NeighborWorks Green Training and Certification

View Highlights from the Symposium: Greening Your Roadmap to Succeed in a Changing Landscape

As the leading educator in the community development industry, NeighborWorks America is raising the bar even higher by including a comprehensive green curriculum of coursework with a certification program. These courses, featuring ideas and best practices, allow NeighborWorks America to provide a direct and substantial return to the industry in the development of healthier, more efficient homes. 

Green and Healthy Homes Courses

Green and Healthy Homes Specialist Certificate

Greening Your Roadmap Symposium Resources (May 2009)

Go Green Now Symposium Resources (February 2008)

NeighborWorks Green & Healthy Homes Courses

• AH232 Greening Affordable Housing
• AH243 Green Building and Multifamily Housing Clinic
• AH245 Greening MultiFamily Housing
• AM242 Green and Healthy Strategies for Multifamily Housing
• AM244 Creating and Managing a Comprehensive Energy Program for Your Residents
• CB260 Taking Green Action in Your Community

• CP191 Intro to Healthy Homes
• CP199 Green Building Science
• CP211 What to Do about Environmental Hazards in Housing: Due Diligence Basic Skills
• CP212 Materials and Methods of Construction
• CP240 Greening Housing Rehab
• CP241 Residential Green Building
• CP243 Building Healthy Homes
• CP246 Train the Trainer: Lead-Safe Renovation under the New EPA RRP Rule
• CP249 Green in Action 
• ML230 Greening Your Organization

• NR261 Using Green Strategies for More Livable Neighborhoods

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NeighborWorks Green & Healthy Homes Specialist Certificate Requirements

Week One

• AH232 Greening Affordable Housing 
• CP223  How to Build a House
• CP241 Residential Green Building

Week Two

• AH245 Greening MultiFamily Housing!
• CP244 Lead-Safe Practices and Basics of Compliance
• CP184 Managing Liability & Reducing Risk in the Development Process

Week Three

• CP191 Intro to Healthy Homes
• CP211 What to Do About Environmental Hazards in Housing: Due Diligence Basic Skills
• CP243 Building Healthy Homes

Final Examination

Courses need not be taken in the recommended sequence.

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NeighborWorks Symposium (February 2008): Go Green Now: Embracing Energy Efficiency, Healthy Housing and Green Building

• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) -- LEED Homes Program
  • Green Home Building by the Numbers [DOC]
  • About the USGBC [DOC]
  • LEED for Homes FAQs [PDF]
    
    
• Symposium PowerPoint Presentations:
  
  • Opening Plenary: Stepping Into the World of Green [PDF, 1 M]
    Rebecca Morely, National Center for Healthy Housing
    
  • Morning Plenary: What are CDCs Doing: Real World Examples[PDF, 1 M]
    Mary Jane Jagodzinski, Community HousingWorks
    
  • Luncheon Remarks: Announcement of NeighborWorks America's Green Agenda [PDF, 21KB]
    Ken D. Wade, CEO, NeighborWorks America
    
  • Luncheon Keynote: The Greening of an Organization [PDF, 14 M]
    Janaker Casper, President, Community Housing Partners
  • Breakout Session 1: Energy and Water Conservation [PDF, 2 M]
    Edward Pollock, Residential Team Leader, Building Technologies Program, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Breakout Session 1: Energy and Water Conservation [PDF, 7 M]
    Bill Strang, Vice President of Operations, TOTO USA
  • Breakout Session 2: Creating and Retrofitting for Healthy Housing [PDF, 526 KB]
    Gary Adamkiewicz, Harvard School of Public Health
  • Breakout Session 2: Creating and Retrofitting for Healthy Housing [PDF, 2 M]
    Steve Klossner, American Lung Association
  • Breakout Session 2: Creating and Retrofitting for Healthy Housing [PDF, 1 M]
    Dr. Pamela Meyer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Breakout Session 2: Creating and Retrofitting for Healthy Housing [PDF, 268 KB]
    Lisa Wise, Initiative for Affordable Housing, Inc.
  • Breakout Session 3: Green Programs & Standards [PDF, 309 KB]
    Brian Ng, ENERGY STAR for Homes
  • Breakout Session 4: Managing Materials to Maximize Green Results [PDF 1 M]
    Mark Lennon, Principal, Institution for Recycling Network
  • Breakout Session 4: Managing Materials to Maximize Green Results [PDF, 357 KB]
    Allyson Wednt, Associate Editor, Environmental Building News, Building Green, Inc.
  • Breakout Session 6: Greening Your Existing Portfolio [PDF, 133 KB]
    Roger Lewis, Property and Asset Management Consultant
  • Closing Plenary: Many Shades of Green, Where do we Go From Here? [PDF, 3 M]
    Ed McNamara, Turtle Island Development LLC

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