Dallas' Third Party Green Building Program
In September 2011, the City of Dallas began accepting third party plan review and inspection results for the "Green Building Program". Registration as a third party provider is required and attendance at an orientation is mandatory.
Third party providers will be registered for orientation in two categories. The categories are for single-family and commercial buildings. Each orientation will provide specific requirements for these categories. Under the amended Phase-2 program, the provider qualification requirements are as listed below:
Requirements to become a Residential Green Provider:
- A third party provider must hold one or more of the following current certifications by:
- ICC: Green Building certifications for Plan review and inspections; Residential
- USGBC: LEED AP with specialty; Residential (Refer: www.usgbc.org for more information)
- Green Built Texas Verifier; Residential
- Minimum 2 years documented experience in green building in one of the following:
- Design
- Construction
- Management, or
- Inspection
- Attend and complete a mandatory training program by the City of Dallas.
- Pass Dallas Green Building Code exam administered by the City of Dallas (at the end of training).
Requirements to become a Commercial Green Provider:
- A third party provider must hold one or more of the following current certifications by:
- ICC: Green Building certification: Commercial Green Construction Professional - GCP; (Refer:www.iccsafe.org for more information)
- USGBC: LEED AP with specialty; Commercial (Refer: www.usgbc.org for more information)
- Minimum 2 years documented experience in green building in one of the following:
- Design
- Construction
- Management, or
- Inspection
- Attend and complete a mandatory training program by City of Dallas.
- Pass Dallas Green Building Code exam administered by the City of Dallas (at the end of training). Listed below is the schedule for the classes. Should you have any questions, please contact Meenal Chauk via email at meenal.chauk@dallas.gov, or via phone (214) 948-4091.
- Residential Orientation - TBD
- Commercial Orientation - TBD