
Sustainable Homes Professional (SHP)
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Launching in a new online, on-demand format for the entire NW region in February 2021!
Join our Sustainable Homes Professional (SHP) online training program and gain over 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 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, discounts for NW building industry professionals, 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
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 of our instructor's unique and specialized background:
- Stephen Aiguier of Green Hammer Design Build
- Bruce Sullivan of Base Zero LLC
- John Spillman of Earth Advantage
- Josh Salinger of Birdsmouth Design-Build
(see instructor profiles below)
The online experience provided by SHP will feature:
- On-demand, self-paced presentation videos and real world building project exercises
- Professionally filmed 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
- Live webinars that provide deep dives on select topics and ample opportunities for participant Q&A
- 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.
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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Online course available on-demand
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.
Intended for building industry audiences in Oregon, Washington, Idaho & Montana
CEs & Cost
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Institution | SHP
Core Training |
Optional
Live Webinars |
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AIA | 15 LU/HSW | 1-3 LU/HSW |
OR CCB
|
15 CEs | 1-3 CEs |
OCHI
|
15 CEs | 1-3 CEs |
BPI
|
7.5 units | 1-3 units |
ICC
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1.5 CEs | 0.1-0.3 CEs |
CPHC
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15 CEs | n/a |
OR Real Estate Agency
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15 CEs | n/a |
EA Broker Renewal
|
15 CEs | n/a |
AGA Renewal
|
15 CEs | n/a |
Training fees are greatly reduced in 2021 (regularly $900) thanks to generous support from Edwards Mother Earth Foundation.
- $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 and Women Business Enterprise (M/WSB) certified companies
- $650 | General Admission
$150 OFF for NW building industry professionals. Limited spots available on first come first served basis; applies only to residents of OR, WA, ID & MT. Made possible thanks to support from BetterBuiltNW.
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.
- Full-tuition scholarships for historically marginalized or underserved populations - applications closed December 2020. Check back soon for interest form. Made possible thanks to support from Energy Trust of Oregon.
QUESTIONS? Contact us at education@earthadvantage.org or (503) 968-7160 x60.
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