Sustainable Site Design

Wednesday, September 15th, 6-8 PM
Skytop Steakhouse
237 Forest Hill Drive, Kingston, NY
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Sustainable building is about more than just the design and construction of buildings, it incorporates the characteristics of its location.  Sustainable site design is used to evaluate a building site’s environmental resources and potential.  It can help one minimize construction damage, maximize solar benefit, identify rare and endangered species so as to protect them, reduce storm water runoff, and a make the best use of available water resources. More than that, sustainable site design is important to the overall health of our watershed and community. Come learn about this critical aspect of sustainable building.

About The Presenters

Barbara Z Restaino, ASLA, LEED AP-BD+C:
Ms. Restaino lives and practices in the Catskill Mountain Region of New York where she established her own landscape architecture firm, Restaino Design, in 1992.  Ms. Restaino graduated from Pratt with a major in sculpture and went on to Cornell for her MLA.  She combines her art and landscape architecture training with a commitment to environmental concerns.  Her primary interest lies in the use of native plants in a variety of settings, from residential to restorations, as well as applying sustainable approaches to storm water management and site design.

Jolanda Jansen, P.E.
Jolanda Jansen is the principal of Jansen Engineering, PLLC, founded in 2009.   After 25 years of practicing Land Development in the Hudson Valley she was converted by local environmental activists to see the world from nature's point of view and design with the natural features rather than fighting against them.  Her two countries of origin, the Netherlands and New Zealand, have given her a strong interest in Social Justice and her legal studies are focused on finding ways to give the economically disadvantaged equal access to an ecologically diverse environment.

Carol Smillie, LEED AP-NC
Carol lives in Columbia county. She has professional training and certification as an ecological landscape designer from the Cary Insitute of Ecosystem services and certification from Boston Architectural college in Sustainable Design. She practices ecological landscape design with an emphasis on ecosysytems and native plants. Carol has design and consulting experience for both sustainable sites and as well as buildings.

AIA Credits will likely become available (1 CEU)

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