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Modern Environmental Laws

Modern Environmental Laws

3 hrs. Online Course

Level: Fundamental

Item#: RV-10467AW

SME: Rumanda Young, Ph.D.

USD$89.85 InStock 2029-01-01
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This course will be discontinued on 02/06/2024

There are a series of federal laws and Executive Orders since 2005 that have reinforced the federal government’s commitment to energy conservation and environmental sustainability, including the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) Executive Order 13423, Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), and Executive Order 13514. This webcast will discuss the mandates outlined in these federal laws and executive orders that require NetZero energy for all new federal construction and alterations by 2030 and a reduction of water consumption of 20% by FY 2020. The course also includes new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions management requirements, expanded water reduction requirements for federal agencies, and address waste diversion, local planning, sustainable buildings, environmental management, and electronics stewardship.
Objectives SME Course Applies to
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
  • Recite important federal environmental laws and executive orders issued since 2005.
  • List the environmental, economic, and social goals of these modern environmental laws.
  • Recite the specific energy and water mandates outlined in these current federal environmental laws.
  • Describe the limitations and expected issues associated with meeting the federal mandates outlined in these modern environmental laws.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Rumanda Young, Ph.D.
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Dr. Young is a Registered Landscape Architect (RLA) in the state of Texas and a Certified Planner (AICP).  She holds a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture (BLA) from the University of Arkansas, a master’s degree in city and regional planning (MCRP) with environmental planning emphasis from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a Ph.D. in urban planning and public policy. Dr. Young also spent time abroad in Cheltenham, England at the University of Gloucestershire focusing on sustainable development practices, environmental planning, and resource management.
Dr. Young has eight years of private practice experience, six of which working with the firm Carter & Burgess, Inc. She was involved in a variety of work including a wide range of park and recreational planning and design projects. Landscape Architectural experience ranges from preparation of detail site design plans, inventory and analysis documents, park, recreation and open space master plans, city-wide comprehensive plans, interpretive prospectus documents, construction document preparation, and preparation of grant applications and rezoning applications for cities throughout Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

Dr. Young currently works as a Military Master Planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the Planning, Environmental, and Regulatory Branch.  Dr. Young is involved in a variety of work including a wide range of military planning, programming, and design projects. Project Management experience ranges from installation design guides to campus master plans. Projects also focus on the impacts of development on human health and the environment, and improvements through better siting, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of military projects.

Dr. Young is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, School of Architecture.  She teaches master’s level landscape architecture design studio course(s).

 

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