ASCE 2011 Spring Seminar - Low Impact Development and LEED

2011 Spring Seminar

Low Impact Development and LEED - Ohio Balanced Growth Program:
Watershed Plans and Best Practices for Local Governments

Join a group of experts from Ohio EPA and consultants to learn the latest changes to the regulations. The seminar will detail the regulations in the Low Impact Developments (LID), LEED, Mest Management Practices (BMPs) and the state's Stormwater Program.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about the latest technologies offered to assist with designing complete BMPs.

Earn 6.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

Online Registration (Registration closed)

Speakers:

• Gail Hesse, Environmental Manager for the Ohio EPA

• Kirby Date, AICP Program Manager of the Community Planning Program (Countryside) housed at Cleveland State University
• Harry Kallipolitis, Central District Office Stormwater Coordinator for OEPA
• Dionne Driscoll Delli-Gatti, Regional Regulatory Manager for CONTECH Construction Products, Inc.

Time - 9 am to 3:30 pm
(Registration begins at 8:30 am)

Registration & Payment Due by Friday, April 1, 2011
(Online registration and payment available, see bottom of page.)
ASCE Members: $100.00
Non-Members: $120.00
Students: $30.00

Registration After March 24, 2011: $150.00

Over the last several years there has been a rapid movement to implement low impact development (LID) design concepts and green infrastructure. LID designs strive to minimize land disturbance and impervious cover, maintain predevelopment hydrology and manage stormwater using smaller scale decentralized best management practices. Green infrastructure generally refers to a suite of stormwater management strategies such as green roofs, rain gardens, riparian buffers, permeable pavements, and rainwater harvesting that is intended to reduce the amount of runoff reaching our receiving waters. While most projects can accommodate at least some of these green design concepts, design challenges often arise in urban areas where it’s common to encounter existing utilities, limited land availability, and poor or contaminated soils. In these instances it is often possible to achieve many of the fundamentals of LID design by incorporating rainwater harvesting and/or underground stormwater management strategies into the site design.

This session will address completed and current watershed-based balanced growth plans, with discussion of local balanced growth watershed projects, lessons learned, and incentives for local government to participate. Information on a case study project to address barriers in implementation of Best Practices for Stormwater will be provided, as well as resources available to local communities interested in implementing Best Practices in their planning and zoning. We will discuss the recommendations of the statewide Best Local Land Use Practices program. Information about development and conservation priority practices for local governments, and assistance available for education and implementation, will be addressed. Plans for 2011 include progress on the watershed plans, addressing the needs of urban and first suburb areas, continued exploration of issues affecting site development, water resources and economic development, and development of networks of practitioners in eight regions of Ohio.

This presentation will also provide a regulatory overview of stormwater management and the trends that are driving the movement toward Green Infrastructure. This will be followed with an overview of Low Impact Development and Green Infrastructure concepts. We will also explore the basics of rainwater harvesting including example layouts and key components, and highlight the various underground stormwater management strategies that can augment LID designs along with the latest research and performance expectations for these practices.

Please see the attached flyer for all the details and registration information.
You may also register and pay online. (Registration closed)