
Sustainable Homes Professional (SHP) Online
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Now available in an online format available at your convenience!
Join our Sustainable Homes Professional (SHP) online training program and gain 15+ hours of cutting edge design and building best practices that are critical to success in today's housing market.
SHP is an in-depth, interactive, and field-tested online training program for industry professionals across the Northwest and beyond who are looking to take their residential projects and building craft to the next level of quality. Previously an 84-hour in-person training, the SHP training program has now been redesigned in a condensed, self-paced online format. Training topics covered in SHP are designed to maximize the health, comfort, durability, savings, and sustainability benefits for your home buyer/owner clients.
Participants will gain information and recommendations on how to overcome common barriers and misconceptions of high performance building in order to incorporate the most beneficial building practices that match their specific scenario. The online SHP experience provides 15-hours of required content and over 5-hours of optional bonus features consisting of training videos, behind-the-walls site visit tours, live webinars with instructor Q&A, guest speaker presentations, and product/technology demonstrations. SHP also offers robust continuing education credits and the option to earn the Sustainable Homes Professional (SHP) designation.
Learn from our expert instructors as they guide participants through the entire spectrum of energy efficient and green building practices and share field-proven insights on the following:
- Building science fundamentals & moisture management
- High performance wall & roof assemblies
- HVAC product selection & integrated system design
- Water management & conservation
- Indoor air quality, green material considerations & health impacts
- Locally available above-code building programs & incentives



TRAINERS
Our SHP trainers are nationally-recognized as some of the best in the construction business.SHP participants benefit from the opportunity to gain valuable lessons learned from each instructor's specialized background:
- Stephen Aiguier of Green Hammer Design Build
- Josh Salinger of Birdsmouth Design-Build
- Bruce Sullivan of Base Zero LLC
- John Spillman of Earth Advantage
(see instructor profiles below)




ONLINE FORMAT
The online experience provided by SHP will feature:
- On-demand, self-paced presentation videos and real world building project exercises
- Professionally filmed site visit tours of under-construction homes at varying levels of performance with builders, raters and subcontractors on-site to explain approaches and reveal cost/benefit analysis
- Recorded webinars that provide deep dives on select topics and opportunities for Q&A with SHP instructors.
- Guest speakers who share past projects, approaches, & expertise on topics that will help you reduce risk and benefit from tried-and-true experiences
- Demonstration videos from trusted manufacturers of leading edge technologies and products
- Optional reference materials and textbook reading from Residential Energy by John Krigger & Builder’s Guide by Joseph Lstiburek (purchased separately)
- Optional* homeworks and final project that progresses throughout the course and puts principles into practice by guiding participants in designing their own high performance building or research project (*required to earn SHP designation)
Participants must complete and pass all quizzes, homework assignments and final project in order to earn the SHP designation. Earth Advantage provides logos, an accredited professional registry, and marketing support to help SHPs gain visibility as informed green building professionals.
The first in-person, 84-hour SHP accreditation training was offered in 2008 and has since has been delivered by these instructors 20+ times across Oregon, all the while maintaining a longstanding reputation for depth, applied learning, and outstanding quality. SHP is complementary to other industry credentials (LEED AP/GA, SBA, CPHC, BPI, HERS, etc.) and offers a customized training experience for building professionals in the Northwest region and beyond. SHPs are architects, builders, developers, remodelers, raters/verifiers, subcontractors, planners, engineers, third-party program staff, real estate professionals, educators, and building operators who prioritize whole system thinking and sustainable practices.
INDIVIDUAL MODULE OPTION
The SHP online training consists of five individual modules, plus site visit tours of high performance building projects. For anyone interested in pursuing individual modules only, you can register for one or more (in any order you choose) using the links below:
- 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
To earn the SHP designation via this individual module approach, participants would need to complete all five modules, one out of the three High Performance Home Site Visits, and pass the quizzes, homeworks, and final project.
Learning Objectives
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- Overcome common barriers & misconceptions of high performance building
- Analyze the benefits of incorporating different green building products and approaches
- Take advantage of financial incentives and technical assistance offered by governments, utilities and nonprofits
- Identify the full breadth of building best practices from site layout to flooring selection
- Enhance your knowledge of building science & how a home functions as a system
- Establish a sustainable design goal by incorporating energy, water, & resource efficiency while maintaining a comfortable, durable, healthy building
- Develop marketing strategies & support to strengthen the business case for green building
- Gain a builder/designer-centric approach to achieving the following certification standards: Passive House, Zero Energy / Zero Energy Ready, Earth Advantage, BuiltGreen, LEED for Homes, EPS, ENERGY STAR, & more.
When & Where
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15 Hrs Required; 5+ Hrs Bonus Optional Content
On-demand training format consists of a series of 5-10 minute videos divided into sections.
Users can start or stop their viewing at their own pace and easily resume the course at their convenience.
Hosted on our partner platform, BetterBuiltNW.
Intended for building industry audiences in Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho & Montana
CEs & Cost
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Institution | SHP | Optional | Individual |
Core Training | Live Webinars | SHP Modules | |
AIA | 15 LU/HSW | 1-3 LU/HSW | 3 LU/HSW |
OR CCB
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15 CEs | 1-3 CEs | 3 CEs |
OCHI
|
15 CEs | 1-3 CEs | 3 CEs |
BPI
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7.5 units | 1-3 units | 1.5 units |
ICC
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1.5 CEs | 0.1-0.3 CEs | 0.3 CEs |
CPHC
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15 CEs | n/a | n/a |
OR Real Estate Agency
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15 CEs | n/a | 3 CEs |
EA Broker Renewal
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15 CEs | n/a | 3 CEs |
AGA Renewal
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15 CEs | n/a | 3 CEs |
COST
Training fees are greatly reduced (regularly $900) thanks to generous support from Edwards Mother Earth Foundation.
Fees:
- $400 | Affordable Housing Providers (developers, builders, and their subcontractors)
- $500 | Earth Advantage Professionals (EA Builders and EA Accredited Pros), ZERO Members, Energy Trust of Oregon Trade Allies, & Oregon Minority/Women Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) certified companies
- $600 | General Admission
- For individual module pricing, see ‘Individual Module Option’ links above.
$50 off | Groups of 2 or more
- Energy Trust of Oregon Trade Allies working with EPS New Construction may be eligible for partial reimbursement for this course. Please contact eps@energytrust.org for more information.
QUESTIONS? Contact us at education@earthadvantage.org or (503) 968-7160.
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