Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Healthy Materials and Sustainable Construction by Google, Parsons School of Design, The New School

Developing awareness of material health and strategies. Examining the role of designers and the intersection between human, environmental, and material health in the built world.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בחומרים בריאים ובנייה בת קיימא של Google

Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Examining the relationship between building materials and human health.
  • Studying how chemistry and toxicology affect the built environment.
  • Examining design specifications from a healthier materials perspective.
  • Applying advanced techniques to the project with healthy materials, from design to construction to the use phase.
  • Research, analyze, and synchronize topics.
  • Share peer review with other learners.
  • Implementing approaches to healthier materials in the research process, project preparation, and implementation.
  • Environmental challenges in a professional context.

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • architect
  • Interior designer
  • Building engineer
  • Construction project manager
  • Sustainability Consultant
  • Healthy Ingredients Specialist
  • Toxicologist
  • Environmental researcher
  • Environmental Quality Manager
  • Urban planner

Internship – 4-part course series

Specializing in Healthy Materials and Sustainable Construction, you will learn about healthier materials for construction, exploring topics ranging from sorting toxic chemicals to green innovation.

  • Examining the relationship between building materials and human health.
  • Studying how chemistry and toxicology affect the built environment.
  • Examining design specifications from a healthier materials perspective.
  • Applying advanced techniques to the project with healthy materials, from design to construction to the use phase.

This specialization was developed by the Healthy Materials Lab at the Parsons School of Design, a leading voice in the national and international dialogue on sustainability in the built environment.

Practical learning project

In each course in this specialization, you will delve deeper into the topic of human health, healthier materials, and healthier approaches to project design.

  • Research, analyze, and synchronize topics.
  • Share peer review with other learners.
  • Implementing approaches to healthier materials in the research process, project preparation, and implementation.
  • Environmental challenges in a professional context.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Building materials and human health

Course 1: 12 hours

Rating: 4.8 (10 ratings)

  • What you will learn:
    • Assess the impact of toxic chemicals on human health found in building materials
    • Assess the health impact of building materials using current methods and resources
    • Apply strategies to reduce the health and environmental impacts of building materials throughout their life cycle
  • Skills you will acquire:
    • Green design
    • Sustainability
    • Healthy building design
    • Overall design
    • Communication projects

Course 2: Materials Chemistry and Sustainable Construction (11 hours)

  • What you will learn:
    • Develop a scientific understanding of toxic chemicals in building materials and their impact on human health
    • Explore chemical innovations in healthier and more sustainable building materials
    • Apply strategies to reduce exposure to toxic chemicals in the built environment
  • Skills you will acquire:
    • Sustainability
    • Health of materials
    • Chemical classification
    • Toxicology
    • Green chemistry

Course 3: Sustainable Construction: Design and Specification (12 hours)

Rating: 4.7 (11 ratings)

  • What you will learn:
    • Moving from traditional design to a healthier building materials design approach
    • Evaluate tools and resources for protecting human health
    • Apply strategies for choosing healthier building materials
  • Skills you will acquire:
    • Green design
    • Transparency and health
    • Materials planning
    • Materials research
    • Public health

Course 4: Sustainable Construction in a Circular Economy (12 hours)

Rating: 5.0 (10 ratings)

  • What you will learn:
    • Analyze the role of contractors, subcontractors, and material procurement during a healthier project execution
    • Discuss the relationship between circular design and design innovation
    • To examine the ability of building material systems to contribute to a circular, low-carbon, renewable and equitable world
  • Skills you will acquire:
    • Green design
    • Circularity
    • Sustainability
    • Material safety
    • Communication projects

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