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Applied Program Management Course

Using two real-life urban city sustainability programs (Connected Urban Development and SMART 2020), learn to develop, manage and execute strategic programs, champion change and communicate the associated benefits. Create various program artifacts including a program plan, status reports, and closing and transition documents. Use progressive elaboration and transition documents to keep these artifacts current during a program life cycle and...

Agile Delivery Methods Course

Agile approaches are changing how software is developed and the impact is being felt far outside the technology teams in which they originated. But there are many different agile frameworks out there. How do you choose the right one? This course provides an introduction to the lean and agile principles on which iterative and incremental development is based, and the trends accelerating agile adoption across many industries. You’ll discover...

Applied Project Management Course

Working as a team, develop the full set of project management deliverables in a simulated case study project. Apply your technical skills (Project Manager’s Toolkit), your soft skills (Project Manager’s Skill Set) and your knowledge in a realistic project management environment. Playing the role of project manager, teams assess project situations and make professional judgments, plan and manage the execution of project work, analyze...

Building Green with LEED: Core Concepts & Strategies

UBC Continuing Studies is launching new LEED professional development in partnership with the CaGBC. The next session of Building Green with LEED: Core Concepts and Strategies begins September 2011. This intensive 36-hour course provides a comprehensive overview of techniques, approaches, materials and technologies used in creating greener buildings and communities. It provides an introductory level of familiarity with the Rating System and...

Greening the Supply Chain: Responsible Business Practices

This course can be applied to the UBC Award of Achievement in Sustainability Management. Procurement practices and supply chain management are key components of an organization’s sustainability strategy. They can help reduce an organization’s environmental footprint and control costs. This online course offers a comprehensive introduction to the...

UBC Award of Achievement in Sustainability Management

The UBC Award of Achievement in Sustainability Management delivers a clear understanding of how sustainability extends through all areas of an organization and how to create holistic sustainability initiatives that make an impact. The courses within the program address how to approach new market opportunities and challenges, resource scarcity and greenhouse gas emissions management in an increasingly complex and globalized world. The program is designed...

Introduction to Sustainability: From Origins to Applications

Sustainability is a complex issue when viewed from a triple-bottom line perspective of people, planet, and profits. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the origins of sustainability and the key concepts and drivers that are putting sustainability issues front and centre in our lives. Topics include climate change, eco-efficiency, life cycle analysis, carbon trading, tracking and reporting, and the evolving regulatory framework supporting...

Sustainable Communities (formerly Strategies for Sustainable Communities)

How do you develop a sustainable community? Having a clear vision and ongoing process of evaluation and review are the first steps toward fostering a sustainable community strategic plan from a systems perspective. This course will review planning approaches and sustainability frameworks for development from social and science-based principles. Explore topics such as transportation, planning, food security, material efficiency and waste, governance,...

Summer Institute in Sustainability Leadership

The Summer Institute in Sustainability Leadership (SISL) is an intensive one-week professional development program designed for those taking a leadership role in establishing policy, creating plans and implementing sustainability projects in businesses, colleges, universities, and across all levels of government. This award-winning program provides you the opportunity to engage in creative thinking about your role as a sustainability leader and the...

Sustainability Leadership: Strategy to Transformation

Do you want to be an effective agent of change toward a sustainable future? This course explores an emerging new discipline in strategic sustainability leadership. The first theme, strategic sustainable development, is based on a logical approach to strategic planning and decision making and generates clarity of purpose by drawing from basic sustainability science and human needs. The second theme, transformational leadership, focuses on creating the...

Greening the Supply Chain: Responsible Business Practices

Procurement practices and supply chain management are key components of an organization’s sustainability strategy. They can help reduce an organization’s environmental footprint and control costs. This online course offers a comprehensive introduction to the emerging area of green supply chain management. Learn the perspectives, practical tools, and resources needed to make responsible and effective supply decisions. Course topics include key...

Organizational Sustainability: Embedding Sustainable Systems in Operations

What are the best practices in applied organizational sustainability? Discover how your organization can undergo transformation and demonstrate leadership by adopting an integrated system approach to embedding sustainability. Understand the intersection between economics and resource efficiency, including steps to address environmental and social inefficiencies relating to energy, water, materials, employees, and supply chain. Explore consumption...

Sustainability Planning for Performance: Measuring Outcomes

Are you ready to move beyond energy-saving light bulbs and recycling bins? Find out what to prioritize, how to integrate sustainability planning into your core business activities, and how to measure outcomes and success. Examine forces driving interest in sustainability and where businesses fall on the sustainability continuum. Explore metrics and indicators for measuring positive social, environmental, and financial outcomes, and how organizations use...

Building Green with LEED: LEED Canada for New Construction 2009

This 36-hour course provides an in-depth review of the LEED Canada for New Construction Rating System. It helps building professionals develop their technical proficiency in this latest standard, supporting those planning to write the LEED Professional Accreditation Exam with the Building Design + Construction Specialty. In addition, current LEED APs receive all of the continuing education requirements needed to update to the LEED AP BD+C credential.

Climate Literacy: Navigating Climate Conversations

Learn how to converse about climate change with confidence and diplomacy by taking part in this 100% online course which explores the basic terms and concepts needed to understand system relationships between atmosphere, ocean, land and life. Delve into the science behind climate change, including the climate system, causes of global warming, climate modelling and climate forecasting. Analyze demographic, economic, technological and political factors,...

Introduction to Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting

Carbon footprints are becoming an issue for organizations of all shapes and sizes. In this introductory course, learn the principles and processes necessary to measure greenhouse gas emissions. Discussions include reasons why companies measure their carbon footprints, the steps involved in footprint measurement, accounting methods and requirements, greenhouse gas reduction strategies and target setting, carbon credits and carbon neutrality. This course...

LEED Green Building Strategies and Green Associate Exam Preparation

This 36-hour course provides comprehensive preparation for the LEED Green Associate exam, a first step towards becoming a green building practitioner. The LEED Green Associate credential distinguishes practitioners with a sound knowledge of green design, construction and operations. Designed by the Canada Green Building Council, this course provides an overview of the techniques, approaches, materials and technologies used in the LEED...

Life Cycle Assessment: A Practical Introduction to the Science of Sustainability

The need to decouple economic activities from environmental degradation has resulted in the rapid growth of the impact assessment market. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the leading scientific impact assessment methodology used to develop quantified information on the environmental impacts of products and services over their life cycle. Topics covered include theory, standards, applications, limitations and interpretations of LCA. Learn to carry out and...

The University of British Columbia, Continuing Studies Centre for Sustainability Training

Applied Program Management Course

Agile Delivery Methods Course

Applied Project Management Course

Building Green with LEED: Core Concepts & Strategies

Greening the Supply Chain: Responsible Business Practices

UBC Award of Achievement in Sustainability Management

Leadership

Introduction to Sustainability: From Origins to Applications

Sustainable Communities (formerly Strategies for Sustainable Communities)

Summer Institute in Sustainability Leadership

Sustainability Leadership: Strategy to Transformation

Operations

Greening the Supply Chain: Responsible Business Practices

Organizational Sustainability: Embedding Sustainable Systems in Operations

Sustainability Planning for Performance: Measuring Outcomes

Technical

Building Green with LEED: LEED Canada for New Construction 2009

Climate Literacy: Navigating Climate Conversations

Introduction to Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting

LEED Green Building Strategies and Green Associate Exam Preparation

Life Cycle Assessment: A Practical Introduction to the Science of Sustainability