Climate Smart & Climate Ready Conference Business Track #3 on April 20, 2013 at Tompkins County Public Library in Ithaca, NY. Lew Durland, Hunt Engineers. Green Buildings, Resilient Infrastructure, and Climate Smart Design.

1. Green InfrastructureGreen Infrastructure
Be a Sustainable Partner in Your Communityy
Presented by:
Lew Durland, PE, LEED® AP BD+C
Hunt Engineers Architects & Land Surveyors PCHunt Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors, P.C.
Board Advisor, U.S. Green Building Council, New York Upstate Chapter
durlandl@hunt‐eas.com

2. Energy
Water
Community Connectivity

3. Water: Reducing Use &
Protecting Quality g Q y
Earth's WaterEarth s Water
Oceans (97%)
Avail for Human Consumption (< 1%)p
Other: polar ice, etc (~ 2%)

4. Stormwater RunoffStormwater Runoff
Rain & snowmelt on roads, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, …
 pollutants into a storm sewersp
 Untreated discharge into lakes, streams, wetlands, reservoirs
 sedimentation
 algae blooms from excess nutrients
 bacteriological & Pathogenic hazards
 hazardous wastes hazardous wastes
 debris

5. BioswalesBioswales
 Flood protection
 Stormwater runoff protectionp
 Replenishes groundwater
 Habitat for birds and other pollinators
Photo by Chris Kitchen
Cornell Plantations Nevin Welcome Center
LEED Gold

6. Rain Gardens
Janet Marineli, Landscape for Life Workbook, (U.S. Botanical Garden and the Lady Bird
Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin and based on the
principles of The Sustainable Sites Initiative, 2013), 44.
 Flood protection
 Stormwater runoff protection
 Replenishes groundwater
Alternative School for Math & Science - Corning
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 Replenishes groundwater
 Habitat for birds and other pollinators
LEED Silver (pending)

7. Rain Barrels
Rain Barrel construction and installation info:
http://www.hws.edu/fli/projects green.aspxhttp://www.hws.edu/fli/projects_green.aspx
West Hill, Town of Ithaca, NY
• 500 sf roof: 1/8” - 1/4” rainfall fills 55 gal barrel.
• 37.3 inches avg. rainfall Ithaca
Eagle Veterinary Clinic
San Antonio, TX

8. Energy
InfrastructureInfrastructure
Avon CSD 50 kW Solar PV
Cornell University CCHP Plant

9. Energy
InfrastructureInfrastructure
Beverly J. Martin Elementary School - Ithaca
Ice Thermal Energy Storage

10. Community
ConnectivityConnectivity
Alternative School for Math and Science - Corning
LEED Silver (pending)
Lehman Alternative Community School - Ithaca
NY CHPS Verified

11. Thank You!
Questions?
Lewis H. Durland, PE, LEED AP BD+C
Hunt Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors, P.C. hunt‐eas.com
USGBC New York Upstate Chapter, Board Advisor greenupstateny.org
d l dl@hdurlandl@hunt‐eas.com
607.358.1075