NAR Green Day 1: The Resource-Efficient Home – Retrofits, Remodels, Renovations & New Home Construction
Product Overview
Product Overview
NAR Green Day 1: The Resource-Efficient Home: Remodels, Retrofits, Renovations, and New-Home Construction covers the distinguishing characteristics that make a home resource thrifty. The course looks at why consumer demand for these homes is increasing and how both the homes and consumer expectations impact the market. The course prepares real estate professionals to provide advice and sources of information to help homeowners improve the resource efficiency of their homes from low-cost fixes and DIY projects to retrofitting and replacing systems to big budget remodeling projects. The course also looks at constructing a new, resource-efficient home and the value that real estate professionals can bring to the design and build team.
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Observe the influence of principles of sustainability on consumer attitudes and choices and home values.
- Distinguish between homes with resource-efficient features, smart homes, and certified homes.
- Help home buyers see the potential in an existing home for resource-efficiency improvements.
- Suggest to homeowners DIY steps and easy upgrades to improve the resource-efficiency of a home.
- Describe characteristics of smart home technologies.
- Help homeowners understand the benefits and implementation of smart home technologies.
- Describe choices for resource-efficient home systems—such as HVAC and water management—and the significance of ratings for home systems and materials.
- Suggest improvements to enhance the resource efficiency of a home as well as the quality of the indoor environment.
- Advise clients and customers on the potential of various home renovations to increase the value of a home.
- Refer consumers to information sources for planning a remodeling or renovation project.
- Help consumers evaluate the pros and cons of purchasing a new home with green features versus purchasing and upgrading an existing home.
- Describe the design and construction phases as well as components of resource-efficient new and custom homes.
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Product Expiration and Refund Policy
For majority of states, you will have access to your course for 12 months from the date of purchase. After one year, the course will expire. No extensions will be given after the course expires; if you do not complete the course during the 12-month timeframe, you will need to repurchase it at full price and start again at the beginning. Please check the map for your specific state. Please Note: Course expirations vary for the states of NC, IA, DC, and OK. Please see each state's pop-up information when you click on the map.
Please visit our Commonly Asked Questions page to access our Refund Policy details.
Continuing Education Information
- Click on your state on the map below to verify CE is offered for this course:
- The CE Shop manages the CE credit program for most of the Center for REALTOR® Development courses. If your state is listed as approved for CE Credit, the CE credit, for the number of hours indicated, is automatically included at no additional charge. After a course is completed, you will be prompted to complete the remaining steps to earn your CE Credit (complete survey and digital signature). If for some reason you do not complete those steps immediately you can get to those steps in few ways:
- you will receive an email from The CE Shop linking to those steps
- they are linked from the My Learning page under the course title box
- you can simply login at The CE Shop site to access a copy of your certificate at www.theceshop.com/login
- If you are experiencing CE issues please contact CE Shop toll free at 1.888.827.0777 or support@theceshop.com.
- The CE Shop manages the CE credit program for most of the Center for REALTOR® Development courses. If your state is listed as approved for CE Credit, the CE credit, for the number of hours indicated, is automatically included at no additional charge. After a course is completed, you will be prompted to complete the remaining steps to earn your CE Credit (complete survey and digital signature). If for some reason you do not complete those steps immediately you can get to those steps in few ways:
- If your state does not offer CE you may take the course and benefit from the knowledge and enhanced professionalism, but you will not receive CE credit.
- For additional important details related to courses with CE credit, visit the "CE CREDIT" section of our FAQ.
- Unless otherwise noted, the hours indicated fulfill elective credit requirements.
For more information:
| STATE | C.E. ADMINISTRATOR | C.E. HOURS | C.E. ADMIN FEE |
| Alabama | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Alaska | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Arkansas | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| California | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Colorado | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Connecticut | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Delaware | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Florida | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Georgia | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Hawaii | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Idaho | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Illinois | The CE Shop Inc.
Note: Final exam is proctored. |
6 | $0.00 |
| Indiana | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Iowa | The CE Shop Inc.
Note: This course must be completed within 6 months in order to qualify for CE credit in this state. |
6 | $0.00 |
| Kansas | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Kentucky | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Maine | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Michigan | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Minnesota | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Mississippi | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Missouri | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Montana | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Nebraska | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Nevada | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| New Jersey | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| New York | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| North Carolina |
The CE Shop Inc.
Note: This course must be completed within 30 days, or by June 10th, whichever comes first in order to qualify for CE credit in this state. |
4 | $0.00 |
| North Dakota | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Oklahoma | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Oregon | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Pennsylvania | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Rhode Island | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| South Carolina | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| South Dakota |
The CE Shop Inc. |
6 | $0.00 |
| Tennessee | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Texas | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Utah | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Vermont | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Virginia | The CE Shop Inc. | 4 | $0.00 |
| Washington | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Washington, DC | The CE Shop Inc. | 6 | $0.00 |
| Wyoming |
The CE Shop Inc. |
6 | $0.00 |
