Online-course
Sustainable Renovation
The Sustainable Renovation Course is designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools to renovate your house or apartment sustainably, ensuring health, efficiency, and environmental care. The course is useful for anyone planning to renovate their home or apartment.
Why choose sustainable renovation?
Renovating sustainably means:
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Creating healthier spaces by using non-toxic and safe materials for walls, floors, and furnishings. -
Protecting the environment through thoughtful renovation planning, waste management, and recycling practices. -
Maintaining clean indoor air post-renovation, ensuring long-term safety and comfort.
course map
Lesson 3
Choosing Non-Toxic and Sustainable Materials
Choosing Non-Toxic and Sustainable Materials
Lesson 4
Sustainable Living: Clean Air and Post-Renovation Care
Sustainable Living: Clean Air and Post-Renovation Care
Lesson 5
Final Lesson: Summary and Useful Materials
Final Lesson: Summary and Useful Materials
Lesson 0
Kick-off Lesson
Kick-off Lesson
Lesson 1
Sustainable Renovation: Need-to-Know Basis
Sustainable Renovation: Need-to-Know Basis
Lesson 2
Planning Your Sustainable Renovation
Planning Your Sustainable Renovation
The course is divided into four thematic lessons:
- How renovation affects your health
- How renovation impacts the environment and why it matters
- What sustainable renovation is and why it is important
- What to consider when starting a renovation
- How to create a sustainable renovation plan
- What precautions should be taken during repairs
- What is the place of circularity, waste management, and recycling in the renovation process
- Common myths about sustainable materials and what really matters
- What really makes materials safe and eco-friendly
- What to check before choosing materials for your renovation
- Catalogue presenting different material types with guidance on safe and sustainable options
- How to improve indoor air quality after renovation
- How to choose safe cleaners and home care products
- How to clean up after renovation
What makes this course special:
- Learn with videos, longreads, case studies and infographics that make studying engaging
- Get all checklists, guides, and materials in one place, ready to download
- Find extra links and resources to dive deeper into each topic
- Check your knowledge with quick tests after each lesson
Course expert
Darya Chumakova
Biochemist and ecologist with over ten years of experience in sustainable consumption, eco-friendly living, and green business practices.
How to enrol?
The course is available online and open to everyone. You can start the course anytime.
Click "Enrol" and complete the registration form.
Enter your email, name, country and a few quick details about your renovation goals.
Access the course immediately and begin your journey toward sustainable renovation.
FAQ
Certificates are provided upon request to users who complete the course.
Each lesson usually takes 30 to 60 minutes, depending on how deeply you engage with the materials — we’ve prepared plenty of useful content for you 😉.
You get unlimited access to the materials and can revisit them anytime.
However, we recommend keeping lessons close together to avoid forgetting previous content — our memory fades quickly in today’s information overload.
However, we recommend keeping lessons close together to avoid forgetting previous content — our memory fades quickly in today’s information overload.
The course is designed to be accessed on both mobile phones and computers. Choose the option that is most convenient for you.
At the end of each module, there is a "Downloadables" section where all the useful materials, infographics, and guides are collected. You can download them onto your phone or computer.
Enrol for the course
The course is developed within the NonHazCity3 project, funded by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme
The NonHazCity3 (NHC3) project deals with the problem of harmful chemicals found in buildings, construction sites and construction materials. Within the framework of the project, four solution models are being developed to reduce exposure to these substances of concern at homes, workplaces and the (water) environment, including the Baltic Sea.
NonHazCity3 helps to create just such a comprehensive understanding, thus saving both
NonHazCity3 helps to create just such a comprehensive understanding, thus saving both
people's health and the health of the natural environment, and at the same time offering economically reasonable alternatives.
The project helps to raise the awareness of residents, companies and municipalities to make the right choices and decisions, introducing both problems and their alternative solutions.
NonHazCity3 is funded by Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme.
The project helps to raise the awareness of residents, companies and municipalities to make the right choices and decisions, introducing both problems and their alternative solutions.
NonHazCity3 is funded by Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme.
