Sustainable high-performance homes are quickly becoming the norm. Real estate professionals who take the time to understand the sustainable homes that homebuyers want are gaining a competitive edge and becoming their clients’ trusted resource. This course explores the different building standards that go above code and strategies to make a home more comfortable and energy-efficient, helping real estate professionals find their clients a healthy, durable, and sustainable home.

Gain a competitive advantage by identifying and communicating the benefits of sustainable homes in the market. In this 3-hour online course, learners will be able to:

✔ Identify the characteristics of a sustainable home;

✔ Recognize various sustainability programs that go beyond the minimum building code requirements;

✔ Identify ways to increase a home’s sustainability through improving energy, heat, and water efficiency; and

✔ List various sustainable products and systems, based on third-party certifications, that will increase a home’s energy efficiency and sustainability and reduce its impact on the environment.

Upon completion of the course, you will receive:

• Certificate of Completion

• Real Estate Professional Toolkit with assets to share with your clients

• Rise Sustainable Real Estate Badge

Homebuyers have countless things to consider when looking for the perfect home - and their family’s health may be at the top of the list. In recent years, the demand for healthy and efficient homes has grown. Many house features either protect or damage our families’ lungs, skin, digestion, sinuses, and even our brain function. In this course, real estate professionals will learn how to recognize and understand healthy home elements. While this course is not an exhaustive list of every possible sustainable design element, it provides a starting point in the healthy house hunting journey.

Course Objectives:

✔ Identify air quality hotspots in the home and how they affect the health of those who live there
✔Compare popular home building materials and recognize unhealthy ingredients
✔Choose cleaners and air purifiers that keep a home clean and healthy
✔Outline what to look for and how to test a home's drinking water
✔Identify the different ventilation systems and add-ons that can improve the indoor air quality in a home

Upon completion of the course, you will receive:

• Certificate of Completion

• Real Estate Professional Toolkit with assets to share with your clients

In this course, we’ll dive into these questions and explore how solar panels REALLY impact your health, your wealth, and the planet so that real estate professionals can help their clients decide if solar is right for them.

Course Objectives:

✔ Identify home readiness for solar panels

✔ Distinguish between on and off-grid systems

✔ Understand the economics of solar panels (cost and payback period calculations)

✔ Discover other types of renewable energy for homes

Upon completion of the course, you will receive:

• Certificate of Completion

• Solar Energy Basics Toolkit

• Making Sense of Solar Financing
• Getting Started with Solar Power Infographic
• Shedding Light on the Numbers Infographic