Atlanta Training Institute
Courses Focused on Green and Sustainability

Incorporating green and sustainable thinking into your community development work is a great idea for professionals and their organizations. Explore the latest developments in this approach by choosing among the following courses:

AH232 Green Building Fundamentals for Affordable Housing

This course will provide an in-depth introduction to "greening" affordable housing — that is energy efficient, durable, healthy and environmentally responsible. Participants will learn the fundamentals of sustainability for housing and how to apply them to various housing situations, including single family and multifamily, new construction, rehabilitation and ongoing operations.

AH245 Integrating Green Fundamentals into Multifamily Housing
This course will review basic green building principles and then apply them to multifamily housing to promote developments that are energy and water efficient, incorporate daylighting, include healthful materials and construction methods and provide 21st century systems coordination. Sample materials, project examples and design review and coordination strategies will supplement the course.

CB240 Community Building through Urban Gardening
Learn about the benefits of urban gardening for building community, stabilizing neighborhoods and providing fresh and healthy food alternatives. Through a case study and in-class exercises we’ll learn how to select sites for gardening, how to design and develop a garden for maximum use and impact, how to organize and operate the garden, and how to connect a community garden to existing neighborhood assets such as schools and community building and economic development activities such as farmers’ markets. We’ll also explore strategies for taking urban gardens to scale and how to tap into local, regional and national urban gardening networks.

CP199 Green Building Science

At the core of understanding green building is the science upon which the green and healthy housing assumptions are based. Armed with this information it will be easier to understand what products and construction techniques will best serve in building a green home. This is a foundational level course of interest to all non profit staff, board members, government civil servants and code inspectors. BPI recognized for 3 CEU credits.

CP240 Greening Housing Rehab
Greening Housing Rehab provides the tools and information that rehab specialists and construction managers require to incorporate green building science into their minor to major rehab work write-ups, specs and construction techniques. Additionally, rehab specialists and construction managers will be able to communicate the advantages of going green to homeowners, homebuyers, staff, contractors and sub-contractors, as well as board members and other community residents.

CP243 Building Healthy Homes
This course provides practical training in techniques to address these interconnected concerns:

• HEALTH: moisture management, ventilation and materials;
• ENERGY CONSERVATION: achieving good indoor air quality while reducing energy use, and proper design and sizing of HVAC;
• ENVIRONMENT: sensitivity to site, choice of materials and recycled content;
• ACCESSIBILITY: using universal design to prepare today's homes for tomorrow's mobility needs; and
• DURABILITY: building for long life and low maintenance.

NR117 Environmental Sustainability in Neighborhood Revitalization
Through case studies and practical exercises, you will learn tools to advance sustainable development at the regional and neighborhood level, and measure your progress towards achieving sustainability goals. You will also learn about the most recent policy developments, like the HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities, and new models guiding sustainable development work, such as the ICLEI Star Community Index.

 

Questions? Call us at (800) 438-5547 or e-mail us at training@nw.org.