Green Professional Training (GPRO)

All the skills and tools you need to make buildings sustainable, resilient and healthy.

GPRO is a certificate program that teaches the people who build, renovate and operate buildings how to integrate high-performance practices into their everyday work.  Working with unions, educational institutions, USGBC chapters, nonprofits, workforce development groups, and construction and real estate firms throughout North America, we’ve trained over 20,000 building professionals to date.

GPRO classes offer trade-specific sustainability training

• Learn how to incorporate systems thinking into your work.
• Craft customized action plans to improve your skills. 
• Learn from certified GPRO instructors, who are experienced industry professionals. 
• Earn a valued credential, the GPRO Certificate, by passing the short certificate exam.
• Find user-friendly study materials, resources and additional on-demand courses on the Urban Green Education Portal.

Delivery and instructors

Urban Green partners with other nonprofits, trade unions, contractors, industry associations, governments and educational institutions to deliver GPRO training in the U.S. and Canada. We’re always looking for more partners and instructors!

GPRO trainings