Green Design: Introduction to Sustainable Water Systems I (Based on LEED 2009)

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It is often said when discussing sustainable practices that people need to think globally and act locally. This is especially true when dealing with water resources. Unlike any other resource, water cycles through the earth’s environments at global and continental scales, but at each step of that journey serves as a highly valued local resource. This is the first course in the sustainable approach to water in buildings, sites, and campuses series. It systematically introduces key concepts that help professionals understand the larger watershed and community water systems that local development practices impact, and the cultural, social, economic, and health benefits communities derive from earth’s water systems.

This 2-hour interactive online course also introduces the consequences of conflicts between current development practices and these water systems and emerging developments practices that work better with, and have a lower-impact on watershed systems. Brief overviews of the LEED WE ratings and low-impact practices including water conservation and recycling, stormwater, water harvesting are included to help orient professionals to practices they may wish to learn more about. Lastly, the course wraps up with some examples of how strategies introduced in the lesson can contribute to and express the natural, cultural, social, and aesthetic character of places.

Objectives SME

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course you will be able to:

Discuss both larger watershed and community water systems local sites support
Explain the impact of local development practices on water systems, local water resource reserves, and water quality
Identify the cultural, social, economic, and health benefits communities derive from earth’s water systems
Predict consequences of the conflicts between current development practices and these water systems
Recognize emerging developments practices that work better with, and have a lower-impact on watershed systems
Describe the LEED WE rating system
Discuss low-impact practices that support water conservation, recycling, harvesting, and stormwater management – and help meet the LEED WE rating
Recall examples of how these practices provide opportunities to express natural, cultural, social, and aesthetic character of place

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Tracy Moir-McClean

Tracy Walker Moir-McClean received her BA and M. Arch from the University of Michigan. Following practice in the cities of Denver, Baltimore, and Ann Arbor she transitioned to an academic career, joining the faculty of University of Tennessee in 1991. Her research explores conceptual interaction between cultural landscape, nature, and region, with recognition of the co-existence and interaction of human and extra-human aspects of landscape and environment. Urban, suburban, pastoral, and wild contexts are considered, as is the possibility that aspects of the aforementioned contexts easily co-exist on the same site. In the College, Prof. Moir-McClean coordinates and teaches the 5th year self-directed project sequence. In addition, she offers seminar courses that explores ethical and philosophical positions related to her research interests. Recent publications include the article: Observations of Faith: Cultural Landscape Context in Design Education included in the anthology: Everyday America: J.B. Jackson and New Work in Cultural Landscape Studies, University of California Press.