Schools, Sustainability, and Health

Start Date
06/27/2017
End Date
06/27/2017
Description
The tour of Old Donation School will highlight how the school used low Impact Development and
'Green' technologies to construct and academic facility and learning environment that will endure the coming years. Also to be discussed is how an interdisciplinary team made these ideas come to life in the new facility.
Location
Virginia Beach, VA
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Accessibility / ADA
Design-Build
Energy Conservation / Renewable Energy
Green Roofs
Project Management
Site Planning
Sustainable Development & Design
Water / Stormwater Management
Health, Safety and Welfare
No
Hours
2.0
Learning Outcomes
1. Participants will be able to identify how the building used Low Impact Design elements in the design,construction, and use of the building.

2.Participants be able to recognize different areas of storm water management facilities that allow water to infiltrate back into the groundwater.

2A.Participants will investigate areas of storm water management and discuss how the components function within the landscape.

3.Participants will investigate outdoor classroom areas and discuss their function within an educational facility.


4. Participants will discuss how the interdisciplinary team (architects,landscape architects,engineers,interior designers, etc.) worked together in creating a 'Green' building and site design that will endure for the coming years.
Instructors
Tim Cole
Course Codes
Provider
Virginia Chapter of the ASLA


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