Selling Solar Online, 3 hr. ADRE Disclosure CE
https://eliteeducation.digitalchalk.com/dc/learn/selling-solar-1
Listing and Selling Homes with Solar
3 hr. Disclosure and 3 hr. GBCI
Speaking Green
3 hr. General Studies
Green Building 101
3 hr. General Studies
NAR's GREEN Designation courses
Day 1 & Day 2
12 hr. (3 Agency, 3 Disclosure, 6 General Studies)
Healthy Home Challenges & Solutions
3 hr. Legal Issues
What's a Solar Home Worth?, 1 hr. GBCI and AIA
Everything you need to know about Solar, 1 hr. no credit
Triple Bottom Line Your Business - People, Planet, Prosperity 1 hr., no credit
Making your Business Sustainable, 1 hr., no credit
Green Features in the MLS, 1 hr., no CE
Talking Points in a Non-Green Home 1 hr., no CE
Mission
Elite Education Courses
Events and Continuing Education
Educate real estate professionals and homeowners on sustainability based topics relevant to residential real estate sales, remodeling, and building. Conservation, health, & sustainability are at at the heart of our courses. We promote disaster preparedness & prevention, as well as creating resilient healthy communities and comfortable homes to live in, sell, and buy.
Smart Professionals
Melisa Camp Bio
Melisa Camp is a licensed Realtor with HomeSmart Elite Group, Instructor & Administrator for Elite Education, and sustainable building consultant in Phoenix. She has a M.A. in Education and B.A. in Business and Communication from Arizona State University. She is one of only 8 Arizonans to hold the LEED AP-Homes accreditation & has been teaching adults since 2012.
She currently serves on the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Green REsource Council Advisory Board, NAR's Sustainability Advisory Group, and on the Arizona Association of Realtors Board of Directors. She has presented at several National Association of Realtors Conferences & webinars across the U.S. This November she will be presenting for the 5th time in San Francisco in November.
She filmed NAR's GREEN Day 1 webinar in Chicago for the online class in 2016 and edited and contributed to the GREEN Designation textbooks in 2018.
Her training also includes passing the Appraisal Institute’s 15 hour course and exam on the Residential and Commercial Valuation of Solar. Camp helped create the Arizona Association of Realtors standardized form Solar Lease/Loan Assumption Addendum in 2017. She also has helped update green MLS fields within the Arizona Regional MLS several times over the years.
In 2019, Camp was elected the Arizona Association of Realtors Board of Directors to serve a one year term. She was also appointed to theNational Association of Realtor's Sustainability Advisory Board for a one year term.
Formerly, Camp served as secretary of the Central Branch Board for the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC AZ) and was Arizona’s advocate for the Residential Green Building Committee. During her six years of volunteer service Camp hosted events on high-performance home valuation, green home financing & certifications. She is now a Pro-Reviewer for USGBC and evaluates online educational content & course providers every three weeks.
She has certified multiple homes using the NGBS ICC 700 Standard, including a net-zero home remodel in Tempe. Camp has been recognized for her dedication to raising awareness and volunteer efforts with the EverGreen Award from NAR and the Environmental Stewardship Award from Keep AZ Beautiful. She was also awarded HomeSmart’s Diamond Club Award for sales volume.
Video Testimonials from Brokers and agents who have taken NAR's GREEN Designation with us!
GREEN Designated Broker Outreach 2016
Meritage Homes, Blue Sky Homes, Desert Sage Realty, Choice One Properties, Home & Away Realty, Infill Realty Services, Desert 2 Mountain, and more.
Aaron Carter MBA, HomeSmart Elite Group
Joanie LaRue, Keller Williams
Learning from and teaching thousands of Realtors across the U.S. since 2009
See New Courses I've reviewed as U.S. Green Building Council Pro Reviewer
https://www.usgbc.org/people/melisa-camp/0010558899?view=activity
Resources
NAR's GREEN Designation on Zoom
Jan. 27 & 28, 2021, 9 am to 4 pm
12 hours continuing education
Register at: https://green2021.eventbrite.com
Taught by Melisa Camp, Elite Education
NAR's Sustainability Resource Guide https://www.nar.realtor/sustainability-resource-guide
NAR's GREEN Resource Council http://greenresourcecouncil.org/
Realtors and Sustainability Report https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/research-reports/realtors-and-sustainability
Smart Homes and Realtors https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/research-reports/smart-homes-and-realtors
Center for Realtor Technology https://crtlabs.org/smart-home/
http://www.dsireusa.org/
http://www.remodeling.hw.net/cost-vs-value/2018
http://www.resnet.us/hers-index
http://www.cnet.com/
https://www.smartthings.com/
http://www.smarthomedb.com/how-tos
http://sheltongrp.com/
http://www.wired.com/tag/smart-home/
http://www.builderonline.com/money/prices/top-10-cities-for-green-homes_o
http://www.regreenprogram.org/resources/strategy-generator
http://energy.gov/public-services/homes/home-design-remodeling
https://www.houselogic.com/remodel/green-kitchen-remodeling/
https://www.seia.org/sites/default/files/2018-09/SEIA_Top10_Solar_States_2018-Q3.pdf
https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/zero-energy-ready-home
http://annedminster.com/
https://pearlcertification.com/
http://sheltongrp.com/what-we-know/content-library/
http://sheltondigital.com/assets/downloads/ecopulse/TheBuzzOnBuzzwords_SpecialReportEcoPulse2015.pdf
http://walkscore.com
http://htaindex.cnt.org
http://www.realtor.org/topics/smart-growth/smart-growth-programs/placemaking
http://www.ewg.org/
http://pvvalue.com
https://new.usgbc.org/education
http://www.appraisalinstitute.org/assets/1/7/Interactive820.04-ResidentialGreenandEnergyEffecientAddendum.pdf
http://www.appraisalinstitute.org/education/education-resources/green-building-resources/
https://www.nar.realtor/news-releases/2017/04/majority-of-realtors-say-clients-interested-in-sustainability
Green homes sell faster and for more money than homes without energy-efficient features.
Buyers increasingly search for homes that have increased energy performance and provide a healthier, more comfortable living space. Builders of green homes depend on educated real estate professionals to help market newly constructed or remodeled homes.
By earning NAR's Green Designation, you position yourself as a leader in green real estate that's fully equipped to help clients take advantage of the opportunities their next home can offer.
Gain access to members-only benefits and tools that help you build your business and stay at the forefront of the green real estate industry.
Renewable Real Estate: Make 2021 the Year You Go Green Webinar on Thursday, January 21st.
Chicago Association of REALTORS Hosting Panelists:
Melisa Camp M.Ed., LEED AP Homes | REALTOR®, Homesmart Elite Group; Video Course Instructor, Editor, and Developer, Center for REALTOR® Development
Craig Foley | Co-founder, Rethink39 Group; Chief Sustainability Officer, LAER Realty Partners; 2019 chair, National Association of REALTORS® Sustainability Advisory Group
Betsy Littrell | Owner + Architect, Maypop Building Workshop; REALTOR®, VILLAGE; Board President, GROW Enrichment
Christopher Matos-Rogers | Principal and Associate Broker, PalmerHouse Properties
Linda Sanchez | Broker, Coldwell Banker Real Residential Brokerage
