1. Green Real Estate NSCC - RES 130
Week 1
Introduction to Green Real Estate
Cate O’dahl, Instructor

2. 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
Go over Syllabus
Brief bio intro
Teaching philosophy
Talk about course format in a little bit

3. Class Schedule
Week 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
Go over schedule
Week Six – Off-site class
Carpooling
Transportation issues
Guest Speakers
Introduce the background of planned guest speakers

4. Class Orientation Syllabus Grading – Total 350 points + Extra Credit
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
Go over Syllabus
Does everyone understand the grading system?
Attendance – 50%
Final exam – 50% of Final Grade
Other ideas/suggestions for extra credit

5. Class Orientation Syllabus, con’t Criteria for Class Participation
Goals for Completion
Classroom/Exam Conduct
NSCC Policies and Support Services
Go over Syllabus
Please read your syllabus on Class participation, classroom conduct, etc.
Pay attention please to the Fragrance Policy – I for one am chemically sensitive
Field Trips – try to schedule a few for extra credit – see Guild event handout, ask if students have other suggestions, site tours

6. 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.
My husband always uses this quote. Please respect other’s work, including my own. If you quote another provide the citation.

7. Class Orientation
Built Green® Real Estate Professional Designation Update
Satisfactory completion of this course satisfies a prerequisite to be eligible to take the Built Green® Real Estate Professional exam
Go over Syllabus
Brief bio into
Teaching philosophy
Class admin – conflict on January 22 – Options
Cancel class
Reschedule
Guest Lecturer
Staff Lecturer
Talk about course format in a little bit
Does everyone understand the grading system?
Attendance – 14%
Project – 29%
Final exam – 57% of Final Grade
Please read your syllabus on classroom conduct, etc.
Pay attention please to the Fragrance Policy – I for one am chemically sensitive
Field Trips – try to schedule a few for extra credit – see Guild event handout, ask if students have other suggestions, site tours

8. 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

9. 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
The energy crisis spawned the green building movement in the 1970’s
November 15, 2009 An oil rig in Taft, California. – article talks about how the credit crisis will be over long before the energy crisis
Gas Lines in the 1970’s

10. What is a Green Building?
Residential or Commercial ?
Both
Rural or Urban ?
Can be Both
Traditional Appearance or Cutting Edge ?
Reduce Reuse Recycle – that’s how we all got started in the late ’80’s
Several major categories of material efficiency are used in green building
Material Use refers to how materials, projects, and products are designed – the emphasis here is on waste prevention
Material Reuse – another way of waste prevention – reuse a material in it’s existing state before recycling or disposal
Who can describe what deconstruction is?
Where can you find deconstruction services?
Recycling – taking waste material that can not be reused to a facility for transformation into another product – sometimes the same product, often time not.
Green Products
Both
Large or Small?
Can be Both

11. What is a Green Building
What is a Green Building? Your Textbook Describes them as Buildings that:
Have minimal adverse impacts on ecosystems
Reduce reliance on automobiles
Are energy-efficient
Along with the site, conserve water
Are built in environmentally responsible manner
Are durable and have low maintenance
Help occupants conserve
Are comfortable, safe, and healthy to live in
Reduce Reuse Recycle – that’s how we all got started in the late ’80’s
Several major categories of material efficiency are used in green building
Material Use refers to how materials, projects, and products are designed – the emphasis here is on waste prevention
Material Reuse – another way of waste prevention – reuse a material in it’s existing state before recycling or disposal
Who can describe what deconstruction is?
Where can you find deconstruction services?
Recycling – taking waste material that can not be reused to a facility for transformation into another product – sometimes the same product, often time not.
Green Products

12. 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-sound and resource-efficient manner.
Instructions / Language:
One of the most widely quoted definition of sustainability and sustainable development, that of the Brundtland Commission of the United Nations on March 20, 1987: “sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
{{Reviewers Note: We could go with the Brundtland quote since it’s simpler and talk about NAHB definition, or split into two slide}}

13. 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
Instructions / Language:
One of the most widely quoted definition of sustainability and sustainable development, that of the Brundtland Commission of the United Nations on March 20, 1987: “sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
{{Reviewers Note: We could go with the Brundtland quote since it’s simpler and talk about NAHB definition, or split into two slide}}

14. Green Building Elements
Site & Water Considerations
Energy Efficiency
Indoor Air Quality
Materials Efficiency
Although there is no standard definition, generally we all agree on the elements of green or sustainable building.

15. What are the Strategies of Green Building?
Although there is no standard definition, generally we all agree on the elements of green or sustainable building.

16. Shades of GREEN
Green 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
So what’s green?
It all is, as long as you understand the distinctions.
Because the difference is in the details. Any “Green Home” can have elements from the 5 sustainability categories – Energy Efficiency, Indoor Air Quality, Water Efficiency, Resource Efficiency, or Site Management – but which ones and how many.
That’s where you have to do your homework and you need to understand the difference in the details. Not all HVAC systems are created equal. Was the forced air system sealed? With what? Was it cleaned before operation?
Does that “low-VOC” paint contain toxic pigments?
Does the natural ventilation work? Was it designed properly?
So you are collecting rainwater – off an asphalt shingle or metal roof?
So the particle board used for the cabinets has no added urea formaldehyde, but but do they have cheap wall-to-wall carpet?
This class is going to teach you how to identify green building and how to distinguish among the shades of green.

17. Green Building Trade-Offs
Costs – Upfront vs. Long-Term
Resources – Options
Schedule
Preferences
Image credit Microsoft

18. 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

19. How do you make sense of it all?
Books/ Articles
Reference & Instruction
Green Building Organizations
Network & Case Studies
Green Building Programs
Instruction and Standardization
Your Book has a glossary and index
If there is time or you need to make time – use the list of green building strategies from the Class Introductions to practice with the glossary

20. Next Class Green Rating Systems
Help Guide Integrated Process
Green Building Certification Programs and the MLS
Built Green®
LEED for Homes
NW Energy Star
No standard definitions exist, part of the problem having green building go mainstream
I like to talk about the shades of green – because any time someone incorporates a green building product, feature, technique or strategy into a project, it’s better than it was before. So we talk in terms of light green and deep green.
I like to consider different levels of green
Green Building lite – some energy features, some water, generally no major green materials
Sustainable Building – more comprehensive approach
Healthy Homes – feature emphasis on indoor air quality, can include major green materials
To help differentiate among green building types, levels, etc. Green Building certification programs level the playing flied
How many are familiar with these programs?
What do you know about how these programs work with the MLS?

21. 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