Health, Materials and Water (SHP Module 5)

Join us for this 3-hour online training to consider the human and resource elements of our built environment that have never been more important. This is your chance to hone in on the latest health trends currently taking center stage in the high performance home market.

Take this course and gain an in-depth look at the rationale for designing and building a healthy indoor environment while conserving natural resources. Participants will explore various health implications associated with design, material selection, and construction methods. You'll walk away with the ability to document health risks in a home and identify healthy and efficient alternatives to traditional materials and technologies. This will include analyzing building materials using various green criteria and identifying local and regional sources for optimum material selection.

Innovative water conservation strategies and construction waste management strategies with also be addressed in this training. We explore strategies to improve water conservation both within a home and on site and to optimize a site’s stormwater management.

Most importantly, recommendations for the successful integration of these strategies beyond principles and into practices will be emphasized throughout the course. 

Register today and gain design and construction strategies that create healthy indoor environments while maintaining resource-efficiency.
 

What is SHP? 

This 3-hour training represents the fifth module within the larger Sustainable Homes Professional (SHP) online training and accreditation program designed for the NW region:

• Module 1: Green Building Principles & Programs
• Module 2: Applied Building Science Fundamentals
• Module 3: High Performance Building Envelopes
• Module 4: Mechanical Systems & Performance Testing
• Module 5: Health, Materials & Water
• High Performance Home Site Visits

Earth Advantage's SHP training provides 15+ hours of cutting-edge design and building best practices that are critical to success in today's housing market. Learn from expert trainers as they help guide participants towards overcoming common barriers and choosing the best high performance building practices to match their specific scenario. The SHP online training offers presentation videos, behind-the-walls site visits, live webinars, guest speakers, product/technology demos, robust CE credits, and the option to earn the Sustainable Homes Professional (SHP) designation. 

Those who complete this Module 5 training will be one step closer towards earning our SHP designation. We invite you to learn more and gain visibility as a well-informed green building professional by signing up for the SHP online training today. 

Questions? Contact the EA Education Team at education@earthadvantage.org or (503) 968-7160 x60.

• Document health risks in a home
• List healthy and efficient alternatives to traditional materials and technologies
• Analyze various building materials using various green criteria
• Identify local and regional sources for optimum material selection
• List strategies for reducing water consumption within a house and outside a house