Denise Nelson, the Vice President of Public Education for the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, joins The Water Values Podcast to discuss the EnvisionTM Ratings System. Denise does a great job filling us in on the origins of the system through a collaboration of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Council of Engineering Companies, and the American Public Works Association. Denise also explains why it was needed and how the ratings system works, giving plenty of examples. Additionally, she highlights some previous winners of the EnvisionTM Rating System's awards. Check it out to learn about this great tool to rate infrastructure projects.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

The origins of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)
The basics of the EnvisionTM Rating System for infrastructure projects
How the EnvisionTM Rating System grades the sustainability of infrastructure projects
How the EnvisionTM Rating System weights its different sustainability criteria
The award levels of the EnvisionTM Rating System
How each of the 6 award winners under the EnvisionTM Rating System to date involve projects that affect water

Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Council of Engineering Companies
American Public Works Association
The LEED Green Building Program from USGBC
Green Roads Rating System
Federal Highway Administration’s INVEST program
The William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery
Snow Creek Restoration Project (Placer County, CA)
South Los Angeles Wetland Park Project
Sun Valley Watershed Project (Los Angeles, CA)
Tarrant Regional Water District Pipeline Project (North Texas)
Southern Ontario Wastewater Treatment Project (Ontario, Canada)

 Transcript

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