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SILVER SPRING, MD – The regional transportation planning board’s chief transportation planner, who focuses on long-range planning for the Washington. D.C., region’s highway and public transportation systems, will address the Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday, June 18 as part of its 2009 Growing Smarter Speaker Series.
Dr. Ronald F. Kirby, director of transportation planning for the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), will brief the Board, planners and members of the public about ongoing transportation projects as well as discuss land use and environmental implications of those projects. As part of his talk, Kirby will comment on the fiscal sustainability and environmental implications of current mass transit efforts, regional commuter assistance programs and other projects.
Before joining COG in 1987, Kirby directed the transportation program at the Urban Institute, a non-profit policy research organization in Washington, D.C., where he conducted several analyses of the performance of federal highway and public transportation programs. In addition, he worked on a series of policy studies and demonstration projects for the federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration.
With the Planning Board reviewing the state’s Environmental Impact Study for the proposed Corridor
Cities Transitway in early July, as well as a host of other transportation projects, Kirby’s talk is timely.
Kirby is the seventh of a series of speakers who will address the board this year. Continuing education credits have been approved for AICP members.
CM I 1.5 CM credits are
approved for this activity.
AICP members will earn
Certification Maintenance
credits for this activity.
Who:
Montgomery County Planning Department
What:
Ronald Kirby presenting “Analyzing Alternative Transportation, Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Scenarios for Greater Washington”
When:
7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18
Where:
Park and Planning Headquarters auditorium
8787 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring
SILVER SPRING, MD – Andrea Sarzynski, a researcher who focuses on the connections between land use and environmental impacts, will join the Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday, March 19, as part of its 2009 Growing Smarter Speaker Series.
Sarzynski, assistant research professor at the George Washington University Institute of Public Policy, will discuss carbon footprints – how energy use converts to carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and contributes to global warming. Her talk will summarize research ranking energy use and carbon footprints across U.S. metropolitan areas.
With the Planning Board focusing on environmental concerns like global warming as part of the 2009-2011 Growth Policy, as well as a host of other initiatives, Sarzynski’s talk is timely. She will highlight the factors within local control that contribute to an area’s carbon footprint, including capital investments, zoning and approval of development projects.
Prior to working at GWU, Sarzynski worked at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, researching demographic, economic, energy, and environmental trends in the United States. She also evaluated state, local, and international energy and climate policies.
Sarzynski previously worked for the White House Council on Environmental Quality and has a Ph.D. in public policy from the George Washington University and a B.S. in natural resources from Cornell University.
Sarzynski is the fourth of a series of speakers who will address the board this year as part of the speaker series. Continuing education credits are pending for AICP members.
Who:
Montgomery County Planning Department
What:
Andrea Sarzynski
“Local Opportunities to Influence our Carbon Footprint”
Growing Smarter Speaker Series
When:
7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19
Where:
Park and Planning Headquarters auditorium
8787 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring
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SILVER SPRING, MD – A state stormwater management expert will join the Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday, February 19 to discuss new strategies to reduce stormwater runoff and water pollution.
Ken Pensyl, administrator of the Sediment, Stormwater, and Dam Safety Program at the Maryland Department of the Environment, will discuss stormwater management trends that foster a new way of thinking about how to improve water quality. Pensyl is the second of a series of speakers who will address the board this year as part of the Growing Smarter Speaker Series.
With presentations to be scheduled roughly once a month, the series provides an opportunity for the board, planners and the general public to hear from experts on thought-provoking sustainable growth topics as the board tackles the next iteration of the county Growth Policy.
Pensyl will describe how developers and landowners can handle stormwater to create better results for the environment and the people who live and work there. Among the strategies Pensyl will outline are creating well-thought-out site designs, and considering the design and placement of buildings, parking areas, roads and other best management practices. Moreover, developers may consider vegetative rooftops and rain gardens – all strategies that can be combined to reduce and treat stormwater runoff at the source.
Pensyl also will provide an update on the state’s draft Environment Site Design regulations that will require such strategies.
In his role as a stormwater administrator, Pensyl oversees a variety of programs including those that focus on slowing, infiltrating, and treating stormwater discharge to help protect surface waters from pollutants and recharge groundwater. Among his duties is managing the state program that issues municipal permits for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
Continuing education credits are pending for AICP members.
Learn more about the speaker series.
Who:
Montgomery County Planning Board
What:
Ken Pensyl
Growing Smarter Speaker Series
When:
7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 19
Where:
Park and Planning Headquarters auditorium
8787 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring
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SILVER SPRING, MD – Many developers embrace the idea of building green and using strategies to minimize construction’s impact on the environment. But how far are they willing to go to earn their green label?
Carl Elefante, AIA, a local architect who has specialized in historic preservation and sustainable design for decades, will preview emerging green construction practices during a February 12 presentation to the Montgomery County Planning Board. Elefante is the first in a series of speakers who will address the board this year as part of the Growing Smarter Speaker Series.
With presentations to be scheduled roughly once a month, the series provides an opportunity for the board, planners and the general public to hear from experts on thought-provoking sustainable growth topics as the board tackles the next iteration of the county Growth Policy.
In his February 12 talk, Elefante will make a case that most commonly accepted green building practices rarely go beyond what is proven profitable or already required. Using green materials and designing buildings to capture natural light, for example, have become industry standards.
Elefante will look beyond those basics to architectural innovations, such as functioning rooftop gardens, advanced solar energy technologies, and innovative heating and cooling systems, including geothermal.
As director of sustainable design at Quinn Evans Architects, which has offices in Washington D.C., and Ann Arbor, Michigan, Elefante leads a broad spectrum of projects and lectures nationally on sustainable design.
Elefante is president of the Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and a founding board member of the National Capital Region Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. He serves on the Montgomery County Sustainability Working Group.
The Growing Smarter Speaker series is connected to the 2009-2011 Growth Policy. Planners working on a preliminary draft of the policy are rethinking how to manage growth, looking beyond basing it just on congestion relief and school capacity. Instead, they hope to focus on ways to enhance quality of place in our communities. Quality of place includes respecting the natural environment in the design of buildings, spaces and streets.
Continuing education credits available for self-reporting by AIA members.
Learn more about the speaker series.
Who:
Montgomery County Planning Board
What:
Carl Elefante, architect, AIA
Growing Smarter Speaker Series
When:
7:30 p.m. February 12
Where:
Park and Planning Headquarters auditorium
8787 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring
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