Why choose ZERO Accredited Professional?
The ZERO Accredited Professional course builds upon the playbook, with added layers of technical knowledge and detail. This course is accredited by Continued Professional Development (CPD) and gives you 10 CPD points that contribute to your continuous professional development. This next level of training builds upon the foundational "ZERO Playbook course".
Upon successful completion, you will be awarded a ZERO Certified Professional Certificate, certifying your expertise in this critical field.
Learn from Global Industry leaders
The content within the Carbon Literacy Playbook has been meticulously developed over a two-year endeavor, marked by the cultivation of the ZERO community and the facilitation of workshops conducted both online and in-person, spanning across various global locations. This extensive effort has significantly contributed to the creation of the comprehensive ZERO Playbook. Within this resource, you have the unique opportunity to glean insights from esteemed Heads of Sustainability representing prominent leaders in the field of decarbonization. The content is thoughtfully crafted to ensure ease of comprehension and understanding, enhancing your learning experience.
Next Generation
The content and direction of the playbook has been focused on ZERO Nexts vision for the future of the construction industry.
Peered Reviewed
The content has been collaboratively through hundreds of workshops. Giving you a the full picture of the changes that are required across the built environment
Added technical modules
This course gives the ZERO Accredited Professional Certification. Showing you have a deeper understanding the global shifts
Example Curriculum
- Definition of Embodied Carbon (1:23)
- Scope 1,2,3 emissions explained
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (0:53)
- Cradle-to-Gate vs. Cradle-to-Grave
- Materials Selection (6:35)
- Carbon Intensity of Materials
- Energy-Efficient Design
- Transportation Emissions
- Deconstruction and Reuse
- Carbon Offsets and Mitigation
- Regulations and Certification
- Section summary
- Quiz 1
- Introduction (1:00)
- Why should you even consider embodied carbon?
- Create a Motivation to Change
- Educate and raise Awareness
- You need to Plan and Measure your Carbon footprint
- Re-define Value Structures
- Prepare for Tax and regulation Changes
- Create a Recognition framework
- Be Brave
- Influence Change in your Network
- Assess Change Readiness and Benchmark
- Quiz 2
- Section summary
- Introduction (5:59)
- Select Low Carbon Materials and Methods
- Challenge High Carbon Briefs
- Consider MMC and P-DfMA
- Promote early manufacture and contractor involement
- Consider adaptive design and Retrofit
- Understand Statutory requirements
- Upskill-to allow for early Carbon take off
- Material Sterotyping
- Design for de-construction
- Practice LEAN design and Construction
- Section summary
- Quiz 3
- Introduction (2:06)
- Why Measure Emboided Carbon (5:17)
- What are we measuring
- Set your targets and frameworks
- How to undertake a Carbon asssessment
- Specify the information you need
- Use tools to drive measurement (8:12)
- Collect and check the information
- Make information accessible and use it to inform decisions
- Use information to challenge briefs
- Ensure skills are in place
- Feedback and learn
- Section summary
- Quiz 4
- Introduction (2:16)
- Create a Positive Vision of the Future
- Health and Well Being
- Educate and Raise Awareness
- Building diverse and inclusive teams
- Build Organisational capacity and capability
- Breakdown Roadmaps
- Encourage Ownership, recognise and reward success
- Seek and and encourage accreditation
- Join industry Groups and Partner up
- Foster Innovative thinking
- Section summary
- Quiz 5
- Introduction (0:47)
- Procure low carbon resources
- Reduce waste and work efficiently
- Improve buildability
- Use low carbon methods
- Increase p-DfMA
- Learn and share from good projects
- Avoid-rework (0:30)
- Build for de-construction and reuse
- Encourage Low carbon and green sites
- Robotics and Automation
- Section summary
- Quiz 6
- The Paris Agreement
- What Standards?
- LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
- BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)
- PAS2080
- Passive House Standard
- ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems)
- World Green Building Council (WGBC)
- Net-Zero Building Standards
- Quiz 7
- Introduction (1:59)
- Through innovation we will solve this problem
- Create an innovation framework
- Test Fast , Fail Fast, Fix fast
- Define the problem statement
- Provide innovation funding
- Encourage innovation awareness
- How to sell Carbon innovation
- Getting the most out of standards and frameworks
- Carbon Saving innovation solutions
- Be Active in ZERO (0:49)
- Section summary
- Quiz 8
The Pillars of the Playbook
Learn from some of the brightest minds in sustainability. Thought leaders from around the world have contributed to the development of the playbook content. From heads of sustainability for major global contractors, CEOs, and founders to graduates and teachers.
ZERO Construct Accredited Professional
This will give you the backbone of the knowledge required to start decarbonising your next construction project. Giving you a global view of the levers you could pull to decarbonise the built environment.
