Sustainable Homes Professional

Overview

Length: 15+ Hours

Join our Sustainable Homes Professional (SHP) online training program and gain 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.

Recommended Audience

Architects / Builders / Contractors / Code Officials / Developers / Engineers / Home Energy Score Assessors / Home Inspectors / Program Representatives / Raters / Verifiers / Remodelers / Subcontractors
 

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Continuing Education

Institution	Whole SHP Training	Individual  Modules
AIA	15 LU/HSW	3 LU/HSW
OR CCB	15 CEs	3 CEs
BPI	7.5 units	1.5 units
ICC	1.5 CEs	0.3 CEs
OR Real Estate Agency	15 CEs	3 CEs
EA Broker Renewal	15 CEs	3 CEs
AGA Renewal	15 CEs	3 CEs

 

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 | Green Hammer Design Build | View Bio



Josh Salinger | Birdsmouth Design-Build | View Bio



Bruce Sullivan | Base Zero LLC | View Bio



John Spillman | Earth Advantage | View Bio