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	Better Site Development Workshop Thursday, December 4th Sustainable Pratt and the New York City Soil and Water Conservation District are sponsoring a workshop on "Better Site Development" to be held on Thursday, December 4th, 8:30am - 1:00pm, Pratt Institute Manhattan (144 W 14th St), Room 213. This workshop will provide landscape architects, designers, and city planners the tools to develop sites with a sustainable design. Presenters will give attendees examples and resources focused on redeveloping NYC buildings and landscape to improve environmental quality, reduce the burdens on current city infrastructure, enhance site aesthetics, and protect surrounding natural resources. Topics will include an overview of Low Impact Development (presented by Tatiana Morin of NYCSWCD); pros, cons and structural precautions for LID implementation (presented by Tim Conover White of eDesign Dynamics, LLC); and stormwater BMP design and construction (presented by Marit Larson of City of NY Dept of Parks and Recreation). For more information and registration details, download the flyer: BetterSiteDevelopmentFlyer.pdf To register, contact Tatiana Morin of NYCSWCD (tatiana@nycswcd.net) Labels: NYCSWCD, site development, water, workshop Link \| 0 comments Sustainable Pratt Meeting Wednesday, December 3rd Our next, monthly Sustainable Pratt meeting is Wednesday, December 3rd from 12:30 - 1:45 pm in Engineering 108 on the main Pratt campus. On the agenda: Brief updates of member activities Third-Year Design update (Brent Porter) CSDS and the "Green Campus Initiative" (Deb Johnson) Sust Pratt priorities for Spring 2009 Events (Green Week 2009!) Budget New leadership for the Spring To add items to the agenda, contact Damon Chaky at dchaky@pratt.edu. Sustainable Pratt meetings are held monthly, on the first Wednesday of the month. Labels: meetings Link \| 0 comments Spring 2009 Sustainable Design Course INT-525P with Prof. Carol Crawford Carol Crawford (NYSCID, member U.S. Green Building Council) is once again offering INT-525P Sustainable Design as a two-credit course in the Department of Interior Design. In Spring 2009, the class will again be a major player in creating campus awareness and providing information during Green Week. The course description: This course addresses sustainability as an over-arching design issue as well as a philosophical and ethical one: Through slide lectures, films, case studies, site visits, special projects, and discussions with experts, we will explore what sustainability means theoretically and practically for the design community, how it developed and what global & local issues drive it; how it impacts upon the very substance and appearance of what we create and build. Most particularly, we will discover how sustainable initiatives inspire innovative design concepts and the creation and use of new materials and technologies. We will connect all these issues to the guidelines for L.E.E.D. The goal of the course is to enable designers to develop a solid rationale for making environmentally-sensitive decisions, and the basic, working knowledge of how to implement them. Students may tailor a research or creative project to their individual interests. For more information, contact Carol Crawford (carol@ccenvironments.com). Labels: courses, curriculum, sustainable design Link \| 0 comments Archives October 2006 \| November 2006 \| December 2006 \| February 2007 \| March 2007 \| May 2007 \| June 2007 \| November 2007 \| January 2008 \| March 2008 \| April 2008 \| June 2008 \| July 2008 \| August 2008 \| September 2008 \| October 2008 \| November 2008 \| December 2008 \| March 2009 \| April 2009 \| May 2009 \| June 2009 \| July 2009 \| September 2009 \| October 2009 \|