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Field Session

SUN-FS-08: Connecting People, Place, and Water Through Innovative Infrastructure Projects at AlexRenew

Sunday, October 6, 2024
8:15am – 1:00pm ET
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 2
Ticket Purchase Required
2.75 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, 2.5 CE GBCI SITES AP, NY/HSW, FL
Ticket Price: $85 per person
AlexRenew, Alexandria, VA’s wastewater treatment authority, has transformed a former land fill into two of the region’s most innovative and sustainable urban projects. Hear from the visionary ownership and consultant team who are leveraging sustainable design practices to solve the region's water challenges and connect residents to their local waterways.

Includes: transportation. Moderate walking.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Gain insight into how a former landfill site can be redeveloped for community and ecological benefit through zoning, permitting, and public/private partnership agreements.
  • Explore how public and private programming needs can be layered on constrained urban sites to achieve maximum community and ecological benefits.
  • Learn about several sustainability and innovation rating systems, including Envision, LEED, SITES, and Bayscapes, and how these benchmarks are applied in a project’s design, construction, and commissioning.
  • Understand how best practices such as native plantings, pervious paving, invasive species removal, and riparian buffer expansion can combine with infrastructure elements to meet stringent Chesapeake Bay environmental regulations.