Green Building Training

About the Course

TECO is teaming up with Healthy Homes to provide your sales and technical professionals with a timely and unique training opportunity. According to a recent survey conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction Research & Analytics for the U.S. Green Building Council, green building in 2008 was expected to represent 6 percent of the residential construction industry, three times the amount in 2005. With the recent downturn in new home construction, the one major area that is not experiencing the slump is the construction of verifiable, environmentally-responsible homes. By attending this training, builders, building material suppliers, realtors and architects will learn what makes a home ‘green’ and why it matters to your clients, to your business, and most importantly, to the environment.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone interested in learning more about the technology and marketing of green building and green building certification, including architects, designers, realtors, builders, and building material suppliers. This program is an excellent employee development opportunity to make your staffers more valuable in the market, and help them differentiate themselves and your company from the competition.

What Will They Learn?

Learn how to incorporate green building practices into the home projects you design, build, sell, or supply and learn how the NAHB Green Building Certification program works.

• 7 hours of training of general home building practices and how they relate to green building design and construction
• Basics of the NAHB Green Building Certification program
• Brief introduction to other green building programs, including Wisconsin’s Green Built Homes™, LEED for Homes, and Energy Star Qualified Homes

Builders who want their homes certified to meet the NAHB National Green Building Standards are required to work with Green Building Verifiers such as TECO. This course will allow you to become familiar with the Green Building certification process that is required to be conducted by independent, third-party verifiers who will confirm that a builder has followed the necessary guidelines and has properly installed the appropriate appliances, equipment and other construction components and systems.

Registration

The registration fee for this course is $210 per attendee, which includes all course material, coffee, tea and soda during breaks, and lunch on Wednesday. Please use the following link to register online or call TECO’s Corporate office to register at (608) 837-2790. Registration is limited so please act now to reserve your space. A 10% discount is offered when two or more attend from same company.

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Training Location

Classes will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Madison’s east side, directly across from East Towne Mall. The hotel is conveniently located off of I-90/94 and just a shuttle ride from the Dane County Regional Airport. Telephone: 888-444-0401

Class Schedule

Wednesday, May 13, 2009   8:30am - 4:30pm

Transportation

Air travel arrangements, if necessary, should be made through Madison’s Dane County Regional Airport (MSN). Taxis are available outside the baggage claim area at the airport, and the Crowne Plaza Hotel offers a free shuttle to/from the airport.

Hotel Reservations

Single/double occupancy at the Crowne Plaza Hotel is available for the conference rate of $109 per night plus tax. Please call (800) 971-4654 or (608) 244-4703 for reservations, and mention ‘Green Building Training’ in order to get the conference rate. There are several other hotels in the area so please call TECO’s Corporate office at (608) 837-2790 for suggestions.

Dining

Lunch will be provided on Wednesday, with coffee/soda breaks included. For those coming in from out of town, breakfast and dinner will be “on your own” but there are many excellent dining options in the area.

About Our Instructor

Robin Pharo, owner and founder of Healthy Homes, located in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, is a national expert in the field of sustainable building and served on one of the NAHB implementation working groups that developed NAHB’s National Green Certification program. She is approved by the NAHB Research Center to teach this course and the NAHB Green Building Course, and administers Wisconsin’s Green Built Home Program.

About TECO

Based in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, TECO offers accredited certification and testing services for a wide variety of wood products, as well as structural wood adhesives. Founded in 1933, the company is a recognized certification agency with clients in North and South America, and Europe. TECO operates testing laboratories in Oregon and Louisiana, and TECO-certified wood products are used throughout the U.S., Canada, and Japan, displaying the TECO TESTED® mark of quality. TECO has 75 years of experience and expertise in wood science and engineering, wood product testing, standards development, and certification of wood products.

With this breadth of expertise and knowledge of building systems and practices, TECO is a Green Building Verifier for both the NAHB national program and Wisconsin’s Green Built Home program.

More information about TECO is available at www.tecotested.com.

For more information, contact:

Jed Hannemann
Green Building Specialist
jed.hannemann@tecotested.com
Phone: (608) 837-2790 x3215

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