LEED General Courses

The free AIA online courses are sponsored by product manufacturers to meet your AIA continuing education requirements. The GBCI General Hour courses meet LEED AP requirements and LEED Green Associate CE hours. All of the AIA continuing education courses are also AIA HSW courses. Course topics include LEED certification, Health Product Declarations (HPDs), and green building strategies. Once you have completed the AIA online courses and LEED online courses, we will report your CE credits automatically. GreenCE is an AIA Education Provider and USGBC Education Partner.

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Ethics, Sustainability & Public Welfare in Design
Ethics, Sustainability & Public Welfare in Design

What professional responsibility do we bear for the environmental impact of our designs? In this thought-provoking course, participants will delve into the critical ethical dimensions of sustainable design that shape our built environment for generations to come. Explore how the AIA and ASCE Codes of Ethics translate into real-world obligations. What are our responsibilities in material sourcing? When budgets tighten, how do we defend sustainability without compromising project viability?
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$35.00
Forever Chemicals: Risk Mitigation Strategies for LEED
Forever Chemicals: Risk Mitigation Strategies for LEED

This comprehensive course equips design professionals with essential knowledge about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as forever chemicals, and their pervasive presence in building materials. You'll discover how these persistent chemicals impact human health and the environment while learning practical strategies to identify and avoid PFAS-containing products in your projects.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 GBCI LEED Green Associate
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific BD+C
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific ID+C
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$45.00
Ghost Buildings: How Architecture Haunts Our Future
Ghost Buildings: How Architecture Haunts Our Future

What if buildings weren’t just structures—but vessels for memory, imagination, and the ghosts of what might have been? Join us as we explore how architecture holds onto dreams and disappointments, carrying the echoes of modernism’s bold promises of infinite progress. We'll look at sustainable design not just as a technical solution, but as a haunted practice—one shaped by the failures of the past and the urgent demands of the future. Step into spaces where time bends: where ancient materials meet digital futures, where ruins don’t just decay—they teach us resilience.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$35.00
GREEN BUILDING PRINCIPLES & LEED v4 Simulated Exams

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Use the LEED practice exam questions to assess your readiness to take the LEED Green Associate exam and LEED AP exam. The LEED practice questions simulate the actual exam and will help you prepare. The package includes 400 LEED practice questions for the LEED Green Associate Exam as well as 100 LEED practice questions for the LEED AP BD+C exam.
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$29.00
GREEN BUILDING PRINCIPLES & LEED v4 Simulated Exams

This product is no longer available for purchase. If you have already purchased this product you may still access the course and quiz content.

Use the LEED practice exam questions to assess your readiness to take the LEED Green Associate exam and LEED AP exam. The LEED practice questions simulate the actual exam and will help you prepare. The package includes 400 LEED practice questions for the LEED Green Associate Exam as well as 100 LEED practice questions for the LEED AP BD+C exam.
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$29.00
GREEN BUILDING PRINCIPLES & LEED v4 Simulated Exams

This product is no longer available for purchase. If you have already purchased this product you may still access the course and quiz content.

Use the LEED practice exam questions to assess your readiness to take the LEED Green Associate exam and LEED AP exam. The LEED practice questions simulate the actual exam and will help you prepare. The package includes 400 LEED practice questions for the LEED Green Associate Exam as well as 100 LEED practice questions for the LEED AP BD+C exam.
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$29.00
GREEN BUILDING PRINCIPLES & LEED v4 Simulated Exams

This product is no longer available for purchase. If you have already purchased this product you may still access the course and quiz content.

Use the LEED practice exam questions to assess your readiness to take the LEED Green Associate exam and LEED AP exam. The LEED practice questions simulate the actual exam and will help you prepare. The package includes 400 LEED practice questions for the LEED Green Associate Exam as well as 100 LEED practice questions for the LEED AP BD+C exam.
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$29.00
LEED + Wild: Certifying the Impossible
LEED + Wild: Certifying the Impossible

Welcome to a journey that will fundamentally challenge how you think about sustainable design. This course pushes far beyond the conventional net-zero checklists that have dominated green building practice for the past two decades. Instead, we're going to explore what happens when buildings become living entities, when cities give back more than they take, and when the boundary between natural and artificial dissolves entirely. We'll dive deep into emerging technologies and philosophies that sound like science fiction but are rapidly becoming reality.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 GBCI LEED Green Associate
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific BD+C
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific ID+C
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$45.00
Low-Emitting Materials For LEED v4.1 Projects
Low-Emitting Materials For LEED v4.1 Projects

In this course, we explore strategies to improve indoor air quality and how to achieve the LEED v4.1 BD+C and ID+C EQ Low-Emitting Materials credit. In addition, we review the applicable requirements such as (CDPH) Standard Method v1.2–2017. Finally, we discuss how buildings with excellent indoor environmental quality protect the health of building occupants.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 GBCI LEED Green Associate
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific BD+C
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific ID+C
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$45.00
Mass Timber Cities: Urban Innovation and LEED
Mass Timber Cities: Urban Innovation and LEED

Welcome to this comprehensive exploration of Stockholm Wood City, one of the world's most ambitious mass timber developments. This course examines how this groundbreaking project is reshaping urban construction through innovative use of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and other engineered wood products. We'll dive deep into the project's environmental philosophy, technical specifications, and construction methodologies while exploring how mass timber construction aligns with LEED v4.1 BD+C and ID+C rating systems.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 EPP CE Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 GBCI LEED Green Associate
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific BD+C
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific ID+C
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$45.00
Mass Timber Revolution: Design for the Climate-Conscious Professional
Mass Timber Revolution: Design for the Climate-Conscious Professional

Mass timber is revolutionizing modern architecture, offering design professionals an unprecedented opportunity to create buildings that actively fight climate change while delivering superior occupant experiences. This cutting-edge construction method is transforming skylines from Portland to Stockholm, enabling architects to build taller, faster, and more sustainably than ever before.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 GBCI LEED Green Associate
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific BD+C
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific ID+C
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$45.00
Green building off the grid
Off the Grid Part 2 - A Case Study

This one hour documentary is part two of a case study focusing on an off the grid residence in northern Washington. The course explores how to calculate a solar array, PV panel installation strategies for different types of roofs, harvesting renewable materials on site, and composting toilets vs. septic tanks. Exclusive interviews with solar pioneers Bill and Lanny Sinkin provide insight into the future of solar energy. Interviews with the owners, architect and the construction team will provide an informative narrative on lessons learned during the process.
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  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
$19.00
Pandemic: How Infections Diseases Affect Cities and Urban Planning
Pandemic: How Infections Diseases Affect Cities and Urban Planning

In this presentation, we explore how deadly diseases have impacted cities and affected urban planning. We discuss how urbanization contributes to pandemics and how diseases like the bubonic plague, Spanish influenza, and SARS changed how cities operate. Our team will review how hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare projects can decrease risks to patients and healthcare workers. Finally, we will examine how sustainable development may help decrease pandemic risks for future global catastrophes.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$29.00
Planetary Heist: Stealing Back the Future
Planetary Heist: Stealing Back the Future

Welcome to Earth's most terrifying reality show - and you're already starring in it. Right now, as you read this, ancient permafrost is melting and releasing methane bombs that have been sleeping for millennia. Ice sheets the size of countries are collapsing into the ocean. Entire species are vanishing before we even discover them. We've pushed the planet past multiple tipping points, and the Earth system is now hunting us back with unprecedented heat waves, super storms, and ecological collapse. This isn't science fiction - this is your life.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$35.00
Rainwater Management For LEED v4.1 Projects
Rainwater Management For LEED v4.1 Projects

In this course, we describe how design professionals can achieve the LEED v4.1 BD+C and O+M Rainwater Management Credit. In addition, we discuss green infrastructure and low-impact development strategies and how they can help for project sites.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 GBCI LEED Green Associate
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific BD+C
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific O+M
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$45.00
Recycling for Resilience: Mitigating Carbon in LEED
Recycling for Resilience: Mitigating Carbon in LEED

The impending climate crisis casts a looming shadow over our planet, and the responsibility to avert catastrophe falls upon us all. Design professionals can wield their creative powers to conceive sustainable, resilient, and regenerative solutions before it's too late. Diverting construction waste from landfills and promoting recycling, reuse, and responsible disposal practices can significantly contribute to reducing carbon emissions.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 GBCI LEED Green Associate
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific BD+C
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific ID+C
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$39.00
Renewable Revolution: A Blueprint for Carbon Reductions in LEED
Renewable Revolution: A Blueprint for Carbon Reductions in LEED

In a world where climate change rages unchecked, the skies weep acid rain, monstrous storms destroy coastal cities, vibrant communities turn into desert wastelands, millions flee their homes, entire species go extinct, and ecosystems collapse. Renewable energy can play a vital role in addressing these challenges and mitigating the worst effects of climate change. In this course, we explore how renewable energy can help reduce carbon emissions for LEED v4.1 BD+C and ID+C projects and reduce environmental impacts.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 GBCI LEED Green Associate
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific BD+C
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific ID+C
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$39.00
Sensitive Land Protection For LEED v4.1
Sensitive Land Protection For LEED v4.1

In this course, we describe how design professionals can achieve the LEED v4.1 BD+C Sensitive Land Protection credit and reduce environmental impacts for building sites. We review sensitive land areas including wildlife habitat, wetlands, prime farmland, floodplains, and water bodies.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 GBCI LEED Green Associate
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific BD+C
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$45.00
Sourcing of Raw Materials For LEED v4.1
Sourcing of Raw Materials For LEED v4.1

In this course, we explain how to achieve the LEED v4.1 BD+C and ID+C MR: Sourcing of Raw Materials credit and how to specify environmentally friendly building materials. We review FSC certification, recycled content, and how bio-based materials could change the future of construction.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 GBCI LEED Green Associate
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific BD+C
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific ID+C
  • 1 GBCI LEED Specific O+M
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$45.00
Stop Creating Architectural Nightmares
Stop Creating Architectural Nightmares

Ever wonder why that fluorescent-lit hallway gives you the creeps? Turns out, millions of people on the internet figured it out. When an anonymous internet post about endless yellow office spaces went viral, it accidentally created one of the largest public engagements with architectural psychology. This course explores how The Backrooms phenomenon introduced liminal space theory to the masses and what it means for creating better buildings.
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  • 1 AAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AAPEI Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 AIA HSW/LU CE Hour
  • 1 AIBD CE Hour
  • 1 BOMI CPD Hour
  • 1 FBPE PDH for FBPE Members
  • 1 GBCI General Hour
  • 1 OAA Structured Learning Hour
  • 1 OAQ Self Directed Learning Hour / Heure d'apprentissage autodirigé
  • 1 SAA Core Learning Hour
$35.00

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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.