Overview

This two hour continuing education course for architects, engineers and landscape architects is the third of seven programs on Green Building for Infrastructure: High Performance Infrastructure Best Practices following a required introductory module, Green Building for Infrastructure: High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines.  Building on the introductory pre-requisite, these seven additional programs illustrate Best Practices and provide a template for design and implementation of Green Building concepts applicable to the Infrastructure activities of Cities and Municipalities.  This course discusses pavement lifecycles, pervious and impervious pavement areas, albedo, reduced-emission materials and the use of recycled and reclaimed materials.

Learning Objectives

The Participant will be able to:

1. Describe Green Building Best Practices as they apply to Pavement;
2. Undertake a comprehensive regime of planning, budgeting, construction, maintenance, and monitoring strategies to maximize pavement lifecycle citywide;
3. Develop a citywide pavement management system to ensure that the entire roadway system is performing as well as possible at all times;
4. Coordinate a pavement management system with other citywide infrastructure planning processes to reduce disruption and coordinate construction work, redouble the value of infrastructure investments, and minimize unanticipated future work that would lead to pavement degradation;
5. Reduce impervious pavement area, where appropriate, to decrease stormwater runoff and water pollution, reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs), decrease urban heat island effect, and improve pedestrian safety;
6. Maximize pavement albedo, or reflectivity, to reduce urban heat island effect, improve air quality, and reduce energy consumption for air-conditioning;
7. Use pervious pavements, where appropriate, to increase on-site infiltration, reduce stormwater runoff and water pollution, and reduce urban heat island effect;
8. Minimize levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and overall toxicity in compounds, sealants, coatings, traffic markings, and other products or materials used in right-of-way construction;
9. Conserve natural resources by specifying renewable or biobased materials and products;
10. Use recycled and reclaimed materials in infrastructure construction to divert waste materials from landfills into productive reuse;
11. Reduce the use of virgin asphalt concrete material and redirect waste material from landfills by using recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) or other recycled materials in asphalt concrete;
12. Use recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) – a coarse granular material;
13. Use the material to develop his or her own checklists to improve existing policies and procedure.

Other courses in the Green Building for Infrastructure series include:

1. Best Practices: Site Assessment (1 hour);
2. Best Practices: Streetscape (2 hours);
3. Best Practices: Pavement (2 hours);
4. Best Practices: Utilities (1 hour);
5. Best Pracitces: Stormwater Management (2 hours);
6. Best Practices: Landscape (2 hours);
7. Best Practices: Construction Practices (1 hour).

Qualifies for two credit hours of Green / Sustainable Design (2 PDH; 0.2 CEU).

 Acceptable continuing education for:

(AL) ALABAMA:Architect, (AL) ALABAMA:Engineer, (AK) ALASKA:Architect, (AK) ALASKA:Engineer, (AK) ALASKA:Landscape Architect, (AR) ARKANSAS:Engineer, (CO) COLORADO:Architect, (GA) GEORGIA:Architect, (GA) GEORGIA:Engineer, (ID) IDAHO:Engineer, (IL) ILLINOIS:Architect, (IN) INDIANA:Architect, (IN) INDIANA:Landscape Architect, (IA) IOWA:Architect, (IA) IOWA:Engineer, (KS) KANSAS:Architect, (KS) KANSAS:Engineer, (KS) KANSAS:Landscape Architect, (KY) KENTUCKY:Architect, (KY) KENTUCKY:Engineer, (LA) LOUISIANA:Architect, (LA) LOUISIANA; Engineer, (ME) MAINE:Engineer, (MN) MINNESOTA:Architect, (MN) MINNESOTA:Engineer, (MN) MINNESOTA:Landscape Architect, (MS) MISSISSIPPI:Architect, (MS) MISSISSIPPI:Engineer, (MS) MISSISSIPPI:Landscape Architect, (MO) MISSOURI:Architect, (MO) MISSOURI:Engineer, (MO) MISSOURI:Landscape Architect, (MT) MONTANA:Engineer, (NE) NEBRASKA:Architect, (NE) NEBRASKA:Engineer, (NE) NEBRASKA:Landscape Architect, (NV) NEVADA:Architect, (NV) NEVADA:Engineer, (NH) NEW HAMPSHIRE:Engineer, (NH) NEW HAMPSHIRE:Landscape Architect, (NM) NEW MEXICO:Architect, (NM) NEW MEXICO:Engineer, (NC) NORTH CAROLINA:Architect, (ND) NORTH DAKOTA:Engineer, (OH) OHIO:Architect, (OH) OHIO:Engineer, (OK) OKLAHOMA:Architect, (OK) OKLAHOMA:Engineer, (OR) OREGON:Architect, (OR) OREGON:Engineer, (PA) PENNSYLVANIA Engineer, (RI) RHODE ISLAND:Architect, (SC) SOUTH CAROLINA:Architect, (SC) SOUTH CAROLINA:Engineer, (SD) SOUTH DAKOTA:Engineer, (SD) SOUTH DAKOTA:Landscape Architect, (SD) SOUTH DAKOTA:Architect, (TN) TENNESSEE :Architect, (TN) TENNESSEE :Engineer, (TN) TENNESSEE :Landscape Architect, (TX) TEXAS:Architect, (TX) TEXAS:Engineer, (TX) TEXAS:Interior Designer, (TX) TEXAS:Landscape Architect, (UT) UTAH:Architect, (UT) UTAH:Engineer, (VT) VERMONT:Architect, (WV) WEST VIRGINIA:Architect, (WV) WEST VIRGINIA:Engineer, (WY) WYOMING:Engineer