The Live Green, Live Smart / Certified Professional (CP) designation is a certification that is earned by a select few professionals. The certification tells you that your CP Broker, Agent or in Canada, your Sales Person, understands green terminology, green building certification programs such as LEED®, have an understand of green building sciences and are knowledgeable about the state of the ecosystem. In addition they can direct you depending on where you are toward upward of tens of thousand of dollars in special green tax credits, incentive and rebates.
The Live Green, Live Smart Certified Professional has taken classes designed by green building science leaders.
If you need more information about your professional’s credentials please e-mail us at: CPinfo@livegreenlivesmart.org.
A Green Certification for Professional from the Industry Leaders
The CP training was designed by the first organization to receive a LEED Platinum award for a remodel; it also had the highest number of LEED points ever given any LEED For Home ® project.
The program’s Executive Director, Peter Lytle, a former teacher and co-founder of a nationwide tutoring franchise, was also the head of pilot projects for Energy Star®, LEED for Homes® and Minnesota GreenStar® and is the founder of Live Green, Live Smart a socially responsible business®.
Live Green, Live Smart is an organization located in Wayzata, Minnesota that focuses on primary research and education in sustainable construction. Our training is done in conjunction with CSP a professional organization focused on training systems for the Industry.
As a CP you receive the following:
- A green credentialed Certification
- A comprehensive green Real Estate training program
- You are networked with other CP's
- You have access to free green content for a your website, newsletters and e-mail programs
- You have green audit materials for use with your clients
- You receive logos, marketing materials and updates
