Bert Henderson

Bert Henderson is the Director of Education, for the Building Systems Division of Green Real Estate Education. Bert is a member of the Florida Green Building Coalition, an active member of the Citrus County Builder’s Association, Green Building Council and is a retired Energy Extension Faculty II. His was instrumental in leading the educational efforts for the Florida Energy Extension Service and Programs for Resource Efficient Communities at the University of Florida (UF) /IFAS/Extension. He will be responsible for our Building Systems Division and in building our technical programs to insure accuracy. His responsibilities include marketing, creating and presenting professional adult education programs focused to the building industry and allied fields in energy conservation, sustainable construction. Bert was graduated from the University of South Florida (USF) with a BA degree in Mass Communications double majoring in public relations and visual communications and holds a Masters in Education.

Using the Energy Star program as a baseline, he facilitated classes training contractors, builders, building officials, architects, engineers, interior designers, and homeowners in all phases of energy efficient design and construction. His programs, printed support materials, and electronic productions have received local and national awards through Extension and professional affiliations.

Prior to UF, Bert was a communications coordinator for Florida Power (FP) now, Progress Energy, where he project managed the construction of FP’s ¼ million dollar Science Center.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) adopted Bert’s Power Place programs in energy as part of their national energy curriculum

bert@greenrealestateeducation.com