Education Calendar Update: New Webinars on the Way

MCAA is working on two new webinars to be taught by Courtney France. Both webinars will be geared toward the contractor that is not an accredited LEED professional, but wants to be knowledgeable and a valued team participant when working on green projects.

One webinar will be for mechanical contractors, and the other will be specifically designed for plumbing contractors.

ALI Features Green and BIM Components

MCAA's Advanced Leadership Institute (ALI) is a unique two-week educational program for the industry's senior executives. Held at Babson College, famous internationally for the quality of their business education, the program has graduated over 280 executives since its inception, and we're not alone in thinking this program is the premier educational opportunity in construction. The core case study includes a green component and now incorporates the latest thinking in building information modeling. If you've been thinking of investing in your leadership education, why not plan ahead for 2011? Contact Dennis Langley.

Welcome to our Green Education Overview

MCAAGreen.org provides you with an easy way to find infomation on the education programs that will keep you and your company at the forefront of the move to high performance buildings and sustainable mechanical construction. This section includes:

Greenbuild 2010

The U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild 2010 returns to Chicago, Illinois November 17-19 with a theme of "Generation Green: Defining Our Future". Once again, MCA of Chicago's Dan Bulley will be organizing the volunteers for the entire Greenbuild. Good luck, Dan!

NEI: Green 101, Green 201 and MSCA's Green Awareness

Geared toward principals, senior management, middle management, project managers, and estimators, these workshops come to you, and may be scheduled by an individual company or by an MCA local association.

Green 101 is four-hour industry-specific course answers basic questions and addresses participants' most urgent concerns about green building. It was designed for those contractor and service professionals wanting to learn the fundamentals of the subject, such as: terms, definitions, and technologies involved in green and sustainable construction.

The course, part of the MCAA National Education Initiative, is taught by Tim Wentz, assistant professor at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, a registered professional engineer, a LEED Accredited Professional, a licensed heating contractor, and a licensed master plumber with over 20 years of industry experience as a mechanical contractor.

Green 201 is a continuation of the fundamentals course, also taught by Tim Wentz, that explores marketing and branding opportunities for firms interested in becoming more involved in this growing segment of the industry.

MSCA offers Green Awareness Training through the NEI. The Green Awareness Training and Certification program has been developed to help ensure that company employees -- especially service employees -- understand this new and emerging trend and all the new terminology, equipment, technologies and concepts associated with “green.” Special emphasis is also focused on the specification, purchase and application of energy efficient products. Upon successful completion of this program and assessment, participants will receive certification in “green mechanical awareness." -- a prerequisite for the Green Star program.

For more information, visit the NEI website or Contact Dennis Langley..