Growing Green: Environmental Awareness and Your Real Estate Practice
Whether you're representing a seller who's listing a high-efficiency home or working with a buyer to find one, it's important to be able to recognize a home's green features and the value they bring to the property. This means understanding the benefit of big-ticket green items such as solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal heating and cooling systems, solar water heaters, or even energy-efficient windows, as well as knowing the value in quick-and-easy updates like low-flow faucets, LED lighting, and smart thermostats. It also means knowing the difference between HERS and HES and SEER and LEED. Of course, greening up a home isn't cheap. Letting your clients know about available federal and state programs and incentives is another way you can ensure your clients are getting the best service around.
Course highlights include:
- An overview of the green home movement
- Green terminology, certifications, and ratings
- A review of energy-efficient upgrades, including solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal heating and cooling systems, solar water heaters, and more
- Tips for assisting green homebuyers and sellers
- A review of the FHA's Energy Efficient Mortgage and the 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage programs
- Qualifications for the DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program
- Interactive activities and scenarios to seal in the new information and frame it in everyday context
State Requirements For Hawaii
Hawaii State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education
Renewal Date: 11/30 every even-numbered year. Please note: all CE courses and the license renewal application must be completed by this date in order to stay active. If a license has lapsed and was put into inactive status, the 2 core courses from the previous cycle must be completed prior to regaining an active status.
Hours Required by the State: 20 hours
- 6 hours – Core hours
- 14 hours – Elective hours
Note: A licensee who is issued a Hawaii real estate salesperson license during an even-numbered year shall be deemed to have completed equivalent to the continuing education hours as required by section 467-11.5, HRS, and section 16-99-90.
Hawaii Real Estate Branch
Street Address: King Kalakaua Building, 335 Merchant Street, Rm 333, Honolulu, HI 96813
Telephone: 808.586.2643