Description Provided by Stormwater Magazine Greening the Road: Using the Green Rating

Description provided by Stormwater Magazine

Greening the Road: Using the Green Rating System to Evaluate Your Transportation Project Thurs., Nov. 17, 2 p.m. EST

How can we design a better and greener roadway? Join David Hein, P.Eng., vice president of transportation at Applied Research Associates, to explore transportation project design, specification, and construction elements used to develop long- lasting roadways that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce and recycle road-building resources, and promote environmental stewardship.

Defined as roadways using fewer resources and/or creating lower levels of "greenhouse” gasses over the life of the pavement, green pavements offer opportunities to build long- lasting infrastructure that achieves these goals through: 1) fewer resources during construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance; 2) pavement materials that create fewer greenhouse gasses during production, transportation, and construction; and 3) construction of pavements that result in better fuel economy.

Through an introduction of the sustainable options and green rating system examples, this webinar explores roadway planning, design, construction, commissioning, maintenance and operation, and life-cycle assessment activities enabling the development of sustainable, safe, and resilient roadway infrastructure. Specifically, attendees can expect the discussion and education of the following:

1. Understanding of roadway sustainability design and construction concepts 2. Understanding and use of specification and construction activities that reduce and recycle road building resources, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and promote environmental stewardship 3. Identification, understanding and use of logical and defendable tools demonstrating and accounting for environmental sustainability 4. Understanding of and ability to better evaluate tradeoffs and decisions with respect to sustainability practices

5. Understanding and use of systems to document the positive impact of sustainable practices