LEED BD+C Project Manager Masterclass

This one-of-a-kind training is the only place you can gain real LEED project experience outside of working on an intensive year-long LEED project. Join a group of peers as you go through the entire LEED for New Construction certification process with expert guides working on LEED projects since the early 2000s. Additionally, this course will satisfy all thirty hours of LEED AP BD+C specific continuing education hours or prepare you for the AP BD+C exam.

This advanced course is designed for:

• LEED Professionals Needing Real Project Management Experience and Skills
• LEED Green Associates Studying to Become a LEED AP BD+C
• LEED AP BD+C Professionals seeking 30 Hours of GBCI-Approved Credential Maintenance

New skills you will develop in this course:

• Walk a project team through a LEED v4 New Construction Scorecard
• Identify outdoor and indoor water savings with LEED template calculators
• Perform ‘simple box’ energy model to optimize energy costs
• Evaluate material attributes for disclosure and optimization
• Familiarize yourself with LEED Online and actual GBCI review comments
• Employ construction phase best practices based on our lessons learned

The Fall 2025 course will run for nine (9) consecutive weeks beginning Tuesday, September 16, 2025 and start promptly at 1:00 pm EST. Each class is approximately 1.5 hours.

Please see the following schedule breakdown:

Spring Start Date:
1st Class: September 16, 2025, at 1:00 pm EST
2nd Class: September 23, 2025, at 1:00 pm EST
3rd Class: September 30, 2025, at 1:00 pm EST
4th Class: October 7, 2025, at 1:00 pm EDT
5th Class: October 14, 2025, at 1:00 pm EDT
6th Class: October 21, 2025, at 1:00 pm EDT
7th Class: October 28, 2025, at 1:00 pm EDT
8th Class: November 4, 2025, at 1:00 pm EDT
9th Class: November 11, 2025, at 1:00 pm EDT

Payment Plan Available (U.S. Customers Only):

This course can be paid in 4 installments using Afterpay at checkout.

Emmanuel Pauwels

LEED AP BD+C, O+M, LEED for Homes Green Rater, LEED Faculty, Living Building Hero

Emmanuel Pauwels has worked as a Green Building Consultant since 2008. He learned about LEED certification during a sustainable construction course at Harvard University and became passionate about the transformative power of green building certification. His first building seeking LEED certification was in Spain. He also started teaching online courses to help other professionals in Spain and later in Latin America, Europe, and the United States to become LEED Professionals.

In 2015 he became a USGBC Faculty, recognition as a credible, qualified instructor, teacher, and facilitator with deep expertise in and passion for sustainability that cuts across sectors, cultures, and geographies.

With his vast international background, he has lived in the U.S, Belgium, France, Indonesia, and now Spain and speaks five languages fluently. Recently Emmanuel became a Living Future Accredited Professional, which acknowledges him as someone with a holistic framing of sustainability and the understanding needed to transform communities into socially just, culturally rich, and ecologically healthy spaces.

• 9 Live + Interactive Work Sessions
• One Session Every Week for 1.5 Hours
• 6 Modules going through the steps of a LEED Project Manager
• Collaborative Team Exercises
• Q&A with True LEED Experts
• Advice on Current Projects
• 24/7 Coaching Through Our Innovative Learning Platform

***This course is not included in the GBES Unlimited Subscription