Registration Eligibility
CSLA, OALA, BCSLA members
Start Date
04/21/2021
End Date
04/21/2021
Description
Urban centres have high concentrations of impervious areas which pose a challenge in managing large volumes of stormwater. Heavy rain events or back-to-back storms cause problems like flooding, property damage, and combined overflow sewer discharge. Green infrastructure, such as vegetated roofs, can help mitigate these problems because they restore the hydrologic cycle in urbanized areas. Vegetated roof systems designed for maximum stormwater management decrease the volume of stormwater within the urban core and reliably delay travel time of stormwater to the treatment plant. These retention and detention strategies help alleviate the burden of heavy stormwater on our cities’ infrastructure.
Learning Objectives:
1. The distinction between stormwater retention and detention
2. The importance of detention in urban centres
3. Existing roof top technologies
4. Using biomimicry to re-engineer vegetated roofing system
5. Collaboration: Landscape architecture and civil engineering
CANADIAN FOCUS. REGISTRATION IS LIMITED. (Note: USA designers please attend this webinar offered by Stormwater Capture Co, a LACES-approved provider.)
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Campus Planning & Design
Development Trends
Green Roofs
Housing & Community Design
Sustainable Development & Design
Urban Planning & Design
Water / Stormwater Management
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
1. The distinction between stormwater retention and detention
2. The importance of detention in urban centres
3. Existing roof top technologies
4. Using biomimicry to re-engineer vegetated roofing system
5. Collaboration: Landscape architecture and civil engineering
Instructors
Karen Liu, James Weldon
Course Codes
Provider
Next Level Stormwater Management