Sustainable Development school training courses in Columbus, OH (public, in-house or online)

This course focuses on the rise of sustainable design and building practice in today’s real estate transactions. It will review conditions and history that have driven the green building movement. This course will examine the regulations and incentives that encourage sustainable design at the state and federal levels. You will look at green building innovations already available, or soon to come.

This course addresses the concepts, practices, and tools for smart growth sustainable urban planning and provides an understanding for how to apply these to urban communities. The sustainable urban development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations to come. In other words, it is the development and restoration of urban areas that will meet the needs of the ...

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The course will introduce the concepts, applications, and tools for analysis and decision making in support of sustainable environmental development and next generation communities and building design. Students will be introduced to a variety of challenges related to environmental protection, stewardship, and management of air, soil, and water. The underlying principles of ecological protection, stewardship, reduced environmental footprint, ecosystem capital, sustainable economic development, an...

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This is a multidisciplinary course that focuses on the critical assessment of science, impacts, mitigation, adaptation, and policy relevant to climate change and global environmental sustainability.The first half of the course actively investigates concepts and aspects of environmental sustainability, including the review of international assessments and reports and the analyses of relevant implications for human health, natural resources, energy supply and demand, and waste/pollution.The second...

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A four hour training that will include a step-by-step guide for developing an energy plan and define a government’s commitment to become more socially responsible. An overview of green fleet management, renewable energy and resources will be defined.

Students begin this 4 hour course upon registration and must complete the class within 1 month for successful completion.