APs with specialty are required to maintain their credential through continuing education or testing.

Do I need it?

For LEED Green Associates and APs who tested after June 30, 2009, CMP is required. APs that tested before this time (Legacy APs) have the option to enroll in the CMP program before October 27, 2011.

I’m a legacy AP. What if I don’t enroll?

Legacy APs who choose not to enroll in credential maintenance will retain the title of LEED AP, but will not be able to use the specialty designation. If you would like to enroll after October 27, 2011, you will have to retest as if you had never been credentialed, taking the GA and specialty tests.

Will not enrolling affect my career or ability to work on LEED projects?

APs without specialty are regarded as equal to APs with specialty by GBCI, however the specialty credential indicates to employers and potential clients that you are active in the industry and staying up-to-date on new developments.

What is Prescriptive Maintenance?

Prescriptive Maintenance is a curriculum guide set up by GBCI. Principals who are transferring from legacy APs to AP with specialty are required to follow this curriculum, which designates that a certain number of their 30 CE hours come from each of 7 categories.

What if I enroll and don’t continue credential maintenance?

If you were a legacy AP who transferred, you will simply revert to legacy status. If you initially tested into the specialty system, you will lose your credential for not maintaining your continuing education hours.

Is project participation required for credential maintenance?

Project participation is not required if you follow the continuing education track. Up to 10 of your CE hours may come from project participation, but this is optional. If you choose to maintain through testing, you will need to have at least 1 hour of project experience within the last 3 years to take the test.

Can I get all of my continuing education hours through webinars?

GBRI’s webinars are ERB-approved and considered to be professional development courses, so you can earn all 30 hours through us. There is a limit to how many hours of non-ERB-approved live and self-study hours you may report.

What is my reporting period?

For those who tested into the specialty system, you have 2 years from your test date to complete your CMP requirements. For Legacy APs who enroll, you will have 2 years from your enrollment date.

Will GBRI report my hours for me?

Unfortunately, we cannot report your CE hours to GBCI. You will need to log into your ‘My Credentials’ page and record your hours there. We can report your participation to AIA for our AIA LU|HSW|SD hours.

What is GBRI’s relationship to GBCI and USGBC?

GBRI is not a part of or related to USGBC or GBCI. We’re just people with a passion for green building and the desire to promote sustainability education and practices.

GBCI has updated their CMP guidelines!

Take a look at the 2011 guides.

1. Enrollment Guide for LEED APs without specialty (Click Here)

2. CMP guide for LEED APs with specialty (Click Here)

3. How to report your CE hours (Click Here)

Download our FREE introductory webinar:

LEED CE - End the Confusion!

Topics covered:

*What are the LEED CMP requirements?

*Who needs Continuing Education (CE) credits and how many?

*What are my options for acquiring credit hours?

*How can I best acquire credits while working overseas?

*What are the time limits for earning my credits?

*What happens if I do not get my credits in the allotted time?

For LEED APs without specialty who are enrolled in Prescriptive Credential Maintenance

Chart from GBCI CMP Guide

GBRI-LEED-Projects Discussion Board

Project Experience

NEW SESSIONS EVERY MONTH IN 2012!

Next Session Starting: Thursday, Feb. 2nd - 2PM EST

GBRI's LEED Project Experience is a distinctive program offered for Green Building professionals seeking experience on a LEED registered project for resume experience and exam eligibility.

The 4 week program is an integration of live online meetings and short personal assignments that address credit calculations, requirements, strategies & documentation. As a part of the program, students will receive access to a registered project through the LEED online system. This is a great way to get the hands-on experience required to understand the LEED process. Attendees will have access to sample LEED templates, tools, calculations, plans and other documents. The Project Experience program is ideal for Green Associates and other professionals looking for practical application based learning. Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be issued a LEED Eligibility letter describing the team member's involvement and contributions to the LEED project.

Project meetings take place online over the course of four weeks, every Thursday from 2:00pm to 3:30pm EST. The program is worth 5 CE hours under live presentation category including 1 LEED-specific hour.

Price: $249. Click Here to Register

The Advancement - LEED Green Associates can now get all 15 CE hours for CMP along with project experience to take the LEED exam. This includes access to 10 ERB approved professional development course hours + the project experience program.

Price: $399. Click Here to Register

Testimonials:

I wanted to thank you for the positive experience I recently had with GBRI’s LEED experience program, and for your professional conducting of the webinar sessions and behind the scenes support you provided throughout. This program fills a much needed gap in providing hands-on experience with real life projects, exposure to LEED Online system, and allows consulting-like opportunities in a LEED CS and a LEED EBOM

project as part of a global team. The letter certifying the experience gained also allows the participants to pursue the LEED AP exam in a given specialty, or to comply with the LEED Credential Maintenance Programs requirements. It was a pleasure working with you and the team you assembled. Best wishes in your future endeavours!

Sincerely,

Liliana Diaz Olavarrieta , Ph.D., MBA, PMP, LEED Green Associate

Sustainability Consultant / University of Toronto SCS instructor

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The LEED Project Participation / Experience Program presented by the Green Building Research Institute (GBRI) is an excellent online course and a practical way to gain LEED project experience without leaving one's office. Presented in five consecutive weekly webcasts, this online course by GBRI utilized many of the technological features of webcasts one has come to expect with USGBC-affiliated course provider organizations. Our Project Manager and Administrator for our two LEED projects, Jeslin Varghese, was instrumental in getting the various project team members involved and in making the course interesting, productive, and useful. I would recommend this course to any LEED credentialed professional, but especially for those LEED GA's who are looking to gain LEED project experience in order to become LEED AP's.

Best,

Mark A. Cascia, PE, CEM,

LEED AP BD+C

Senior Expert Application Engineer

R & D, System Applications Group

Siemens Industry, Inc.

Building Technologies Division

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Thank you for presenting the Project Experience Program.

I found it very useful, as I had not yet been involved in a real LEED project. Examining a real project with all its potential and many limitations was a great experience. Many of the issues I had learned about as LEED Green Associate became much more tangible while working on the project. The online tutorials were a great way of leading us deeper into LEED and LEED-online. I am now preparing for my AP exam and I feel confident that I will pass.

Thank you again to you and your team,

Dr. Sabine Wittmann , LEED GA

Office for Sustainable Architecture

Büro für nachhaltige Architektur

Wiesbaden, Germany

Project Experience FAQs:

Will the “Advancement Program” help me in getting all the 15 CE hours and qualify me to take the exam?

Yes, Green Associates can get all their 15 CE hours through this program. The advancement program includes 10 CE hours from ERB / GBCI approved courses + 5 CE hours from our LEED project experience program. Apart from meeting LEED CMP requirements for Green Associates, the advancement track provides the qualification required to take the LEED AP exam. LEED Green Associates may use this experience to apply for the LEED AP specialty exam within 3 years after successful completion of the program.

Do I have to complete my LEED GA credential maintenance of 15 hours if I am going to take my LEED AP specialty exam?

No, but you must complete/pass your LEED AP specialty exam before your LEED GA credential expiration date. If you are unsure of when you will take your exam, we advse you to complete your LEED GA credential maintenance.

When will the project experience program Start?

We will have a new cohort start every 5 weeks. Right now, you may register for project meetings starting July 14th or Sep 1st. Please note your preference during checkout.

How does this work? Will I work on a real LEED registered Project?

Our project experience program gives you the opportunity to participate in a real and active LEED-registered project. Participants will be assigned responsibilities through LEED online.

How often do you have meetings and how does it work?

The project team meets online every Thursday for 5 weeks to discuss project issues and credits. Through the program, you will become familiar with LEED project registration, LEED rating systems, and the LEED online system, and learn how to submit documentation for various credits. You may join on your own or as a group with others from your office or association. Recordings of team meetings will be available on-demand for those who have schedule conflicts. The LEED Project Experience program includes a kick-off meeting followed by on-line sustainability meetings to brainstorm strategies for LEED credit compliance. Students can participate and interact in the online meeting through built-in chat features or through calling in. The instructor shall mentor students on calculations, LEED online, documentation, etc. Students will be required to perform assignments ( 1-2 hours a week) on credit compliance calculations, documentation, etc.

Do you have a tentative program schedule?

Here is a rough schedule for the Project Experience meetings:

Week 1: Kick off meeting, Program expectations, Intro to LEED online V3.0

Week 2: Sustainability Charrette : Sites & Water credits, calculation examples, assignment

Week 3: Sustainability Charrette: Energy credits, calculation examples, assignment

Week 4: Sustainability Charrette: Materials credits, calculation examples, assignment

Week 5: Sustainability Charrette: IEQ and ID credits, calculation examples, assignment

Weekly assignments are not expected to take more than 1-2 hours.

What are the types of projects I will be working on?

At present we have opened 2 of our LEED registered projects (BD+C and O+M) that we manage for our Confidential / Non-Profit clients. It is important to understand that students need not work on a specific LEED project type in order to take exam in that rating system. For example – a LEED Green Associate can participate in our BD+C project and get qualified for a LEED ND/ ID+C exam. We do not get paid for any work we do for these clients. You will be given credit for any work you do on these projects.

Are we required to do assignments other than attending the on-line meetings?

Yes, participants will be required to do some work/assignments on their own before and after each meeting. This work is not expected to be more than 1-2 hour a week.

What if I miss the meeting / Are there recordings of the meetings?

We strongly recommend your participation in on-line meetings. However, all our webinars and meetings are recorded for future reference. All meeting participants will have access to our "On-Demand" site.

Do I have access to hand-out materials and other tools discussed during the class?

Yes, you will have access to all the hand-out materials, reference materials, tools that we show or use during the program. Due to the size of files, normally we upload them to a secure location.

Is your program officially recognized by USGBC or GBCI ?

Our program is uniquely designed to exceed the LEED AP exam eligibility requirements outlined by GBCI. We are very confident that our certificate will be approved by GBCI and we back that with a 100% refund in the event your exam application does not get approved for reasons related to project experience. USGBC & GBCI do not formally endorse our project experience program or any other similar exam preparation and project experience programs.

Will your program also help me prepare for the LEED AP exam?

Though the primary objective of our program is not exam preparation, the hands on experience gained through our program on credit compliance options, discussions on strategies, reference standards and calculations are effective for exam preparation.

Apart from exam eligibility, will your program assist me in LEED Project Management?

Yes, the experience gained through the program will definitely help you to become an effective project manager on LEED Projects. Apart from specific LEED credits, the program also concentrates on integrative planning process and discusses various strategies that could be incorporated throughout the lifecycle of a LEED project. Our instructor – Jeslin Varghese is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds LEED accreditation in multiple specialties (NC, BD+C and O+M)

Are we required to purchase the LEED reference guides to participate in the program?

As part of this program, you are not required to purchase LEED reference guides. All our participants will be given access to LEED rating system (available for download from USGBC site).

Will your program also qualify me to take the LEED Green Associate exam?

Yes, our LEED project experience program satisfies the eligibility requirements of both the LEED Green Associate and LEED AP specialty exams.

More Questions?

Please don’t hesitate to contact us at projects_gbrionline.org if you have more questions related to our project experience program.

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BD+C Prescriptive Package 30 CE hours

Price: $375

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ID+C Prescriptive Package 30 CE hours

Price: $375

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O+M Prescriptive Package 30 CE hours:

Price: $375

Homes

Homes Package 30 CE hours

Price: $375

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6 LEED-specific CE hours

Price: $125

Upcoming Course

Upcoming Course:Tax Incentives for Green Buildings: 2012 (US only) Live Broadcast: 2/1/2012 3PM EST

Price: $49

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Lessons Learned from 99 LEED Projects Package 12 CE Hours

Price: $225

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Build-your-own package 20 CE hours

Price: $325

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Build-your-own package 15 CE hours

Price: $275

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Build-your-own package 10 CE hours

Price: $215

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Single Webinar/ Course 2 CE hours

Price: $49

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The Advancement

Price: $399

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