Attend SGBC's industry-specific courses designed to help built environment professionals build capability, enhance capacity and strengthen operational processes. 

Carbon Footprint

Understanding & Managing Corporate Carbon Footprint

• Carbon has become a global key metric to address and communicate sustainability. As goals increasingly shift towards Net Zero Carbon, demand is growing for action from organisations to mitigate carbon emissions in their business operations. Through this course, participants will gain an understanding of corporate sustainability reporting, including familiarity with various reporting standards such as GRI and ISSB. Additionally, the course will delve deeper into corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting and explore strategies for developing a decarbonisation plan for their organisations.
• Recommended for: Office managers, quality management teams, corporate real estate professionals, and sustainability professionals.
• Next run: 27 September 2024 (More info)

Essentials of Green Building Certification Standards

WELL Essentials: Understanding the Core Principles of Healthy Building Design

• More than just bricks and mortar, the built environment can dramatically impact your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. Delivered in collaboration with the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the SGBC WELL Essentials course delves into the science behind the crucial connection between our health and our buildings, empowering participants to understand how design choices like air quality, lighting, water, nourishment, exercise, and even mind and community can significantly enhance the lives of occupants.
• Next Run: to be confirmed

LEED Essentials: Overview of LEED Rating Systems

• As the world’s most widely used green building rating system, the globally-recognised Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) provides a framework for healthy, energy-efficient, and cost-saving green buildings, which offer environmental, social and governance benefits. As of 2023, there are 105,000 LEED-certified buildings in 185 countries worldwide. Delivered in collaboration with the USGBC, the SGBC LEED Essentials Course offers a structured deep-dive into LEED certification to unpack the standard’s technical requirements as well as the value it brings to the built environment.
• Next Run: to be confirmed

Life Cycle Assessment

Building Life Cycle Assessment Course

• Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a standardised, science-based tool to calculate the environmental impact of a product, service, or process. It can both measure a building’s lifetime impacts and, at the same time, quantify the impact of a single material in the building. Underpinned by international standards, LCA plays a critical role in green building design and in documenting and communicating a building’s lifetime carbon impacts. Acquire the tools and skills to meaningfully assess the environmental impact of buildings for the new normal through SGBC's course series dedicated to understanding building life cycle assessment.
• Next Run: to be confirmed

Green Financing

Sustainable and Green Finance: A Driving Force for Decarbonisation

• Green and sustainable finance has the potential to fund and implement initiatives that contribute towards a more resilient and equitable society. For businesses, investors, and policymakers alike, a foundational understanding of the principles, operational mechanisms, and evolving market dynamics of green and sustainable finance is paramount. This course has been specifically designed to equip non-finance professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to comprehend, articulate, and advocate for green initiatives effectively.
• Next Run: 8 November 2024