If you’ve thought about getting familiar with the latest “green” technologies to serve a broader array of clients or if your clients seem to know more about “going green” than you do, now is the time to take advantage of NAR’s new and improved Green designation.
In order to qualify, you must pass three one-day courses (Green 100, 200 and 300) and submit your free application. Your first year’s Green Resource Council dues are free - a $99 value!
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To maintain your Green designation, you will need to continue your Green Resource Council and NAR memberships. Green member benefits include: online directory profile; customizable electronic presentations; exclusive industry webinars; monthly electronic newsletters; and at-home and online print shops.
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Course Descriptions
Green 100: Real Estate for a Sustainable Future
This course will lead you through an exploration of issues and trends in relation to real estate’s role in finding the balance between people, planet, and prosperity. It is designed to help you build a green-focused real estate business, provide objective information to clients and customers on nationally recognized certifications and rating programs that evaluate homes, products, energy efficiency, and professionals.
Upon completion, you’ll be able to:
• Discuss the concepts and vocabulary of going green with customers and clients.
• Respond to the concerns and priorities of the green-generation consumer whether they are a seller, buyer, tenant, builder or developer.
• Guide buyers and sellers in obtaining meaningful energy ratings and assessments.
• Help consumers understand the significance of national green certifications and rating programs for homes, construction materials, and professionals.
• Explain the relationship of sustainable features to property values.
CE credit: 7.5 hours
Cost: $150 members/$175 non-members
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Green 200: The Science of Green Building
This course is designed to familiarize you with green principles and choices in home design and construction; raise your awareness of innovative materials, systems, and construction methods; explain energy-efficient systems including onsite power generation; and enable you to distinguish levels and cost-benefits of retrofitting, remodeling, or renovating existing homes.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
• Describe steps in green home siting and design as well as selection of materials and systems.
• Identify components of the building envelope and discuss innovative building technologies and materials.
• Recognize types of green systems for homes and discuss the pros, cons and interrelationships of interior systems.
• Guide consumers to information about incentives for green homes.
• Discuss the technologies for on-site power generation and describe the pros and cons of generating your own energy.
• Explain the benefits of retrofits for existing homes.
• Evaluate cost-benefit balance of retrofitting, remodeling, and renovating.
CE Credit: 7.5 hours
Cost: $150 for members / $175 for non-members
Upcoming classes:
Register online or
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Green 300: Greening Your Real Estate Business
This course is designed to help you plan and implement strategies and tactics for building a green real estate business. You’ll also learn how to adapt your core real estate business skills to list and market green properties and represent green sellers and buyers.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
• Establish a market presence and position as a green real estate professional.
• Identify ways to green your real estate business practices.
• Adapt your core real estate skills to work with green buyer-clients through all phases of the transaction.
• Help buyers see the green potential in an existing home.
• Inform buyer-clients about financing options for green home purchase and improvement and assist in finding lenders.
• Suggest ways for greening a home to prepare it for sale.
• Describe appraisal and pricing approaches for homes with green features.
• Market green home features and benefits.
CE Credit: 7.5 hours
Cost: $150 members/$175 non-members
Upcoming classes:
Register online or
click here for a registration form.
Click here for the calendar of events and classes.