Pathway 3.

Energy Efficiency, Conservation, and Fuel Switching in Buildings and Industry → New Buildings

3.2.10 Training and Terms for Builders

LPDD Recommendation: ”State education agencies should provide training opportunities to builders, architects, developers, and others through community colleges, universities, vocational technical schools, and other educational institutions on high-efficiency and ZEB construction practices, as well as passive solar techniques.”

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Vermont’s Required Energy Training for Builders

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Requires architects, landscape architects, pollution abatement facility operators, professional engineers, property inspectors, real estate appraisers, and real estate brokers and salesperson, to complete an education module on VT's energy goals.

Energy Efficiency Model Clauses for Design and Build Contracts

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

Model clauses for Design and Build Contracts to make energy efficiency part of Practical Completion.

Minnesota Sustainable Buildings 2030 Training Programs

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Authorized $500,000 annually to the Center for Sustainable Building Research for, among other tasks, the “development and delivery of training programs for architects, engineers, commissioning agents, technicians," and others.

US Green Building Council Standards

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, Local Governments

Oversees the promulgation of LEED standards and credentialing, also provides educational resources for sustainability professionals.