Building it Green

Programs & Initiatives

Building It Green is a national training program to strengthen the construction industry’s ability to support journeypersons, apprentices, and trades instructors as they meet the challenge of a net-zero future and the challenges posed by climate change.

Developed by tradespeople, for tradespeople, Building It Green is the most comprehensive climate training program for the union skilled trades in Canada.

Best of all? It’s free for apprentices, journeyworkers, training and trades instructors, union leaders, contractors, and employers.

To get started, enroll today in the Building It Green Foundations Course, a 2½-hour fully online course designed to give workers in the construction sector the foundational knowledge they need to deliver high-performance, green construction projects.

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What our building trades members are saying:

"I’d recommend this course to our members so that tradespeople can learn about the effects of climate change, be informed about all the ways the construction industry can do its part, and be prepared to contribute towards positive change through their work on the jobsite. Training is the key to ensure tradespeople have the right skills to effect change.”

“I found the course easy-to-follow, informative, and it made some climate-change concepts more digestible through accessible learning modules and real-world examples. The course emphasized the impact green construction can have on reducing the effects of global warming, even through implementing fairly straight-forward solutions."

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If you want to implement Building It Green at your training centre, contact the project team at [email protected].

Adriana Hernandez

Project Manager

Zarina Mujanovic

Project coordinator

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Funded by Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) Union Training and Innovation Program (UTIP), Building It Green will bring our journeypersons, apprentices, and trades instructors along for the journey as Canada sets out to achieve its sustainability goals.

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Programs & Initiatives