Here is an overview of GreenHome Institute’s membership benefits, with full details further below. Please bookmark this page and check back occasionally for updates. We request that you do not share the list, as it contains discount codes and resources meant for members only.
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Membership Benefits
Access to all GHI CE webinars – no registration needed
GHI will automatically send Zoom invitations when an event is created. Check your spam from Zoom <no-reply@zoom.us>. The invitations will go to the email associated with your membership as well as any employees that have been added. If you do not receive these emails, please check your junk folder. You may receive three notices: when first registered, one reminder a week out, and another one day out. There is no need to contact GHI to sign up – just click the link to join. Be sure to add these events to your calendar to avoid missing the webinars!
Assistance with CEU webinar certificate tracking and management
All certificates are emailed to you from certs@gutenbergcerts.com within one week following the webinar. If you do not receive your certificate within a week, contact support@gutenbergcerts.com for assistance. You may also go to https://myaccount.gutenbergcerts.com/ and log in with the same email through which you received the Zoom meeting link to access your account and find all of your stored certificates.
All CEUs are self-reported with the exception of AIA, for which you need to complete the survey at the end of the webinar to account for your attendance.
If you have difficulty accessing your CEUs using these instructions, contact us for assistance.
If you miss a live webinar and/or want to access the large repository of classes, please log into Thinkific using your member email address. From there, you can navigate all classes on demand, watch them, and complete the quiz at the end to get CEUs. Your certificate for on-demand education will be stored in your Thinkific account. You can watch a quick tutorial here or download a visual and text guide to navigate this CEU platform here.
Contact support@thinkific.com for assistance.
Note: If you are unable to access a course for free (with the exception of some of our larger paid trainings), please use this code: MemberAccess
Thinkific account access will be provided within one week of becoming a GHI member (check your spam folder if you do not receive it). You may be required to reset your password.
For all continuing education provided by GHI, Gutenberg tracks live course attendance and Thinkific tracks on-demand classes. You are responsible for downloading, storing, and reporting these certificates to your CEU providers (except for AIA, which GHI reports). If you have trouble, contact brett.little@greenhomeinstitute.org for assistance.
Discounted or free access to professional certification training
Discounts or free access to professional and paid GHI courses and training are found here. Future courses are added here as well, so check back often. All of these courses are free except the LEED Green Rater training and the HERS Rater training, which are offered at a significant discount to members. All courses are accessible within the Thinkific platform mentioned above by typing the name of the class into the search bar. You will be auto-enrolled into all classes at no additional cost.
These courses and similar courses are occasionally offered live in person or virtually, and you will receive an email from GHI with the option to sign up at no cost.
Discounted green building consulting, certification, and registration fees
Access to financing for solar, green home, e-bikes, and electric vehicles provided by the Clean Energy Credit Union
You and your clients may apply for financing through the Clean Energy Credit Union to fund sustainable housing and/or transportation (contact us to discuss extending this membership benefit to your clients). Find out more about this benefit here:
https://www.cleanenergycu.org/apply-for-a-loan/
Free access to LEED Green Associate and Accredited Professional Homes credential training and practice exams
We offer training for three LEED professional credentials: LEED Green Associate, LEED AP Homes, and LEED Green Rater. You will be able to access the LEED Green Associate and LEED AP Homes classes in Thinkific at no cost. For additional study materials and practice exams, and to inquire about LEED Green Rater training, contact Brett.Little@greenhomeinstitute.org.
Listing in the GreenHome Institute member directory
GHI has recently added several more fields to your member profile; please ensure these are all filled out and updated. Though some of these are not displayed publicly, they help us to better understand who our members are so we can work to provide the most beneficial content for all. As a member, you can choose to share your name, company, photo, and bio (we request that you limit your bio to two paragraphs). Please ensure your profile is updated when necessary.
Discounts on green building products, services, and technologies
Builders for Climate Action offers all GHI members a 10% discount on their BEAM embodied carbon calculator training at https://www.buildersforclimateaction.org/beam-training-course.html; use code: ghilearn10.
WattCarbon is offering a 10% discount on Energy Attribute Certificates. These certificates are similar to RECs or Carbon Offsets and can help your project meet the new DOE National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building or other zero-carbon certifications in a meaningful way that increases electrification, distributed energy resources, and/or renewable energy. Use code GREENHOME2024 at https://www.wattcarbon.com/
Sun Plans offers passive solar sustainable designs for you or your clients. Passive solar considers a home’s orientation, location, window placement/type, overhangs, reflectivity, and wall systems. Proper passive solar can reduce energy costs and improve health and comfort. As a GHI member, you will receive 15% off the cost of their plans. After placing a house plan order with Sun Plans through their shopping cart, reply to the order to let them know you are a GHI member, and they will issue the 15% credit. This discount applies to their eBook, Study Plans, Review Sets, CAD Files, and Construction Prints. It does not apply to their consulting services or custom design.
Access to additional educational and Green Home Trade Association discounts and resources
Three-month free trial at Green Building Advisor: https://subscribe.greenbuildingadvisor.com/GBAPM_3month?pk=W20129FS
ACHR News Major Discount – Best-in-class HVAC news for the future of heating, cooling, and ventilation
Get 15% off entries to the Green Builder Media GreenHome of the Year Awards. The deadline to enter is 10/25. You or your clients can enter here using the code HOTY15
Biophilic Design Institute Certification Training Course – 5% discount. Code “GREENHOMES”
Join the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) at any membership level using code GOSOLAR for 25% off at ases.org/join.
Benefits of Joining ASES include:
Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) is extending a 50% discount for EEBA Individual Memberships to your entire network, including builders, designers, and partner organizations, valued at up to $150 annually per membership. To access these benefits, complete the EEBA membership application and use code EEBAPARTNERS at checkout.
Benefits of joining EEBA include:
Submit articles on relevant topics for consideration for publication on the GHI website.
We want to hear and share our members’ perspectives on topics related to the residential green building industry. Members get to submit articles at no cost for inclusion on the GHI blog, newsletter and/or social media pages. Learn more here.
Membership spotlight of your company or work featured on social media, newsletters, and webinars
Please contact us with any news that is relevant to share with the GHI network so we can create a member spotlight. We also try to connect with you and your company on social media and share updates that are relevant to the residential green building sector.
Ability to add employees to all benefits for corporate and sponsor memberships
To ensure other employees in your company can access these resources, add them here and ensure you send them this list of benefits so they know what is available.
Do you need to access your membership login? Find it here https://app.joinit.com/login
The GreenHome Institute is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization funded by members who support the residential green building movement. Becoming a member helps support our mission and keeps us going, and you can also receive several benefits.
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