E-Learning Center

Discover online training and education opportunities from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Better Buildings Affiliates who are working with DOE to promote energy efficiency in U.S. buildings and manufacturing plants. Below is a collection of webinars, courses, and other e-learning resources covering a range of areas relevant to Better Buildings, Better Plants partners. To see all upcoming DOE events, visit the Events Calendar.

DOE Resources

Better Buildings Webinars
Better Buildings Webinars takes on the most pressing topics facing energy professionals, with new experts each month leading the conversations on proven best practices, cost-effective strategies, and innovative new ways to approach sustainability and energy performance.
Cost: none | Access: open to public | CEUs: not available | Register for a Live Webinar

Better Plants Virtual Learning Series
The Better Plants team hosted an online learning series with technical presentations on water efficiency, building envelope, compressed air systems, and more! Watch recordings from this series to hear from experts from DOE's national labs and other guest speakers from the Better Buildings network!
Cost: none | Access: open to public | CEUs: not available | Watch a Previously Recorded Webinar

On-Demand Webinar Library
In case you missed a live webinar, you can watch all previously recorded webinars in our On-Demand Webinar Library. Webinars are sorted by key topics such as energy data management, financing, resilience, and more.
Cost: none | Access: open to public | CEUs: not available | Watch a Previously Recorded Webinar
 

Data Tools Trainings
Watch this series of training webinars to discover how your organization can use DOE building energy data tools to drive energy efficiency. Experts from several national laboratories will describe step-by-step how to access, use, and learn more about these free online resources.

• Introduction to Asset Score
• Introduction to the Standard Energy Efficiency Exchange Platform (SEED)
• Introduction to Audit Template
• Introduction to SEED Advanced Features
• Introduction to the Building Performance Database (BPD)

Cost: none | Access: open to public | CEUs: not available

Resources from Better Buildings Allies and Affiliates

Affiliate organizations partner with DOE to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient practices across the economy. Resources from these organizations are grouped by sector; use the boxes below to explore webinars and courses.

Commercial Real Estate Resources

BOMA Building Owners and Managers Association International
BOMA's webinars provide educational opportunities for commercial real estate professionals and cover a variety of energy, water, and waste topics. For a more focused series on energy efficiency, check out BOMA's BEEP (BOMA Energy Efficiency Program). BEEP's 6-course series provides information, strategies, technologies, guides, and resources needed to reduce energy and costs.
Cost: varies | Access: open to public | CEUs: available | Explore Webinars & BEEP

PREA Pension Real Estate Association
PREA's webinar program was conceived to expand existing educational programs by offering their membership discussions with industry leaders on timely topics.
Access: members only | Explore Webinars

Cross-Sector Resources

AIA American Institute of Architects
AIAU has over 150 online courses for builders and architects covering topics in design, practice, and building science.
Cost: varies | Access: open to public | CEUs: available | Explore Courses

Buildings Education
Buildings Education Courses address timely and relevant topics for the management and maintenance of commercial facilities such as sustainability, resilience, and energy management.
Cost: varies | Access: open to public | CEUs: available | Explore Courses

Green Sports Alliance
Green Sports Alliance offers monthly webinars on how to reduce environmental impacts and costs within the sports industry and related communities. Key topics include energy, water, waste, transportation, fan engagement, and more.
Cost: none | Access: members only | CEUs: not available | Explore Webinars

IFMA International Facility Managers Association
IFMA's Online Webinars offer a host of e-learning opportunities for facility management professionals with a focus on COVID-19 preparedness.
Cost: none | Access: open to public | CEUs: not available | Explore Webinars

Slipstream
Slipstream offers nearly 100 webinars for commercial, industrial, residential, and public sector industry professionals on breakthrough energy solutions. A sampling of topics includes building automation, behavior change, energy efficiency, sustainable design, retrofits, and more.
Cost: varies | Access: open to public | CEUs: available | Explore Webinars

Smart Energy Decisions
Smart Energy Decisions hosts webinars for the commercial and industrial sectors on topics such as renewables, energy efficiency, demand response, energy management systems, financing, and resiliency.
Cost: none | Access: varies | CEUs: not available | Explore Webinars

ULI Urban Land Institute 
ULI Learning offers live and on-demand webinars for real-estate developers. A sampling of topics includes resiliency, real estate investment and finance, and commercial development. 
Cost: not free | Access: members only | CEUs: not available  | Explore Online Courses

USGBC U.S. Green Building Council
USGBC offers a variety of online green building education and professional development opportunities, including nearly 1,000 recordings on topics such as green building design, energy efficiency, health and wellness, and more.
Cost: varies | Access: members only | CEUs: available | Explore Webinars

Healthcare Resources

ASHE American Society of Healthcare Engineering
ASHE On Demand has a library of pre-recorded courses for healthcare facility managers and engineering staff. Topics include sustainability, planning design and construction, and more.
Cost: none | Access: members only | CEUs: available | Explore Courses

Practice Greenhealth
Practice Greenhealth created the Greenhealth Academy to offer innovative, essential information through programs covering all aspects of sustainability in healthcare.
Cost: varies | Access: varies | CEUs: not available | Explore Webinars

Higher Education Resources

APPA - Leadership in Education Facilities
APPA webinars are geared towards education facilities professionals and cover topics such as building technologies, design, and carbon reduction.
Cost: none | Access: open to public | CEUs: available | Explore Webinars

AASHE Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
AASHE webinars are geared towards the campus sustainability community (faculty, staff, students, and executives) and have webinars on behavior change, data management, waste, the energy-water nexus, and more.
Cost: none | Access: varies | CEUs: not available | Explore Webinars

Second Nature
Through their online webinars, Second Nature works to provide information and resources relevant to the higher education sector when it comes to climate action. Second Nature hosts webinars on topics such as zero energy buildings, financing projects, campus sustainability, data management, resilience, and more.
Cost: none | Access: open to public | CEUs: not available | Explore Webinars

Multifamily Resources

NAA National Apartment Association
NAA offers online training including the CAMT+E micro-credential, which is designed for apartment maintenance technicians who are preparing to take on a larger role in improving and managing energy efficiency in the communities they serve.
Cost: yes | Access: open to public | CEUs: available | Explore CAMT+E

Retail, Food Service, & Grocery Resources

Connex
Connex's online courses provide step-by-step information on the fundamentals of multi-site facilities management. Connex also offers live and on-demand webinars with a sampling of topics including facilities management, carbon management, lighting, and benchmarking.
Cost: yes | Access: open to public | CEUs: not available | Explore Courses & Webinars

NACS National Association of Convenience Stores
The NACS Learning On-Demand offers a variety of 8-minute educational webinars for convenience and fuel retail industry professionals, including solutions for waste management.
Cost: none | Access: open to public | CEUs: not available | Explore Videos

Technology Resources

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASHRAE eLearning has pre-recorded courses for engineering staff on topics such as building performance, building technologies, indoor air quality, sustainability, and more.
Cost: yes | Access: open to public | CEUs: available | Explore Courses

IES Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
Each month, IES hosts live webinars on topics specific to lighting. In their "Show Me The Data" series, IES is teaming up with DOE's Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) to examine what we are learning from newly available lighting system data and outcomes from field studies that can help us better understand the impacts and value of advanced lighting systems.
Cost: varies | Access: open to public | CEUs: available | Explore Webinars

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