CleanEdison

by Robert Gluck

Home ownership continues to garner top billing as the number one dream of most Americans. But the new trend, if you haven’t noticed, is to let’s “go green”.

Building a green home or retrofitting an existing residence to make it eco-friendly with sustainable features not only adds value to the real estate investment, it allows homeowners to find meaning and purpose in their lives.

Perhaps just as importantly, it allows trained personnel who have LEED Certification having taken the LEED Exam Prep and passed the LEED Green Associate exam to seize an opportunity to make a difference in the world.

Ever hear of these green innovations?

• low-flow toilets
• formaldehyde-free furniture
• concrete floors finished with non-toxic sealants
• reception counters made with Dakota Burl – a composite material that looks like wood but consists of pressed sunflower seeds.

Green building and green remodeling, especially LEED certified ones are hot right now, and practices that conserve energy as proven by an Energy Audit Certification issued by an energy auditor who passed the Energy Auditor Training, and materials, encourage recycling and sustainability which a LEED rating performed by a LEED AP who passed the corresponding LEED courses will attest, and aim to cut costs while improving health and safety are winning over the hearts and minds of homeowners nationwide.

Of course you’ll learn about these innovations and much more. when you take courses with CleanEdison, on Energy Audit Training, BPI Training, LEED courses, Solar Training, IREC course, NABCEP Education, Geothermal Classes, Thermography Training, and Weatherization Training.

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• Sealing up windows,
• installing programmable thermostats,
• and replacing standard light bulbs with compact fluorescent ones, which cost more but last a lot longer and use less energy

- these ideas are just the beginning of your Energy Auditor training or BPI training and building analyst course that you’ll pass on to homeowners.

Through your BPI training, you’ll learn how and why replacing a home’s traditional water heater with an on-demand water heater can save large amounts of energy (because they the former doesn’t keep the whole amount of water heated 24/7) which anyone with an Energy Auditor training can confirm and certify.

Eco-friendly features certified by a LEED Green Associate or a LEED AP help sellers better market a home’s environmental strengths. If the home has money-saving appliances, and an energy assessment or energy audit certification for the property, or a property’s LEED certification as a green home, this can also add value at closing time.

CleanEdison instructors know all about BPI certification, Energy Audit Certification, Energy Auditor Training, Solar Energy Training, LEED Training, Nabcep Certification, Solar Certification, Home Star, LEED Certification, Geothermal Certification, LEED BD&C, Thermography Training, Weatherization Training and are more than willing to mentor students with hands-on field work to brush up on green home skills.

Bottom line: people want to go green but they also want to make money on their real estate investments.

You can help them do both.