Introduction to green buildings

Introduction to green buildings

This course is approved for 0.5 GBCI Continuation Education (CE) credits.

While the building sector is one of the biggest contributors to global warming and climate change, it also has the greatest potential for mitigation. Green Buildings are designed to have reduced environmental impacts in terms of energy, water, transportation, waste and the indoor environment.     

This course enumerates the goals and strategies for designing a green building. You’ll also understand how different benchmarks and standards for green buildings have evolved over time and where they’re headed in the future.       

This course is organized in small modules. The first module elaborates on the environmental impacts of buildings. The second module will help you understand what green buildings are. Next, you will understand various strategies of green building design in the third module. Finally, the fourth module will provide you an insight to where green buildings are headed in the future.

The course content has high-quality visuals to provide you an engaging and insightful learning experience. At the end of the course, you’ll have complete clarity on what green buildings are all about. 

A primer to green building design

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What you will learn

• Understand environmental impacts of buildings
• List design strategies for green buildings
• Discuss sustainability in the context of green buildings

Rating: 4.6

Level: Beginner Level

Duration: 41 mins

Instructor: EDS Global