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Stormwater Harvesting: A Green Concept
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Everyone can't stop talking about ways to "reduce our footprint" on our planet. Engineers have a unique opportunity to aid in this effort when designing a project and one of those ways is through stormwater harvesting. Historically, stormwater has been collected as quickly as possible and conveyed away from the site. However, with harvesting stormwater, you collect and store the water on the project site, infiltrating as much of the water as possible. This allows the post-development conditions to more closely mimic the pre-development conditions, reduces the size of downstream structures, and treats stormwater as a resource to be utilized rather than a problem to be removed. It reduces the hydrologic impact of urbanization.
This interactive online course takes a close look at the concept of stormwater harvesting. It describes a process for evaluating site characteristics and developing integrated designs in which water harvesting enhances site efficiency, sustainability, and aesthetics. The course includes reviews of design examples for a subdivision, a commercial site, a public building,
and public rights-of-way.
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Stormwater Management: Low Impact Development (LID)
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Several innovative design alternatives such as bioretention, on-lot treatment, porous pavement and green roofs have been developed in an effort to help combat the significant stormwater problems produced by traditional development methods. A number of these methods fall into the category “Low Impact Development (LID)” which focuses on water resource and natural resource protection.
This 3-hour interactive online course describes a number of the LID methods that have been proposed. It includes information on applicability, design considerations, limitations, maintenance considerations and pollutant removal effectiveness of these methods. The course is based on guidance provided by the US EPA.
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Sustainable Design - A Primer
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This two-hour online interactive course is intended to introduce the concept of “sustainable” or “green” design to both architects and engineers of all disciplines. The course serves only as a primer on the concepts involved with this topic, and is not intended to provide in-depth information on the process used to become a specialist in this arena. The course will identify available resource materials that can be ordered via the Internet or at different booksellers locally and nationally, as well as various programs now available for use as an aid in the design of sustainable building projects. The information presented in this course has been assembled from these various resources (with appropriate credit given where applicable) and the reader is encouraged to further their interest through these materials. This course includes a multiple choice quiz at the end. You must have Flash Player Version 7 or higher to view some parts of this course. We also recommend you view this course in Internet Explorer.
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Sustainable Design - An Integrated Process
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Most design and construction project teams have already heard and applied the concepts of “sustainability” or “green” to some degree in their building projects. The concepts are becoming more and more widely adopted by government and private agencies across the U.S. in all aspects of design and construction, daily business and home life. By involving all participants of the design and construction team during the entire course of the project, the project can expect to achieve higher levels of successful performance and response to sustainable concepts.
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Sustainable Design - Masonry
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This 2-hour interactive online course is intended to help building designers understand how the use of masonry materials is considered sustainable or green. The course looks briefly at some of the history of masonry usage, the attributes of masonry as a building component, and the basic construction of masonry. The course introduces some of the basic tenets of sustainability, specifically how it relates to the design and construction industry, and includes a comparison of these characteristics with the requirements of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Program. The course provides a simple set of recommendations on accepting masonry as the material of choice for construction and tips on how to include the aspects of sustainability into construction documents.
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Sustainable Design - Materials
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This 3-hour online course is intended to help building designers understand what is required to define a material as sustainable or green. The course looks briefly at the various characteristics that are part of these definitions, and considers how some of these characteristics may be at conflict with one another. Several material examples are reviewed to see how they comply with some of these characteristics. The course includes a comparison of these characteristics with the requirements of the certified building programs, specifically the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Program. The course also identifies available resource materials that can be used to help with these material evaluations. These resources are available via the Internet or other locations and include software programs available for use as an aid in the design and selection of sustainable building projects and their materials.
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Sustainable Design in Brick Masonry
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Brick masonry brings numerous advantages to projects where sustainable design is a key project requirement. Brick has traditionally been used in buildings intended for long-term use; its longevity and ease-of-maintenance suits owners and designers who weigh lifecycle cost advantages as part of their design strategy. Brick masonry contributes to sustainable design through many other of its characteristics as well. In addition to categorizing brick masonry in relation to USGBC LEED®-NC and LEED for Homes categories, this 1-hour online interactive course explains key concepts from other industry sustainability rating systems, including the NAHB Green Home Building Standard and the Athena life-cycle assessment program.
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Achieving LEED Credits in New Construction Projects
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It seems like everyone is talking Green when it comes to construction. To make your project even more attractive to the environmentally responsible, you need to get it LEED certified. This interactive online course teaches Commercial Green Building based on compliance with LEED NC 2009 — New Construction. We treat the unique aspects of Green Building in detail, with particular emphasis on handling of waste, materials recycling and reuse, energy conservation, indoor air quality, use of environmentally safe products, design principles.
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