Marketplace Partnerships

In addition to the products available in for purchase in the Building Capacity Marketplace, there are more opportunities to learn with products developed in partnership with other organizations.  In the future, we'll be adding more webinars and classes. To receive announcements about new arrivals, sign up for our newsletter.

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Green Agent Essentials

This program is a unique 14 clock-hour course for estate agents, appraisers, home inspectors, investors, and homeowners considering buying or selling a green home. Explore the green real estate sector through engaging discussions that will define the different shades of green building practices. Examine the primary environmental certification programs, and receive tools for navigating this expanding market. Learn about the features and benefits of green homes and details about certification programs such as Built Green®, Energy Star and LEED. You will walk away better understanding who your buyers are, what is important to them, and how to successfully market the many benefits of green homes. The course is created and taught by market leaders who have shaped the green building industry and understand the marketplace.
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Build It LEED Toolkit & Webinar

Updated to LEED-NC v2.2, this toolkit works as a stand alone tool, or can be used to complement the Build It LEED! webinar. The Toolkit provides the complete, step-by-step process of LEED Project Management from pre-construction through documentation including checklists for each phase, prepared forms for working with subcontractors, and tools for preparing construction related LEED documentation. This 2-hour webinar will help you learn the complete step-by-step process for managing the construction process of LEED-NC projects from preconstruction to final documentation. Designed for construction managers, general contractors, subcontractors, construction companies, and builders, the Build It LEED webinar will get you and your company ready to implement LEED smoothly.
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The Northwest Green Home Primer

Everyone can make green home decisions on a budget with this inspiring, information-packed guide. Whether you are building, remodeling, buying, or just curious, here are real-world strategies for getting the greenest results from your budget, with hundreds of ideas for a home that is built to last, comfortable and healthy, money- and time-saving in the long term, and kind to the planet. What shade of green is right for you, your resources, schedule, and setting, and how can you achieve it? What questions should you ask? What approaches and resources are best for the Northwest? From your home's exterior to its operating systems within, from siting to interior design, this is the basic training that has given many the confidence to proceed. Award-winning sustainable design and building consultant and teacher Kathleen O'Brien and architectural designer and sustainability consultant Kathleen Smith offer their "top picks" for each phase. Their perspective is both down-to-earth and cutting edge. They've also each faced their own green home challenges in a single family house and a duplex, and other case studies show affordable energy-efficient green homes both old and new. Brimming with ideas, clear and logical, with tips, checklists, and resources for green home planning, construction, remodeling, and maintenance, extensively illustrated with photos and diagrams, this is the essential green home manual for novice and professional alike.
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