The Certified Green Professional (CGP)™ designation was created to teach building industry professionals strategies for incorporating green building principles into homes using cost-effective and affordable options. Completion of 2 courses is required to earn the CGP designation:
1) Basics of Building
2) Basics of High Performance Building
Basics of Building
Build your housing industry expertise by learning about the residential construction process from the ground up! Those in housing and construction-related fields, like vendors, suppliers, brokers, retailers, builder/remodeler company staff, REALTORs® and others will learn what it takes to build or remodel a home. With that knowledge, you will learn how to build more effective and profitable relationships with the builders and remodelers you work with. As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe product types, current trends and stakeholders in the residential construction industry
- Contrast and elaborate on the sales and marketing functions of the residential construction industry
- Articulate the criticality and complexity of land acquisition and development
- Outline types of financial tools available to support building and remodeling projects
- Assess strategies to strengthen the relationship between suppliers and builders/remodelers
- Explain the critical path of steps in the residential construction process
- Describe the importance of post-construction activities: closing, customer care and after-the-sale service
This training opportunity is underwritten by the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority.
Presenter: Paul Schwinghammer, Hallmark Homes
Registration will close 2/15/2021