Free Webinars from GreenBuildingAdvisor.com

On Wednesday, April 29, Alex Wilson presents The Future of Housing — "leading-edge strategies for achieving net-zero-energy homes, transportation energy use associated with where we live, the looming challenge of water, passive survivability as a residential design criterion, and thoughts on incorporating food production into the built environment. Today's economic crisis makes this discussion all the more important and points to the need to focus on our existing housing stock, which will also be discussed."

Then on Monday, May 11, Alex is back with What's New in Green Products, in which he will "discuss how BuildingGreen assesses products for its GreenSpec directory of green building products and review some of the more exciting new products that have come across his desk recently. Though he has been reviewing and reporting on green building products for more than 20 years, Alex is still excited when he comes across innovative new products. This is a chance to share in that excitement."

Tuesday, June 2, a great treat: Ann Edminster — nationally recognized expert on green home design and construction; a principal author of the LEED for Homes Rating System; consultant to builders, owners, developers, supply chain clients, design firms, investors, and public agencies — addresses LEED for Homes: Tips for Successful Projects. "LEED for Homes, like other rating systems, is an assessment tool. This means that while it provides some 'how-to' information (at the level of individual strategies or 'credits'), it doesn't offer any guidance for how to approach the design and construction of a high-performing home differently than a conventional project. Ann Edminster will offer some of that missing guidance in this webinar, highlighting the role of energy modeling, the value of teamwork both among design professionals and across the traditional design-construction divide, and some useful tools for streamlining the certification process."

Also coming on Thursday, June 18: Navigating ANSI 700 with Michael Chandler, president of Chandler Design-Build of North Carolina and a certified Green Professional '08, NAHB University of Housing.