RedVector RV-10724AW

Introduction to Sustainable Design and Construction Using Green Globes

Introduction to Sustainable Design and Construction Using Green Globes

1 hr. Online Course

Level: Fundamental

Item#: RV-10724AW

SME: Richard Kelso

This course has been discontinued.

What’s the oldest sustainability rating system for buildings? It isn’t LEED*! The roots of Green Globes go back before 1990 to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) developed in the United Kingdom. From there it expanded to Canada and thence to the U.S. It offers an online alternative and perhaps less expensive way to a certified sustainable building. This course provides an introduction to sustainable building design and construction and to the Green Globes system. It compares Green Globes and the U.S. GBC’s LEED rating system. It also describes the path for professionals to become trained assessors.
*LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is a registered trademark of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
  • Recognize our need for sustainable buildings for long-term welfare
  • Discuss sustainable building design and construction and it’s health and safety benefits
  • Identify the connections between building design decisions, sustainable built environments, the climate, health, economics, energy, safety and societal well-being
  • Describe the Green Globes rating system
  • Compare the Green Globes and the LEED rating systems
  • Define the process of becoming a Green Globes Professional or Assessor
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Richard Kelso
Richard Kelso Photo
University of Tennessee
College of Architecture and Design
Professor
P.E., NCEE, Ph.D.

Dick was born in Knoxville, graduated from UT with a BSME and began work with Trane in Chattanooga in 1960. He joined Geo. S. Campbell & Associates in 1968 and earned an MSME from UT in 1971. He became Facilities Planning Engineer for UT in 1971 and joined the faculty of the College of Architecture in 1976, where he is currently a Professor.
He started a consulting engineering practice in 1974, and after joining forces with John Regen, it became Kelso-Regen Associates in 1989. Over the course of 26 years of managing this practice the firm handled over 2000 building projects across the country. He retired at the end of 2000 but the firm continues.
Dick continues to teach and do research, and received a PhD from Loughborough University (UK) in 2003. He has been active in ASHRAE at the local, regional and society levels, and has been honored with the rank of Fellow and the Distinguished Service Award. He is in the first year of a three year term on the ASHRAE Board of Directors.

He and his wife Sarah have three children and five grandchildren, of whom he is very proud. 

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