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Earn a full/part time income providing “green” inspections to homes and small businesses in your area. This is the most comprehensive industry-recognized Green Consulting Course, which also provides you with a professional Business Consulting “Start Up” Marketing Kit so no previous experience is necessary. The course and kit were prepared by veteran energy and environmental policy analyst, Kevin Hopkins. 
Green Collar Jobs are the Wave of the Future
President Obama has committed to doubling U.S. renewable energy by 2012, and plans to invest $150 billion over 10 years toward the nation's clean energy economy.
Earn Part/Full Time Income as a CGC
Certified Green Consultants can generate income in a variety of ways by delivering green improvement services to residential and business clients. Among some of the services that Certified Green Consultants who graduate from our online course can provide are as follows:
- 90-Minute, One-on-One Green Home Survey
Help residential clients discover new ways to immediately cut their residential energy and water costs with a customized, one-on-one “Green Home Survey.”
Time: 90 minutes
Recommended Cost to customer: $149 to $249
- One-Year Green Home Improvement Plan
An annual package of four residential visits (one per season), including one full, 90-minute Green Home Survey and three 60-minute Green Home Updates.
Time: 60 to 90 minutes per visit
Recommended Cost to customer: $249 to $449
Additional consulting hours: $49 to $99 per hour
Included with Our Online Course is the Green Consulting Business “Start Up” Kit
The Certified Green Consultant Business “Start Up Kit” provides Certified Green Consultants with the tools and information that they need in order to build, operate, market, and promote their Green Consulting practice. Some example of what’s included in this kit are: 
- Green Home Consultation Overview
- Sample Green Home Consultation Contract
- Comprehensive Green Home Consultation Forms
- Home Savings Calculator Form
- An Announcement News Release Template
- Draft Content for a 6- to 10-Page Marketing Web Site
Additional Benefits of Joining Us…
- Online interactive course: New cutting-edge high tech online interactive course
- Study at home: Study in your own time and at your own pace
- Contributions from leading "Eco" experts online: And other eco-minded entrepreneurs
- Online Student support: 24 hour worldwide student support
- Duration of course: Recommended 4-8 weeks or course can be taken at your own pace (up to 12 months)
What will I learn from the Eco Institution’s Certification Course?
The Eco Institution’s Certified Green Consultant course provides all of the foundational information that future Certified Green Consultants will need to know in order to enter and to begin succeeding in this new and exciting profession. Among the topics covered in the course are: 1.) The importance of environmentally sound living in all phases of everyday life and business—and how these steps and behaviors can result in reduced energy and water usage and costs. 2.) The construction, electrical, plumbing, and engineering concepts that underlie energy and water use in the home and workplace. 3.) The principles and practices required in order to reduce energy and water use in the home and workplace. 4.) Effective ways by which Certified Green Consultants may audit homes and small businesses in order to identify and catalog opportunities for saving energy and water.
“Job growth in the clean-energy economy outperformed total job growth in 38 states and the District of Columbia between 1998 and 2008.” (2009 Pew Charitable Trust Report)
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