Western North Carolina Green Building Council (WNCGBC)

WNCGBC Courses
Registration and payment for all classes can be made at: http://www.wncgbc.org/events/calendar.php

Green Building 201: Sustainable Land Use:
WHERE: NC Arboretum: 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way Asheville, NC 28806Tuesday, May 6th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

AGENDA:
What does land-use have to do with Green Building? Well, everything. Decisions in land-use and how we plan our communities have the single greatest impact on the energy
consumption of our houses as well as our communities at large. These decisions affect our landscapes aesthetically and environmentally and are the driving determinants of if
we even need a car let alone if your community is walkable. The decision of land use is where green building starts and has the greatest affect on your footprint. Joe and Daryl will discuss the key elements of urban design and land-use planning and the affect of pedestrianization. They will cover standard methods of practice of good urbanism, the history of the movement, and cutting edge tools to make better land-use decisions. Your
footprint is all about your feet!

Joseph Minicozzi, AICP is the New Projects Director for Public Interest Projects, Inc (PIP), a real estate development company focused on the redevelopment of downtown Asheville; he is trained as an architect and urban designer and has worked in real estate, town planning, city government, and as an architectural designer.
Daryl Rantis has more than 25 years of architectural
experience and an extensive background in traditional
neighborhood design and environmentally sensitive
architecture.His work has been published in Progressive Architecture, Fine Homebuilding and American Bungalow.

COST: $25 for members; $30 for non-members. Pre-registration required.

CEU CREDITS: 4 ECO Agent credits if both 201 classes are taken in the same day

REGISTER AND MORE INFO:
Contact Candice Black of WNCGBC:
ph. 828.254.1995 or
email: candice@wncgbc.org

Green Building 201: Stormwater Management:
WHERE: NC Arboretum: 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way Asheville, NC 28806

WHEN: next TBA

AGENDA:
The course will focus on going over the Best Practices for stormwater management for single lot homes both in the city and on more rural larger lots, development scale stormwater management both during and post construction and the same for commercial development.

COST: $25 for members; $30 for non-members. Pre-registration required.

CEU CREDITS: 4 ECO Agent credits if both 201 classes are taken in the same day

Green Building 101: HealthyBuilt Home Orientation Training:
WHERE: NC Arboretum: 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way Asheville, NC 28806

WHEN: next TBA

AGENDA:
All interested homebuilders and building professionals are invited to a half-day introduction to the NC HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) Program, a statewide green builder program for residential building professionals administered by the WNC Green Building Council in partnership with the NC Solar Center.

You will learn the benefits, building guidelines and process for you to be a participant in the NC HBH Program. The NC HBH Program provides visibility and certification of homes for residential builders who practice sustainable, high performance building practices. The program also provides third party assistance in learning about and marketing HealthyBuilt Homes.

This event is required orientation to the NC HBH program for all builders who wish to build NC HealthyBuilt Homes

Marcus Renner is owner of Appropriate Building Solutions, Inc. and has taught classes relating to sustainable construction on the university, community college and public levels.
COST: $49 per person. Pre-registration required.

CEU CREDITS: 4 ECO Agent credits

Green Building 101: Green Home Renovation:
WHERE: NC Arboretum: 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way Asheville, NC 28806

WHEN: Saturday, June 14th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

AGENDA:
While greening new construction is an important goal, the majority of buildings that will be here in 10 years already have been built. This course will review the challenges and opportunities inherent to green renovation, focusing on residential buildings. There will be an introduction to green building basic principles and discussion of how these principles may or may not apply to renovation. As with new construction, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, materials selection and others topics will be discussed. In addition this class will also cover costs, existing toxins, challenges in older existing homes, common issues in renovations and when is it not worth it. This course is a great resource for homeowners renovating their own homes as well as contractors looking to work on green renovations. We will talk about first hand experience on renovation projects.

Marcus Renner is a consultant with Appropriate Building Solutions, Inc. and has taught classes relating to sustainable construction on the university, community college and public level.
COST: $80 for members; $100 for non-members. Pre-registration required. Lunch included.

CEU CREDITS: 4 ECO Agent credits

Green Building 101: Introduction to Natural Building:
WHERE: AB Tech Community College Madison Campus Lecture Room: 4646 US Hwy 25-70 Marshall, NC 28753

WHEN: Tuesday, June 17th from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

AGENDA:
Natural Building: What Is It? How Do You Do It? Why Would You Do It?
“Natural building” is a catchall phrase for a variety of building techniques that share a focus on using local or site-harvested materials and simple tools to create energy efficient, low-impact structures. In this four hour course, we’ll go over the basics by comparing and contrasting a variety of methods including adobe, cob, clay-slip straw, straw bale, cordwood and others. We’ll also introduce natural finishes such as earth plaster and site-made paints. Finally, we’ll discuss ways of integrating natural building into commercial “green” or conventional building systems, and options for natural building remodeling and “interior decorating”. Our focus will be a practical, realistic look at the pros and cons of implementing natural building solutions in this modern world.

Clarke Snell has written two books on alternatives to conventional construction techniques. He administers Think Green Building, a small design, consulting, research, and rabble-rousing network.

COST: $50 for non-members, $40 for members. Pre-registration required.

CEU CREDITS: 4 ECO Agent credits

Green Building 101: Zero Energy Homes:
WHERE: NC Arboretum: 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way Asheville, NC 28806

WHEN: Thursday, June 25th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

AGENDA:
We will go through the qualitative as well as the technical components of achieving a Net Zero Energy Home. The course will go through each technique and technology beginning with home orientation and ending with generating electricity. The course will have a heavy focus on passive solar design including overhang design, window sizing and thermal mass. More advanced technologies such as LED's and building integrated solar will be discussed in reference to the future of the zero energy home.

The instructors for this course are Joe Crocker and Lee Ball, Jr.
Joe Crocker, LEED AP, is an instructor in the Building Science program at Appalachian State University. Crocker has 15 years experience in the construction industry working with high performance building and energy efficient design.

Lee F. Ball Jr., Building Science Instructor and ASU Energy Center Research Analyst
Lee Ball has taught in Appalachian State University’s Building Science program for the past six years. He also works for the ASU Energy Center as a research analyst and is currently the western region project manager for the North Carolina State Energy Office’s Upgrade and Save project.

COST: $80 members, $100 for non-members. Pre-registration required. Price includes lunch.

CEU CREDITS: 4 ECO Agent credits