Print this pageEnhancing Communities with Green Infrastructure
Jim Newton, P.E., DEE
Course Outline
This four hour course provides valuable information for those individuals who have an interest in green infrastructure including planners and engineers. Completion of this course will provide the student the necessary information and testing to meet state PDH requirements. It was designed by an instructor who has conducted numerous similar training courses.
This course requires the completion of a multiple-choice quiz at its conclusion in order to obtain the necessary certification.
Learning Objective
At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand what green infrastructure is;
- Understand how green infrastructure fits into a sustainable community;
- Understand the benefits of implementing green infrastructure;
- Understand the potential cost savings of gray infrastructure;
- Understand the strategies to support sustainable communities;
- Understand the importance of preserving open space;
- Understand parks and community gardens;
- Understand direct development toward existing communities;
- Understand creating compact mixed-use development;
- Understand building streets to support hiking and biking;
- Understand cultivating a strong sense of place;
- Understand encouraging collaboration;
- Understand promoting green building practices;
- Understand how to organize stakeholders;
- Understand identifying lead stakeholders;
- Understand involving community entities;
- Understand involving community members;
- Understand how to develop a plan;
- Understand how to develop a community vision;
- Understand how to establish goals;
- Understand how to assess assets and opportunities;
- Understand how to add green infrastructure;
- Understand how to use public lands; and
- Understand how to factor in brownfields;
- Understand how to find funds;
- Understand how to monitor and measure progress;
- Understand how to plan for long term operations; and
- Understand how to identify Federal resources.
Intended Audience
The intended audience for this course is any planning or engineering professional who is involved in the design and promotion of green infrastructure.
Benefit to Attendees
Attendees of this course will be able to understand the implementation and reasons to support green infrastructure in progressive communities.
Course Introduction
Communities across the country want to protect their water quality while also getting the greatest possible benefit out of every investment they make. Many are conserving, restoring, or enhancing natural areas while incorporating trees, rain gardens, vegetated roofs, and other practices that mimic natural systems into developed areas to manage rainwater where it falls. Using these types of approaches, known as “green infrastructure,” to reduce stormwater and pollution runoff is a way of protecting water quality while achieving cobenefits that can include improved public health, better quality of life, and economic development.
Course Content
In this course, you are required to study "Enhancing Communities with Green Infrastructure" contained in an Adobe Acrobat pdf document developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Enhancing Communities with Green Infrastructure
Please click on the above underlined hypertext to view, download or print the document for your study. Because of the large file size, we recommend that you first save the file to your computer by right clicking the mouse and choosing "Save Target As ...", and then open the file in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Course Summary
Communities across the country want to protect their water quality while also getting the greatest possible benefit out of every investment they make. Many are conserving, restoring, or enhancing natural areas while incorporating trees, rain gardens, vegetated roofs, and other practices that mimic natural systems into developed areas to manage rainwater where it falls. Using these types of approaches, known as “green infrastructure,” to reduce stormwater and pollution runoff is a way of protecting water quality while achieving cobenefits that can include improved public health, better quality of life, and economic development.
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Quiz
Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.
DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered architect and/or professional engineer/surveyor. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.
