Green Building and LEED® Professional Accreditation Workshop - in Collaboration with the Order of Engineers and Architects

Why Green Building?

Green Building respects the environmental impact of the extraction of materials and processes related to their construction and operation, deliver cost savings and improved value to their owners, conserve energy and water consumption, and provide a healthy indoor environment for the people who live and work in them. New Green Building initiative and mandates in the region have provided high-level support for improving design and construction practices and building performance. Professionals are challenged to deliver sustainable buildings in a harsh climate that meet increasingly tougher energy and water efficiency requirements. Developers and owners are generally attracted to the operational savings, lower lifecycle cost, and reduced impact to the environment that they can achieve through Green Building.

Workshop Objectives

This course is an introduction to the concepts of sustainable, high performance Green Building, as well as methods for design, construction and evaluation. The emphasis of this workshop is on reviewing the fundamentals of the LEED® 2009 NC (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for New Construction and Major Renovations) Rating System and the relevant LEED certification process as per LEED Version-3 requirements.

Accordingly, the course will provide the key preparatory information about the needed tools and technical expertise for taking exams for both LEED credentials, the “LEED Green Associate”/Tier –I, and the “LEED Accredited Professional for Building Design and Construction” (LEED AP BD+C)/Tier-II. It will also provide project teams with the necessary procedures and technical tools for planning, designing and constructing LEED certified projects.

Who should attend?

All industry professionals seeking to work on Green projects, especially those seeking to become LEED professionals (LEED Green Associates and/or LEED AP BD+C) and/or work on LEED 2009 projects, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Architects
• Engineers
• Contractors
• Consultants
• Developers
• Building Owners
• Client Representatives
• Environmental, Health and Safety Managers
• Sustainability Managers
• Facility Managers 

Course Schedule  

Certificates of attendance are provided to candidates who complete the workshop successfully.

For more information or registration, please contact Raya Kalash at +961-1-989901 ext. 132 or at rkalash@amideast.org