Education & Training
GBA provides knowledge, tools, connections, confidence, and inspiration to champion sustainable building practices, while also increasing access and opportunity for essential training, upskilling, and career development.
Our courses provide skills and knowledge needed to support a healthy and high-performance built environment. We provide continuing education and credentialing for architects, contractors, building operators, carpenters, electricians, property owners, school administrators, and more. Our programs establish a foundational understanding of sustainability as it relates to design, construction, renovations, and systems, and are designed to share best practices for healthy and efficient building operations, and thriving communities..
Open Public Courses
- LEED Green Associate Exam Prep: A course to prepare participants for the LEED Green Associate exam.
- Green Professional Operations & Maintenance (GPRO O&M): A course on energy-efficient building management.
- GPRO for Schools: A version of GPRO tailored for school facilities managers. Learn more about this course as well as customized programs for educators and school administrators on our Green and Healthy Schools Academy page.
- Getting Started With Green Building: A course that explores the wide array of career paths across sustainable building design, construction, operations and more.
- Commercial Energy Efficiency 101 – Simple Strategies to Reduce Energy Usage & Costs: A course covering strategies for understanding, managing, and reducing electricity, natural gas, and other utility usage. No- and low-cost actions as well as deeper building projects and retrofits for energy reduction are explored.
- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Training: A course providing instruction and guidance on entering utility data into ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager (ESPM), including reading utility bills, creating and setting up a building in ESPM, s, and entering utility bill information into ESPM.
Additionally, GBA offers behind-the-scenes Green Building Tours of pioneering building projects. Led by experts and building professionals, these tours inform and educate participants in how leading organizations are successfully utilizing sustainable building practices and products. To view upcoming public courses, tours, and educational events, including information on credentialing and Continuing Education Credits (CEUs), visit our events page.
