Greenbuild Session B13

Did you know that one lane of road, one mile long, uses about as much energy to build as 100 average American households do in a year? So, how many households do commute a day? It may be hard to believe, but streets and highways can be greener just like buildings, too. Public agencies that have the LEED Rating Systems down to an art are now looking for ways to green what is in between buildings, and spend their tight budgets in innovative ways to improve their communities. Learn how some of the world’s greenest cities are going beyond buildings and using high performance green roadways to connect people to place, enhance community resiliency, save money, and reduce their impacts. The presentation includes a nationally recognized panel of speakers from public and private industry that will share their experience working on their communities’ first Certified Greenroads projects.

Speakers:

• Charlie Penland, Principal - Walter P Moore
• David Lowe, Chief Highway Engineer - Transportation Corridor Agencies
• Freeman Anthony, Project Engineer - City of Bellingham, WA
• Jeralee Anderson, Executive Director - Greenroads Foundation

Learning Objectives

• Describe a feature of a transportation project that makes it measurably greener than a conventional project.
• Give an example of best practices for green transportation design and construction that saved money.
• Explain how transportation core values like safety, mobility and access relate to green community development.
• Understand how sustainability performance can be measured for transportation projects.