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Recertification

GreenPoint Rater Certification is active for two years from issuance. To maintain active certification status beyond that time frame, one must:

Conduct at least one GreenPoint rating per year as a Rater OR conduct plan check and field verification for at least one GreenPoint Rated project as a public agency building official;
Successfully complete 16 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) over two years in the green building or residential construction fields; and
Comply with the GreenPoint Rater Code of Conduct.

At the end of your two-year certification period, if you have satisfied the above conditions, your certification will be renewed for an additional two years. If you do not meet the above conditions, your contact information will be removed from the GreenPoint Rater Directory and your certification status will be inactivated.

If your certification status lapses due to a deficiency in Conditions 1 or 2, you can reactivate your certification by remedying the deficiency within 90 days of deactivation. After the 90 day grace period, you will need to repeat the full testing and application process.

As an active Rater, you are eligible to incorporate the Certified GreenPoint Rater logo into your marketing materials and submit verified projects to Build It Green for a GreenPoint Rated Certificate of Evaluation. Your Rater status must be active as of the date you submit final verification results for a project to receive a certificate. Any projects you submit after your certification lapses will be ineligible for a project certificate unless you reactivate your certification within the 90 day grace period.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

One condition of recertification is to successfully complete 16 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) over the course of two years from your original certification or recertification date. You must provide verification by submitting a Continuing Education Unit Form that describes and details every CEU attained.

CEUs are only available for technical training, classes, and seminars for professional audiences that are focused on residential green building and construction. Selected training, classes, and seminars have been pre-approved by the GreenPoint Rated Oversight Committee for attaining the required CEUs. The list is not exhaustive and is provided to show typical options that will be considered to satisfy the CEU requirements. Unless otherwise noted on the approved CEU list, one CEU credit is earned for every hour of approved continuing education attended. CEUs will be awarded for each course only once, repeating a course will not add to your CEU total. For courses that include testing, CEU credits are contingent on earning a passing score on the test.