Green Real Estate NSCC - RES 130

Week 1Introduction to Green Real Estate

Cate O’dahl, Instructor

Class Orientation Schedule – 1st Eight Weeks of the Quarter

Syllabus – Find Syllabus on Angel Home Page

Course Format – Eight Weekly Modules include Instruction, Discussion, Learning Assessment – Quizzes, Reading Assignment and Extra Credit, when applicable

Class ScheduleWeek 1: Introduction to Green Real Estate, Definitions,

Concepts and Characteristics. Class Outcomes and Procedures, Syllabus

Week 2: Green Rating Systems – Built Green®, LEED for Homes, NW Energy Star

Week 3: Sustainable Sites/Water Conservation

Week 4: Energy Performance

Week 5: Indoor Air Quality

Week 6: Green Building Materials

Week 7: Remodeling and Verification

Week 8: The “Green” Market

Class Orientation

Syllabus Pay attention to the Learning Objectives,

they will be test questions Required Textbook – Your Green Home Recommended Materials Grading – Total 350 points + Extra

Credit Late Exam/Assignment Policy Extra Credit Options

Class Orientation

Syllabus, con’t Criteria for Class Participation Goals for Completion Classroom/Exam Conduct NSCC Policies and Support

Services

Cate O’dahl on Academic Honesty

“If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research.” Wilson Mizner So, remember, if you directly quote one author, you must make a citation, if you see the general idea in three or more instances, paraphrase.

Class Orientation

Built Green® Real Estate Professional Designation UpdateSatisfactory completion of this course satisfies a prerequisite to be eligible to take the Built Green® Real Estate Professional exam

Class Introductions This is a required part of your Discussion Forum

Consider light green is using compact fluorescents while deep green is powering your house with solar photovoltaic

How did we get to Green Building?

Energy Crisis of the 1970’s Similarities to Current Energy Crisis? Oil Rig in California,

Time Magazine 2008

Gas Lines in the 1970’s

What is a Green Building?

Residential or Commercial ?Both

Rural or Urban ?

Traditional Appearance or Cutting Edge ?

Large or Small?

Can be Both

Both

Can be Both

What is a Green Building? Your Textbook Describes them as Buildings

that: Have minimal adverse impacts on ecosystemsReduce reliance on automobilesAre energy-efficientAlong with the site, conserve waterAre built in environmentally responsible mannerAre durable and have low maintenanceHelp occupants conserveAre comfortable, safe, and healthy to live in

Defining Green in the Industry

No standard definition for “green”Great Law of the Iroquois Protecting the seventh generation

Brundtland Commission of the United Nations Meeting the need of the present without

compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Washington State Department of Ecology A sustainable building, also known as

a green building, is a structure that is designed, built, renovated, operated, or reused in an environmentally-soundand resource-efficient manner.

Defining Green in the Industry

United States Green Building Council Design and construction practices that

significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact of buildings on the environment and occupants in the five broad areas of: Sustainable Site Planning Conservation of Materials and Resources Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Safeguarding Water and Water Efficiency Indoor Environmental Quality

Green Building Elements

Site & Water Considerations

Energy Efficiency

Indoor Air Quality

Materials Efficiency

What are the Strategies of Green Building?

Shades of GREENGreen Building is all of these elements, but to what degree?

Strategies of Green Building are ways to satisfy Green Building Elements

Your job as Real Estate Professionals is to understand the distinctions and communicate those distinctions to your clients

Green Building Trade-Offs

Costs – Upfront vs. Long-Term

Resources – Options

Schedule

PreferencesImage credit Microsoft

How to make the most of Green Building

Integrated Design

Planning

Compromise upfront costs with long-term costs – life cycle costing Image credit prairie view homes

How do you make sense of it all?

Books/ Articles Reference & Instruction

Green Building Organizations Network & Case Studies

Green Building Programs Instruction and Standardization

Next ClassGreen Rating Systems

Help Guide Integrated Process Green Building Certification Programs and the MLS Built Green® LEED for Homes NW Energy Star

Next Class – Assignments

Read Your Green Home Chapter One (if you haven’t already)

Assignment for Week Two Module Go to the website recommended in Chapter

One and obtain a sample Find the Single Family New Construction Built

Green® Checklist for King/Snohomish on-line Find the LEED for Homes Project Checklist on-

line For more details – see Angel Week Two

Module