LEED and Green

Week #1
Construction
Principles in
Construction
Management
CNST 6380

Course overview and

introduction to LEED and
Green Construction
Principles in Construction
Management
CNST 6380
ChiChung Chang, Ph.D.
CPD Consultants
LEED and Green
Construction
Principles in
Construction
Management
Agenda
CNST 6380

Today’s Objectives:
• Introductions
• Syllabus Review
• Introduction to LEED and Green
Construction Principles in
Construction Management
LEED and Green
Construction
Principles in
Construction
Management Class Format
CNST 6380

• Lectures
• Group Study/Discussion
• Presentations
• Deliverables-Reports/Memo
• Home Work/Examines
• Safety Moment/Ethic Moment
 Introduction
LEED and Green
Construction
Principles in

Communication
Construction
Management
CNST 6380

Some psychologists claim the typical

student's attention span is about 10 to 15
minutes long, yet most university classes
last 50 to 90 minutes. It's natural for
student attention levels to vary according
to motivation, mood, perceived relevance
of the material, and other factors.Jun 28,
2014

https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/
features/30-tricks-for-capturing-students-
attention/
 Introduction
LEED and Green
Construction
Principles in

Communication
Construction
Management
CNST 6380
 Introduction
LEED and Green
Construction
Principles in

Communication
Construction
Management
CNST 6380

The Retention Rate of the Listener (Receiver) is:

10% of What they Hear
20% of What they Read
30% of What they See and
50% of What they Hear and See

The Sender remembers:

70% of What they Say and
90% of What they Say and Do.

• Have the listener restate in their own words what they

have understood to be the message.

• Effectively communicate with another person and find

out what part of the communication they understood
you must execute these things.
LEED and Green
Construction
Principles in
Construction
Management
Introductions
CNST 6380

Who am I?
• Experience:
• 2017-Current:Currently Serve as Principal at CPD Consultants,
1994-2017:Served as Principal Program Manager/Director for
AECOM/URS Corp.
• 1990-1994: Senior Project Manager, ENSR Consulting and
Engineering, Houston, TX,1986-1990: Research Assistant and
Part Time Consultant, Rice University, Houston, TX,1983-1986:
Research Assistant, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK,
1979-1982: Operation Officer, First Lieutenant, Chinese Marine
Corps, Taiwan, Republic of China
• Education: Ph.D. from Rice University in Environmental
Engineering Specializing in Design and Construction Engineering
and Project Management.
• Professional Interest: Engineering and Construction
productivity, benchmarking and metrics, communications, training
and personnel development
LEED and Green
Construction
Principles in
Construction
Management
Introductions
CNST 6380

Who are you?

• Tell me a little about yourself
– Background
– Why you are in this program
• What do you want from this class?
– Be specific where you can
– We have some flexibility
– We will record these requests and
measure against them as we go along
LEED and Green
Construction
Principles in
Construction
Management
Syllabus Review
CNST 6380

What are we going to spend the next 15

weeks doing?
• Administrative issues
– Communication
– Grading
– Blackboard
– Clickers
• Course content and delivery
– Lots of subject matter experts
– Let’s look at the syllabus
LEED and Green
Construction
Principles in
Construction
Management Course overview and introduction
CNST 6380

Summary
• Introductions
• Expectations
• Homework #1
– What is your understand of LEED?
– One page narrative