Roaring Fork Interest Group: LEED ND: Sustainability Beyond Building- Bringing Smart Growth and New

When
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location
"Sister Cities Room Aspen City Hall 130 South Galena Aspen, CO 81611 "

Registration

Non-Member - $20.00 (USD)
USGBC Colorado Chapter Member - Free

Registration is closed

ND 201: LEED for Neighborhood Development: Sustainability Beyond Building: Green Communities: Bringing Smart Growth and New Urbanism into LEED

Join us for the USGBC Roaring Fork Interest group lunch & learn opportunity! Where communities are built, how communities are designed, and how they ultimately perform has a tremendous impact upon the environment and nearby residents of a neighborhood. Smart Growth and New Urbanism are two leading strategies for sustainable design that complement green design in the new LEED for Neighborhood Development certification system. Learn more about these two planning philosophies and how they can be implemented on the project level.

Course Objectives:
•Compare the principles of smart growth and New Urbanism.

•Identify the basic concepts of the LEED-ND rating system.

•Analyze the locational and walkable urban design prerequisites.

•Develop a course of action and a timeline for working on a future LEED-ND project.

This session is approved for 1.5 hours of LEED Specific (ND) GBCI hours as well as 1.5 AIA/CES LU/HSW/SD hours.

Please fee free to bring your lunch.

Venue sponsor- City of Aspen

Contact Caitlin Weller: 970-429-7499, caitlin@bluegreenaspen.com