LEED BD&C Training
Course Syllabus
Instructor
/ Dan Burgoyne
Sustainability Manager
Department of General Services / Office Hours: Virtual Office hours will be announced at class
Email: / Phone: 916 376-5010
Location
/ Ziggurat Building Auditorium
707 3rd Street, First Floor
West Sacramento, CA 95605
Resources:
/ www.usgbc.org
www.gbci.org
Session One - Intro / Topic / Required Reading
May 4, 2009 – Monday
10:00 – 12::00 noon / ·  Course Overview
·  Executive Order
·  USGBC & LEED
·  Certification Process / LEED Reference Guide for Building Design & Construction (BD&C Guide), Introduction Section
(pgs i – xxiii)
Session Two - SS / Topic / Required Reading
May 4, 2009 – Monday
1:00 – 3:00 PM / ·  Sustainable Sites / BD&C Guide
Sustainable Sites Section
(pgs 1 – 160)
Session Three – WE & ID / Topic / Required Reading
May 11, 2009 – Monday
9:00 – 12:00 AM / ·  Water Efficiency (WE)
·  Innovation & Design (ID)
·  Multiple Building Applications / BD&C Guide
WE and ID Sections
(pgs 591 – 606)
(pgs 161 – 212)
Session Four - EA / Topic / Required Reading
May 18, 2009 – Monday
10:00 – 12:00 noon / ·  Energy & Atmosphere (EA) / BD&C Guide
EA Section
(pgs 213 – 334)
Site Visits & Tours / Topic / Required Reading
May 26 - 29, 2009 – Tuesday thru Friday
various times / ·  LEED Certified Building Site Visit Tours and Presentations / None Required
Session Five - MR / Topic / Required Reading
June 1, 2009 – Monday
10:00 – 12:00 noon / ·  Materials & Resources (MR) / BD&C Guide
MR Section
(pgs 335 – 400)
Session Six - IEQ / Topic / Required Reading
June 8, 2009 – Monday
10:00 – 12:00 noon / ·  Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) / BD&C Guide
EQ Section
(pgs 401 – 590)
Session Seven – Exam Prep / Topic / Required Reading
June 15, 2009 – Monday
10:00 – 12:00 noon / ·  Other LEED Rating Systems,
·  LEED-AP Exam Preview
·  Exam Preparation Resources / To be announced
Session Eight – Mock Exam / Topic / Required Reading
July 13, 2009 – Monday
9:00 – 12:00 noon / ·  Mock LEED AP+ BD&C Exam
·  9:00 – 9:10 instructions for exam (don’t be late)
·  9:10-11:10 Mock Exam
·  11:10 – 12:00 noon Grading of exams in class; discussion, and course evaluation / Study all material