Why this webinar? You’re excited about building your new home, and you want it to be durable and low maintenance. 90% of builder call backs involve water. How can you keep weather out of your home? It’s not as simple as you think. How can you build in durability? How can you avoid problems down the road? How do you build in additional security for your new home?  Recommendations?  BGCH has answers.

Webinar Topics:

Weather Resistance

• Rain
• Air

Drainage Plane

Home Security

• Doors
• Electronic

This fast-moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of weatherization and secutity for your new home, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy-efficient home.

by Dennis Celsor

• Certified Green Professional
• Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist
• Graduate Master Builder

Why this webinar? You’re excited about building your new home, and you want it to be energy efficient. What role do exterior doors play in energy efficiency?  What role do windows play in energy efficiency? What about cost? Durability? Recommendations? BGCH has answers.

Webinar Topics:

Energy Efficient Exterior Doors
Garage Doors
Energy Efficient Windows
Window Glass
Window Frames
Window Sizes, Shapes
Window Operation

This fast-moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of exterior door and window choices for your new home, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy-efficient home.

by Dennis Celsor

• Certified Green Professional
• Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist
• Graduate Master Builder

Onsite classes are back! Due to the pandemic, we had to pause our onsite classes. Why this class? Cabinets and vanities can be very expensive and confusing.  This onsite class offers the opportunity to get your hands on real cabinets like you’ve learned about in BGCH webinars.

Topics to be discussed:

• Modular vs Custom Cabinets
• Cabinet Wood Choices
• Shopping for Cabinets
• Cabinet Types

This class will be taught by Michael Hartel and the experts at CabinetIQ  2419 S Bell Blvd, Cedar Park, TX, 78613.

Why you don’t want to miss this webinar:

How do you prepare and plan for a new affordable energy efficient custom home? How do you plan for energy efficiency? How do you get energy efficiency and still make it affordable? How “green” should I make the new home? What does it cost? Built Green has answers.

Subjects to be covered:

Green Building

·What is it?

·Why? Why not?

Energy Efficiency

·Solar Orientation

·Air Tightness

·Attics

·Windows

·Insulation

·Air Conditioning

This fast-moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the process of planning and building an affordable energy-efficient home.

The webinar will be taught by Dennis Celsor

• Certified Green Professional
• Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist
• Graduate Master Builder

Why this webinar?  The kitchen is the most used room in your home, so quality planning will result in more enjoyment for your family. It’s also the most expensive room in your entire home. Thus it offers the greatest opportunity for saving money.   

Topics to be discussed:

• Getting Started
• Universal Design
• Basics
• Kitchen Styles
• Appliance Choices
• Counter Space
• Lighting

This fast-moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the kitchen design process, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy-efficient home.

The webinar will be taught by Dennis Celsor

Graduate Master Builder

Certified Green Professional

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist

Why this webinar? Where do I begin with designing the bathrooms for my new home?  What look should I choose? What finishes? How large should the master bath be? What about storage? What about cabinet drawers? What fixtures do I want? Special features? Built Green has answers. This online webinar will give you ideas to consider as you plan the details for the baths in your new home.

Topics to be covered:

•Cost
•Accessibility
•Layouts/Floor Plans
•Lighting/Mirrors
•Bath Styles
•Decorating
•Hardware
•Fixtures
•Comfort
•Storage/Vanities

This fast-moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of bath planning, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy-efficient home.

The webinar will be taught by Dennis Celsor

Certified Green Professional

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist

Graduate Master Builder

Why this webinar? A solid foundation is critical to the durability of your new home. How do I get a solid foundation?  How do I prevent cracks? failures? Find a good contractor? Conventional rebar vs Post Tension?  Built Green has the answers.

Subjects to be covered:

• Slab Preparation
• Slab Types
• Concrete Placement
• Specialty Slabs
• Raised Crawlspace (Pier & Beam)
• Hybrid
• Basement

This fast moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the custom home foundation process, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy efficient home. Come prepared to learn.

The class will be taught by Dennis Celsor

Graduate Master Builder

Certified Green Professional

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist

You’re excited about that new open floor plan that you want for your new home!  Ever wonder about the components that enable the larger open rooms in the structure of your home? This webinar will cover the types of natural and engineered wood that are available for the walls, ceilings and roof of your home. It will also cover the preparation for framing and discuss alternatives to wood framing, such as insulated concrete forms.

Webinar Topics:

• Structural Framing Materials
• Energy Efficient Wood Framing
• Dimensional & Engineered Lumber
• Trusses
• Advanced Framing
• Windstorm Protection
• Alternative Structures

Why this webinar? You have questions about how to get started planning to build your own custom home. How do you prepare and plan for a new affordable energy efficient custom home? Where do you get a plan? How do you avoid mistakes in choosing property? What does it cost to build? How can I find financing? What should I look for in a builder? Built Green has the answers.

Subjects to be covered:

Planning for Energy Efficiency
Gathering Ideas for a True Custom Home
Custom Home Design & Blueprints
Cost Estimating and Budgeting
Financing: Construction and Permanent
BGCH System for Saving You Money

This fast moving seminar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the custom home design process, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy efficient home. Come prepared to learn.

The class will be taught by Dennis Celsor

Graduate Master Builder

Certified Green Professional

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist

Why this webinar? You have questions about how the loans work when you are planning to build your own custom home. Built Green has the answers.

Topics to be covered :

• Vision and Goals
• Target Budget
• Bank Underwriting
• Builder of Record
• Down Payment
• Closing
• Draw Procedure

This fast-moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the process of financing the building of your new affordable energy-efficient home.

The webinar will be taught by Dennis Celsor

• Certified Green Professional
• Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist
• Graduate Master Builder

This fast-moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the architectural design process, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy-efficient home.

The webinar will be taught by Dennis Celsor

Certified Green Professional

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist

Graduate Master Builder