Green Material: The Designers Guide To Green Sustainable Materials

About this class

This program is a certified program in collaboration with the Qatar Green Building Council  

This workshop will focus on the principals and best practices to comply with green building certifications requirements for selecting and specifying a green material. The workshop will identify the main attributes that define a green material.

The workshop will provide essential knowledge for successful implementation of the rating systems prerequisites and requirements within design and material specification activities. By defining material related credits and learning credit intents, key concepts, requirements, strategies, referenced standards and synergies within all material related credits.

The workshop is best for interior designers, Architects, construction companies, project managers, supervision consultants, sustainability consultants, and building owners.

Class Outline

• Define and understand the main attributes that define a green material.
• Identify the best practices for specifying and procuring green material.
• Understand the material related credits, requirements and intents.
• Plan for key considerations and requirements for certification documentation

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:

• Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
• Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
• Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
• Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
• Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Sat, 6 Jul, 2019
End:
Lessons: 1
Days: Saturday
Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location:
Cost: QAR 750

Register

To register for this course, access the form.