Sustainable Building, Infrastructure Design & Management

Designers have long been able to meet the needs of their clients and businesses by using their creativity to blend form and function. Today’s world of limited resources and changing economic and environmental values requires a new set of tools to design a sustainable world.

This Certificate program, Sustainable Building, Infrastructure Design and Management, brings designers into 21st century design by building on their existing design skills and enhancing them with cutting-edge skills and knowledge, enabling them to meet the new goals and challenges of sustainability.

Why Choose Pratt Institute?

For over a century, Pratt Institute has combined the practice of art and practicality by educating artists and designers in its traditional art, design, and architecture classes at the graduate, undergraduate, and professional levels. This program brings Pratt and you to a new level and a new world of art and design, again in a practical way. You will learn about the driving forces that are changing your client’s needs and about the tools needed to meet those challenges and design a sustainable world. In short, you will become part of the solution and be able to assist your clients and businesses in succeeding in a carbon-constrained world.

Recommended audience: architects; engineers; interior designers; urban planners; facilities and construction management professionals; contractors; and government agency professionals.

Application fee: $100, non-refundable

Requirements

Certificate Requirements
The certificate program requires the successful completion of all 7 courses, which totals 49 hours of study.

Courses

Required Courses: Seven
PMPD 600    Climate Change Fundamentals for Design and Management Professionals
PMPD 601    Designing, Renovating, and Operating Carbon Neutral Buildings
PMPD 602    Performance Modeling for Carbon Neutral Buildings
PMPD 603    Sustainable Standards for Buildings and Infrastructure – LEED, BREAM, Energy Star
PMPD 604    Energy, Greenhouse Gas and Weatherization Audits, and Capital Planning
PMPD 605    New Technologies – Smart Grid and Smart Buildings
PMPD 606    Innovative and Entrepreneurial Planning Design and Management Practices