Green 101: Understanding Industry Standards

Greening your life – with a focus on your

career

Green Labels


Green Standards

Organic – food

EnergyStar –

appliances and houses

LEED – buildings and

people

FSC – wood products


Green Building Rating Systems

For

professionals?

For buildings? Software

training

Commercial or

Residential

Hands on

Training?

BPI Y N N Residential Y

RESNET Y Y Y Residential Y

LEED Y Y N Commercial

(mostly)

N

EnergyStar N Y N Residential N

National Green

Building

Standard

Y Y N Residential N

Passive House Y Y Y! All types N


Green Jobs

Many “green” jobs are existing jobs, updated

for the new economy

Construction-related jobs

Manufacturing-related jobs

Auto-worker

Utility

Many of the skills required for these jobs are

also standardized using accreditations


LEED


LEED Accreditation

Legacy

LEED AP

“LEED Green Associate” requirements:

Experience on one LEED-registered projectOR work in field of sustainability (or previous

employment)OR proof of completion of green building

education, like an exam prep courseAND pass 2-hour LEED GA exam

Must complete 15 hrs. of CE every two years


Building Performance Institute

8

A national resource for building

science technology that sets

standards for assessing and

improving home energy

Est 1993 first Cert in 1996

Uses the house-as-a-system

approach to assessing a home

Is the required certification for many

Home Performance with Energy Star

Programs HPwES


BPI Specialties9

Fundamentals ---------------------------------- Intermediate Level Specialties -----------------------------------

Certification Name

Building Analyst Envelope / Shell Manufactured

Housing Heating A/C or Heat Pump

Core Curriculum

Buildings and their

Systems

Envelope systems and

their interaction with other

building systems

Manufactured housing

systems and their

interaction with other

manufactured housing

systems

Heating systems and

their interaction with other

building systems

A/C heat or heat pump

systems and their

interaction with other

building systems

OptimizationAnalyzing Building

Systems

Optimizing building

envelope systems and

their interaction with

building systems

Optimizing manufactured

housing systems and

their interaction with

building systems

Optimizing

heatingsystems and their

interaction with building

systems

Optimizing A/C and heat

pump systems and their

interaction with building

systems

Reference Standards

BPI standards and Project Specifications


RESNET Standards

Recognized for Accreditation of rating providers, rater training

providers, and rating software tools

Verification of energy savings for energy efficient mortgages (EEMs)

Verification of a home's energy performance for EPA's ENERGY STAR Homes Program and the Department of Energy’s Building America Program

Performance option for energy code compliance in 16 states

Verification of energy performance in state utility benefit program funded residential energy efficiency programs in 9 states


HERS Index

The HERS Reference Home sets the

standard at 100.

Homes that are more efficient than the

standard will score lower on the scale. For

each percentage point that the home in

question is more efficient than the reference

home, the home is rated 1 point lower on the

scale.Energy Star homes score

an 85 or lower (80 or lower

in Northern climate zones)

Builder’s

Challenge

homes score a

70 or lower


NABCEP

North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners

Install, design and sell solar photovoltaic systems, solar thermal, and small wind

Images and Text from Nabcep.org


IGSHPA

International Ground Source Heat Pump

Association

Certify ground source heat pump installers and

drillers

Images from

Igshpa.okstate.edu


Carpenters, Electricians,

HVAC Laborers

BPI and/or RESNET training

Energy auditor or residential

retrofit contractor

Architects, Engineers,

Electricians, Carpenters,

Lawyers, Real Estate Agents, etc

LEED Certification

Green Commercial Real Estate project

design, finance, management, construction

Machinists, sheet metal, iron

and steel workers,

engineers

Wind Energy Certification

Wind Turbine Installer and technician

Electricians, laborers, contractors,

electrical engineers, welders

Solar PV & Solar Thermal Certification

Solar power installer and technician

Plumbers, architects, civil engineers

IGSHPA TrainingGround source heat

pump installation


For Career Starters or Changers

If you’re entering a 2 or 4 year program, there

are a number of green careers in the fields of:

Agriculture

Biotech

Construction

Energy

Natural resources management

Advocacy

Transportation


Green Your Job

Realtor

Janitor

Teacher

Hotelier

Dog walker

Lawyer, accountant, small business owner…

any job can be greened.

Green 101: Understanding Industry Standards

Education

Transcript of Green 101: Understanding Industry Standards