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LEED course under U.S. Green Buildings Council

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SAN FRANCISCO, US: Cypress Envirosystems and Adura Technologies, providers of energy efficiency technologies, have partnered on an online course titled Retrofitting Existing Buildings to Improve Energy Efficiency.

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The session, produced by the U.S. Green Buildings Council — Northern California Chapter (UGBC-NCC) and acKnowledge, provides credentialed maintenance credits for LEED Accredited Professionals (AP) and LEED Green Associates who need to meet Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) requirements. The peer-reviewed course claims that it gives participants relevant and unbiased knowledge about retrofits that increase energy efficiency for a variety of systems.

"We selected the retrofitting course to kickoff this new initiative as it has consistently received some of the best feedback from our members when presented in person,” said Dan Geiger, Executive Director of USGBC-NCC. “Also, the case studies they discuss highlight practical ways to save lighting and HVAC energy in existing buildings.”

Harry Sim, the CEO of Cypress Envirosystems, said “Retrofit technologies have advanced significantly in recent years. It is important that LEED-certified professionals know about them and understand how a non-invasive strategy can create opportunities to save energy that would be too expensive or disruptive with traditional retrofit solutions.”

Michael Strogoff, FAIA, founder of aecKnowledge, said, “This course shows design professionals and building owners that the most sustainable strategy starts with making existing facilities more energy efficient. Adura and Cypress Envirosystems teach us that the most sustainable solutions can also be the fastest and most cost-effective to implement.”

The course is one of three currently offered by the USGBC-NCC, and 24 LEED APs have completed it in the first two weeks of August alone. The session covers new non-invasive technologies for quick and easy retrofits of lighting and HVAC controls, which reduce retrofit costs by up to 80%