Green Building Continuing Education

Use the free resources below to continue your green-building education.

Chemical Fabrics and Film Association—The Vinyl Roofing Division offers FREE on-line continuing education course at AEC Daily's Online Learning Center. This course is available 24/7, and is registered with AIA, CSI, USGBC and many more organizations.

Cool Roofing: A Solution to National Energy and Environmental Challenges—Overview of the performance characteristics and benefits of cool roofing systems using reflective white vinyl roofing—green roofing and energy saving programs also reviewed.

Roof Insulation for Sustainable Buildings—Overview of the manufacturing processes and physical properties of common types of roofing insulation and investigates the important role of roofing insulation in the design of sustainable buildings.

Building and Construction—Plastics Makes It Possible® Videos

National TV-radio personality and home improvement expert Danny Lipford has developed a series of do-it-yourself videos that show homeowners how to update their homes and improve energy efficiency by using plastic home building products.

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)

Learn more about how EPS reduces global warming.

Sustainability Hits a Wall

GBS asked the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) to build several walls, use ASTM standards to measure performance and report the results at ASHRAE ‘s NY Conference.

Home Builder Tips from Bill McCauley

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