Envision™ Sustainability Rating System
When:
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
7:30-11:30 a.m.
Where:
MARC Conference Center
600 Broadway, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64105
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Fee:
No cost to attend.
Registration:
Online
Call: 816/701-8234
E-mail: gti@marc.org
AICP CM | Credit Pending
Who should attend?
City Engineer
Planner
Architect
Public Works Director
City Manager
Community Development Manager
Sustainability Director Environmental Manager
Utility Manager
Transportation Manager
Co-sponsored by:
Kansas City Metro Chapter, APWA
SESSION DESCRIPTION:
The Envision™ Sustainability Rating System is a comprehensive tool which provides a holistic, cost-effective framework for evaluating and rating the community, environmental and economic benefits of all types and sizes of infrastructure projects. The Envision™ Rating System evaluates, grades and recognizes infrastructure projects that use transformational, collaborative approaches to assess sustainability indicators over the course of the project's life cycle. |
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SPEAKERS:
Cindy Circo, ENV-SP, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Kansas City, Mo.
Julia Anastasio, ENV-SP, Director of Sustainability, American Public Works Association
JC Alonzo, ENV-SP, Sustainability Consultant, Shockey Consulting Services
Tom Jacobs, Environmental Program Director, MARC
Mike McMeekin, P.E., ENV-SP, President, Larkin Lamp Rynearson
Nancy Pridal, P.E., ENV-SP, Vice-President, Larkin Lamp Rynearson
Stefan Schuster, P.E., ENV-SP, Principal Water Resources Engineer, CDM Smith
AGENDA:
7:30–8 a.m. |
Check-in and refreshments | |
8 a.m. |
Welcome and overview | |
8:40 a.m. |
Local project examples | |
9:15 a.m. |
Remarks — Cindy Circo, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Kansas City, Mo. | |
9:30 a.m. |
Break | |
9:45 a.m. | Moderated discussion on the challenges & opportunities of using the Envision™ Rating System | |
10:30 a.m. |
Envision: mobilizing community commitment to sustainable infrastructure |
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10:45 a.m. |
Small group discussions | |
11:30 a.m. |
Large group discussion, report out and wrap up |
Envision™ is the product of a joint collaboration between the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.
Mid-America Regional Council
600 Broadway, Suite 200 | Kansas City, MO 64105
ph: 816/474-4240 | fax: 816/421-7758
www.marc.org/gti | email: gti@marc.org