Corporate Training By Zack Academy - LEED Green Associate Exam Prep - 6 Week

Please Note:  THIS EXAM PREP COURSE IS FULLY UPDATED FOR LEED VERSION 4.0!

The USGBC credentialing exams are being updated to align with the new LEED v4.0 rating system. The last day to take the LEED 2009 (v3) exams is June 15th. The first day to take the LEED v4 exams is June 30th.

Why Should You Take This LEED Green Associate Exam Prep Course?

If you are just beginning your career in green building or if you are not currently a LEED AP, the LEED Green Associate Accreditation is for you! Green Associate is the introductory-level credential for LEED, and demonstrates a general understanding of all the LEED rating systems.

This 6-week, 12-hour seminar provides an introduction to green building and sustainable design principles, specifically as they relate to USGBC's LEED green building rating system. It prepares individuals to pass the LEED Green Associate exam on the first try, and is the first step in becoming a LEED professional.

**Please See Syllabus for Full Course Schedule

Course Goals Include:

• Discuss and understand core concepts and emerging trends in sustainability.
• Understand key LEED concepts, credits, and their synergies.
• Examine the fundamental requirements of achieving LEED certification, including planning, process, implementation, documentation, and certification.
• Identify local resources which contribute toward LEED requirements.
• Understand how LEED professional credentials benefit you, your clients, and your organization.

Why Should You Attend This Seminar?

1) The Green Associate Exam Handbook contains over a dozen separate documents and resources that are considered "primary sources" for the exam. This seminar combines the most important information from these resources into an accessible, comprehensive workshop, creating a focused and organized study path for exam candidates.

2) While Green Associate accreditation is not necessary for existing LEED AP's, all AIA members who attend our Green Associate Seminar will receive 8.0 HSW credits (4 of which satisfy the Sustainable Design requirement)! Non-AIA members can use our certificate of completion for self-reporting the 8 contact hours of instruction.

3) This LEED Green Associate seminar is an interactive, intimate and intense collaborative learning experience including analysis of real-world examples of LEED principles and certified projects; study techniques that will help you become exam-prepared in as little as 20 self-study hours; supplementary study materials; on-going phone/email support from your instructor until your test date; and more!

Required Textbooks:

1. Candidate Handbook
2. Study Bundle: Green Building and LEED Core Concepts, 2nd Edition and LEED Green Associate Study Guide
   

What's Included With Your Course Purchase?

• 12 hours classroom instruction with a guided tour of the LEED Silver Certified ACC Round Rock Campus
• 36 hours online distance learning with instructor support
• LEED Core Concepts and Strategies (e-book)
• LEED Green Associate Study Guide (e-book)
• LEED Green Associate Exam Fee
• LEED Green Associate Adm. Fee
• USGBC Central Texas – Balcones Chapter, 1 year Membership
• Online self-paced LEED 101: Green Building Basics and LEED
• Online self-paced LEED 201: Core Concepts and Strategies
• Online self-paced LEED 202: How to Document & Certify Projects
• The Paid from Savings Guide to Green Existing Buildings

Syllabus

LEED Green Associate Exam Prep course is a hybrid course that offers self-paced study materials, real life LEED project experience and live in-class instruction of exam prep. Also students will have an opportunity to review simulated exam questions and credit worksheets. Thanks to a grant provided by the Bank of America, students will enjoy the total savings of over $1,300 worth of free study materials and exam registration.

Registered students will receive these paid study materials via online access, also students will be automatically enrolled in the local USGBC chapter (program requirement, membership fees included).

The LEED Green Associate Exam Prep 6-Week course schedule:

• 12 hours classroom instruction with a guided tour of the LEED Silver Certified ACC Round Rock Campus
• 36 hours online distance learning with instructor support

Week 1: Course registration

Introduction: How to prepare Study Materials (efficiently) for an LEED GA exam (9am - 12pm)

Week 2: Self Study

Week 3: Self Study

Week 4: Self Study

Week 5: Self Study

Week 6:

Review of Study Materials (9am –12pm)

LEED Facility Tour (1pm - 4pm)