Green Designation
Stand apart with enhanced training and knowledge about the growing green sector.
Builder and consumer adoption of sustainability is rapidly growing, and Green designation training can help you become the go-to green REALTOR® in your market. The Green designation provides you with detailed training in green building and sustainable business practices so you can help clients make informed choices about the resource efficiency and performance of the homes they live in, sell and buy.
The Green designation is the only real estate designation recognized by the National Association of REALTORS® that's designed for residential, commercial and property management professionals looking to learn about issues of energy efficiency and sustainability in the various facets of real estate.
Upcoming courses
Green Two-day Course
April 25-26, 2019 (new dates!) I 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. both days
The Day 1 course looks at why consumer demand for these homes is increasing and how both the homes and consumer expectations impact the market. Day 2 focuses on applying the knowledge of improving the resource efficiency of homes in interactions with buyers and sellers.
Course topics
You'll learn these topics and many more in these courses:
- Consumer motivations and priorities regarding green practices.
- Smart home technologies and their relationship to resource-efficiency.
- Remodeling and big-budget projects as well as new and custom construction.
- Listing and marketing, as well as finding and buying, the resource-efficient home.
- Building a business to succeed in this niche market.
Course takeaways
These courses will equip you with the tools to:
- Help clients evaluate the cost-benefit balance of retrofitting, remodeling and renovating.
- Explain how smart home technologies relate to and can help achieve resource-efficiency goals.
- Advise clients and customers of various renovations to increase the value of a home.
- Match properties to buyers' needs, wants and priorities in a home with green features.
- Identify business-planning action steps to establish your market position as a Green designee.
Course details and registration
- Date/time: April 25-26, 2019 / 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. both days
- Location: WRA headquarters live / classroom webcasts to Mosinee, Kenosha, Sheboygan and Woodruff.
- Credits: Qualifies for two live classroom credits toward the GRI designation and counts as credit toward the ABR designation. This course will be submitted for 2019-20 CE credit in lieu of courses 5-6.
- Instructor: Pamela Brookstein
- Discounted registration fees made possible thanks to Focus on Energy sponsorship.
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