This course will be discontinued on 02/06/2024
This course is seventh in an eight course series on Green Infrastructure that provides a template for design and implementation of Green Building concepts as they apply to cities and municipalities.
This 3-hour interactive online course gives you the information and action items to assess sites and identify opportunities to use Best Management Practices (BMPs) in “Green” planning, design and construction. You'll get:
- Citywide landscape planning
- Maintaining and enhancing biodiversity and ecology
- Landscapes capable of high rates of stormwater absorption, infiltration, and treatment
- Tree planting for quantity, density and diversity
- Turfgrass reduction
- Plant selection
- Designing water-efficient landscapes
- Pest Management
The other courses included in the "Green Building for Infrastructure" series are:
- Green Infrastructure 1: Introduction to High Performance Guidelines
- Green Infrastructure 2: Best Practices for Site Assessment
- Green Infrastructure 3: Best Practices for Streetscape
- Green Infrastructure 4: Best Practices for Pavement
- Green Infrastructure 5: Best Practices for Utilities
- Green Infrastructure 6: Best Practices for Stormwater Management
- Green Infrastructure 8: Best Practices for Construction Practices
It is recommended that you take the Introduction course before taking the Best Practices courses.