Online Course Covers Retrofitting Buildings to Improve Energy Efficiency
SAN FRANCISCO — Cypress Envirosystems and Adura® Technologies, leading providers of energy efficiency technologies, have partnered on an online course titled Retrofitting Existing Buildings to Improve Energy Efficiency. The course, produced by the U.S. Green Buildings Council - Northern California Chapter (UGBC-NCC) and aecKnowledge, provides credentialed maintenance credits for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Accredited Professionals (AP) and LEED Green Associates who need to meet Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) requirements. The peer-reviewed course is designed to give participants relevant and unbiased knowledge about retrofits that increase energy efficiency for a variety of systems.
“We selected the retrofitting course to kickoff this new initiative as it has consistently received some of the best feedback from our members when presented in person,” said Dan Geiger, executive director of USGBC-NCC. “Also, the case studies they discuss highlight practical ways to save lighting and HVAC energy in existing buildings.”