Environment school training courses in Arvada, CO (public, in-house or online)

emphasizes public law, regulation of business, ethical considerations, and various relationships existing within society, government, and business. Specific attention is devoted to economic regulation, social regulation, regulation and laws impacting labor/management issues, and environmental concerns. Students develop an understanding of the role of law in social, political, and economic change.

Virtually every business in existence has either a direct or in-direct environmental exposure. Businesses with direct environmental exposures are quite obvious like chemical manufacturers, hazardous materials transporters, environmental remediation contractors.

Businesses with in-direct environmental exposures are not quite so obvious, like a retail greeting card shop. You generally do not think about a retail card shop having an environmental exposure. However, when the dry cleaner three...

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This course gives students the tools they need to evaluate a material based on how it impacts the built and natural environment. Since people in western cultures tend to spend most of their time indoors, specific attention will be paid to Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ). Environmentally responsible materials selection will be discussed, including the importance of waste, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and all aspects of the manufacturing process. Interior design issues that are covered include ...

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The concept of an environmentally conscious building should take into account energy consumption, the quality of indoor air, and most importantly human comfort. Indigenous strategies that adapt to the rigors of the local climate and contemporary bioclimatic architecture are part of this introductory course to sustainable design. Participants will be introduced to the human needs for comfort and shelter as well as psychrometrics and the physics of heat transfer and heat loss calculations. Buildin...

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Designed as a follow-up course to Energy and Air Quality Principles, this course covers environmental systems fundamentals, HVAC system types, ventilation requirements, demand-controlled and energy recovery ventilation, underfloor-air systems, air distribution, fuel choices, understanding energy efficiency, zero-energy buildings, renewable energy systems, solar thermal systems, building-integrated photovoltaics, biofuels, energy modeling, and plumbing/water conservation.