11/30/2017: LIVE INTERACTIVE WEBINAR, Green Landscape Design: Water Conservation in the Landscape - Encore Presentation, Thursday, November 30, 2017, 12pm-3pm, Eastern

$270.00

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An efficient and effective irrigation system can reduce wasted water and save money. Current technology provides easy solutions to keep irrigation systems fine-tuned and make it easy to adjust remotely. Other factors can also contribute to water conservation, keep soil healthy, improve water penetration and control weeds. Less water wasted saves money and reduces the investment needed to maintain the infrastructure that stores and carries the water, protecting the community's water supply for generations to come. This three-hour webinar will focus on the tenets of water conservation in landscaping including: appropriate plant selection, irrigation planning and design principles, efficient irrigation technologies, operations and maintenance practices, soil treatments, and xeriscaping. Webinar will also feature case studies of community conservation programs and site specific approaches.

Note: This is a live webinar delivered via WebEx. Session instructions will be emailed to you 24-48 hours prior to the webinar and the morning of the webinar. If you have not received your instructions for any reason please call client support the day of the event. Webinars are live and interactive and students will have the ability to directly interact with and ask questions of the presenter.

Objectives SME

Course Objectives

Identify 8 ways to optimize water conservation when designing a landscape
Identify the main components of a typical irrigation system and their function
Identify 2 types of smart controllers and 3 types of sensors that can be used to improve a typical irrigation system
Identify the benefits of a drip irrigation system
Identify four other ways to reduce water consumption of a landscape
Define a water audit and identify the steps used during an audit
Identify how improper maintenance can cause inefficiencies in the system that waste water

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Rumanda Young, Ph.D.

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).