LEED^® for Homes for Field Agents

Course Dates and online registration is available online.

This course is designed to take current Florida green home certifying agents, Florida energy raters and LEED® professionals through the LEED® for Homes® pilot program in order that they may be eligible to be field raters for homes through the Florida Solar Energy Center, the USGBC designated provider serving the Florida region during the pilot program.

The 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. Nationwide over 350 builders and 5500 units have enrolled in the LEED for Homes Pilot Project as of mid-April 2007.

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
10:00 LEED for Homes Introduction
10:20 Home Size and LEED Certification Levels
10:30 Mandatory Measures of LEED for Homes
11:00 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
3:20 Typical Cost Estimates from USGBC
3:45 Q&A and complete evaluations
4:00 Adjourn

Upcoming Course Offerings:

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There are no upcoming offerings of this course.

Qualification of Instructors:

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.