“GreenCE Team, I want to thank you for your services and providing documentation which supports how our products meet LEED v4 criteria.
Working with a vendor who is at the forefront of the ever-changing green design and building practices is a valuable partner to us.”
The Spec Shaman
The building industry's top specification experts, LEED gurus, and design hotshots offer their best advice, research, and insights to help building product manufacturers increase product specifications. Building product specification is what keeps us up at night. Our team of experts are dedicated to helping building product manufacturers implement meaningful action to create positive outcomes. The goal of this blog is to create insightful, relevant content that building product manufacturers can utilize in their daily lives. Whether you are the company Owner, President, Marketing Manager, Sales Leader, Product Rep, or office intern we hope to provide you with strategies to improve product specification results and grow key parts of your business significantly.
On: Oct 30, 2017
 According to the CSI website “The Construction Documents Technology (CDT) Program provides a comprehensive overview for anyone who writes, interprets, enforces, or manages construction documents. |
On: Oct 23, 2017
 “Smart companies know the difference between costs, expenses, and investment. Smart management sees costs as money eaters. They see investments as money makers. They see expenses as nice but the first to go in tough times,” says Jeffrey Fox in his book How to Be a Fierce Competitor. Where does a building product manufacturer cut costs and where do they increase investments? Let’s examine a few recommendations- |
On: Oct 18, 2017
 How can design professionals and product manufacturers work together to transition the built environment into a sustainable ecosystem for future generations? I spoke with with Allison Friedman, founder of the online green buiding directory, Rate It Green. We discussed the online platform, it’s impact, and what it can do for the green building community. |
On: Oct 16, 2017
 Earlier this year, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) released a landmark study about the architect’s role in specification. The Architect’s Journey to Specification evaluates the cultural, technical, and informational influences in the choices made by building design professionals. |
On: Oct 9, 2017
 “Pay for knockouts, not for punches. Pay for sales revenues generated, nor for sales calls made. Pay for packages delivered, not for miles driven,” says author Jeffrey Fox in his book How to Be a Fierce Competitor. Should your company be paying for outcomes or activities? Let’s examine a few scenarios. |
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GreenCE offers AIA HSW online continuing education, LEED online courses, ADA online courses, and LEED Exam Prep. GreenCE helps design professionals obtain their AIA HSW hours, LEED-specific hours, barrier-free hours, and IDCEC CE hours. The website delivers LEED Exam Prep for the LEED Green Associate exam, LEED BD+C exam, and LEED O+M exam. The online LEED certification courses educate architects, engineers, interior designers, contractors, and students.
GreenCE is a USGBC Education Partner that offers the only free LEED exam prep in the country. The LEED certification course includes a free LEED exam study guide, free LEED practice questions, and LEED certification tips and strategies. In addition, GreenCE offers free courses for LEED APs to obtain their LEED BD+C hours, LEED ID+C hours, and LEED O+M hours. Most GBCI courses are free and in video format.
GreenCE is an AIA Education Provider and offers free AIA online courses. The free AIA courses are sponsored by building product manufacturers. In addition, the platform offers barrier-free ADA courses for Texas and California architects. Texas barrier-free online courses and California Accessibility courses meet state requirements. TX ADA courses and CA ADA courses are created by the top ADA experts in the country.
Building product manufacturers can get specified by using GreenCE services. GreenCE develops AIA and LEED courses for product manufacturers to educate architects. The online architect courses help build brand awareness about building products. In addition, GreenCE hosts manufacturer webinars for 200-300 architects at a time. The AIA webinars and LEED webinars are free for architects who can learn about various products.
Finally, GreenCE helps manufacturers develop Health Product Declarations (HPDs), LEED v4 product documentation, mindful MATERIALS documentation, Google Portico documentation, and Declare Labels. We value our relationships with design professionals and building product manufacturers. They are crucial to our success.
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