The surest way to increase your income, create greener buildings, and help the planet is by increasing your education. Think about it, who has a better chance of making a difference a high school drop out or a PhD. Education always pays. Green Building Pro exist to help you be better informed and to prosper. Now we challenge you take your career to the next level and get your LEED accreditation.

Green Building Pro’s 2011 LEED Challenge – We challenge every green building professional to get LEED accredited by January 2012. If you’re new that means earning your LEED Green Associate. If this isn’t your first rodeo, we challenge you to step-up your LEED AP accreditation(s) and take your career and sustainability goals up a notch.

Step 1: Set your LEED training goal. (Watch this video if you’re not sure which    LEED accreditation is right for you.)

Step 2: Register for the Green Building Pro’s LEED Challenge.
Deadline Sept. 30, 2011.

Step 3: Share your goal with your community.

Step 4: Follow Green Building Pro to victory. You’ll get free trainings, expert tips, and group test dates.

If you have ever thought about getting your LEED accreditation or making a larger impact in sustainability this is your chance. The Green Building Pro Challenges you to stop procrastinating, stop making excesses and get your LEED accreditation this year. It will never be easier to do than right now.

Top 3 Benefits of Green Building Pro’s LEED 2011 LEED Challenge.

1. Provides a marketable credential to an employer, prospective employer or client.
2. Strengthens your qualifications when responding to RFPs requiring LEED Accredited Professionals.
3. Encourages and promotes a higher understanding of green building through USGBC’s mission of transforming the built environment.

The first step is watching this video to see which LEED training you need to advance your career. Step two: Register for the GBP LEED Challenge. Just pop in your Name and e-mail. We won’t spam you but you will get special invites to free test trainings and discounts on your test registration.

The third step: Share your goal with your community. Tell your friends, update your Facebook status, talk with your spouse and boss. By communicating your commitment to being a Leader in energy and environmental design you’ll be able to work through challenges that otherwise might become excuses.

The fourth step: Green building pro is going to help you achieve your LEED goal. You’ll have a roadmap showing you how to get from where you are today to where you want to be. We’ll be hosting regular study halls that are so good it’s like cheating, and we’re creating a LEED Q and A forum to help you with the really tough questions. Since the test is online, Green Building Pro will sponsor several community test dates so you don’t have to take the exam all by yourself. We will do our best to make it fun. Because if its not fun why do it?

There are lots of excuses that stop you from taking your career to the next level. Not having enough money, being chronically too busy, a family emergency, a new child. It’s easy for life to get in the way of our dreams. That’s why Green Building Pro is sponsoring the 2011 LEED challenge. To support you and by doing so, support the future of Green Building.

It’s a challenge we take seriously and everyone on our staff is joining in. We will be sharing our experiences and we invite you to share your victories and challenges as well.

Show your commitment to your career in sustainability, register for the 2011 LEED challenge now.