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| #e.22543 | Thursday 3:00PM to 5:30PM
February 7,
2013 | CM | 1.50 |
A National and Local Strategy for SustainabilityUrban Land InstituteMinneapolis, MN The National and Local Strategy for Sustainability program will discuss two path breaking initiatives that have global and local impact. This program will highlight the need for a new, sustainable and comprehensive national strategy.
Mark will outline a National Strategic Narrative – a new direction for our nation focused on the synergy between our domestic and foreign policies and the need for smart growth at home and smart power abroad. He will speak to the need for a new 21st Century strategic framework so we can pursue our enduring national interests of prosperity and security in a way that is both sustainable and in keeping with our national values.
Rick Carter, LHB, will outline a one of a kind project involving the collection and assessment of citywide energy, water, and Vehicle Miles Traveled in twenty Minnesota cities over four years. You will learn how the data is normalized by weather, jobs and populations and can be used to compare a city’s performance over time. You will learn about best management practices for planning, how this data can be used to establish targeted reductions and what are the largest influences of cost and carbon emissions at a city scale.
More Instructors: Richard Carter Rick is the Senior Vice President in LHB’s Minneapolis office where his primary responsibilities include business development, project leadership, and sustainable design on major projects. He has 25 years of experience with LHB and five years with a Washington, D.C. architecture firm and he specializes in sustainable design.
Rick works extensively on issues of sustainable design by promoting improved indoor air quality, energy efficiency, and resource efficiency. Rick co-founded LHB’s Green Team in 1992, a multi-discipline team dedicated to incorporating sustainable design techniques into all projects. He helped develop the Hennepin County/Minnesota Sustainable Design Guidelines and currently manages the Buildings, Benchmarks and Beyond (B3) Project including execution of sustainable guidelines for the State of Minnesota. Rick is an adjunct faculty member and teaches a graduate-level sustainable design course at the University of Minnesota’s College of Design in the Master of Science in Sustainable Design Program. Rick was a member of the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group and a co-chair for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Mayor’s Green Manufacturing Initiative.
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