LEED^® for Homes for Field Agents

CEUs: 6 credits
CILB#0010550

The United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED for Homes® program is designed to serve the top green builders in the country. LEED certified homes consume less energy, use less water, and are safe and healthy places for their families to live. All LEED Homes are third party inspected, performance tested, and certified to be higher-performing than conventional homes.

LEED homes are rated by LEED for Homes Providers. The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) has been chosen by USGBC as a provider for the State of Florida. FSEC is responsible for training and administering a team of Field Agents, who together with FSEC verify that homes in the program are built to meet the requirements of the rating system.

This course is designed to educate Field Agents on verification and submittal requirements of the LEED for Homes rating system, which includes onsite inspections.

IMPORTANT: In order to be considered an FSEC Field Agent and take the course through FSEC, you must meet one of the following prerequisites:

Field Agents must remain third party to the projects they service. If you are a builder interested in taking this course for informational purposes, you may be eligible for a discount coupon. Contact Mable Flumm at 321-638-1401.

A LEED certified home includes high performance features designed to provide improved heath, safety, comfort, and lower operating costs. LEED certified homes are also more environmentally friendly, more durable, less polluting, and make substantially better use of resources. In addition, the net cost of owning a green home may be less than the net cost of a conventional home due to savings in energy and water.

For further answers to your questions check out our LEED for Homes Class FAQ's.

Agenda:

9:30 Registration
9:45 LEED for Homes Introduction
10:15 Home Size and LEED Certification Levels
10:30 Mandatory Measures of LEED for Homes
10:45 Steps to Verification
10:55 Detailed Checklist
11:00 Integrated Project and Durability Plans
11:15 Location and Linkages
11:35 Sustainable Sites
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Water Efficiency
1:05 Indoor Environmental Quality
1:25 Materials and Resources
1:45 Energy and Atmosphere
2:05 Homeowner Awareness
2:25 Break
2:40 Review of Expected Inspections and Submissions
3:00 Builder Costs and Pilot Field Agent Model
3:15 Marketing to Builders
3:45 Q&A and complete evaluations
4:00 Adjourn

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Qualification of Instructors:

Eric Martin
Senior Research Engineer
Florida Solar Energy Center
Cocoa, FL 32922

Eric Martin is a Senior Research Engineer in the Buildings Research Division at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), where he has worked since 1995. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, both from the Florida Institute of Technology. He currently is a member of the Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership, sponsored by the US Department of Energy, where he conducts research and provides technical assistance to the home building industry to improve the environmental performance of homes. This work primarily focuses on investigating various cost and performance trade-offs that enable builders to implement a systems approach to construct high-performance housing. Techniques used to accomplish success include builder/subcontractor training on advanced equipment and construction methods, energy simulation and analysis, collection and analysis of monitored data, and development of consumer oriented publications. Mr. Martin has been active in the state as well as national green building movement through his work at FSEC, and through previous service on the Board of Directors for the Florida Green Building Coalition, Inc., and the LEEDTM Homes Committee of the US Green Building Council. Mr. Martin chaired a committee to develop a statewide green residential building standard, and is active in maintaining the effort through oversight and training. Mr. Martin has also been involved with development of a green standard for Florida City and County governments, sponsored by the US Department of Energy and the Florida Energy Office, and has authored a document containing green guidelines for maintaining existing commercial buildings in Florida, which was funded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Robin K. Vieira
Buildings Research Division Director
Florida Solar Energy Center
Cocoa, FL 32922

Mr. Vieira has over 20 years of experience in hot, humid climate research. He has been the principal investigator for over 2 million dollars of contracts and grants from industry, foundations and state and federal agencies. He has led research efforts in residential auditing and field evaluation work, survey and statistical work, and computer simulation and analysis work. Rob has presented over 40 workshops and seminars on sustainable development and energy-efficient construction to developers, builders, designers and others in the energy & environmental & development fields. He has written papers for diverse audiences, e.g., Transportation Quarterly, Florida Planning, and ASHRAE Transactions, and was the primary author of one book, Energy-Efficient Florida Home Buildings. Rob helps support builders through assistance with utility programs, Energy Star Homes, Building America, Zero Energy Homes and Florida Green Home Designation. He has directed the work on the cost-benefit optimization, improvement analysis and system sizing features of the State of Florida’s residential code and rating software (EnergyGauge). He was the chairman of the organizing committee of the Florida Green Building Coalition, and serves on the FGBC board. Mr. Vieira has a B.A. in Physics, an M.S. in Applied Solar Energy and an MBA.

LEED® for Homes for Field Agents

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LEED^® for Homes for Field Agents