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Green Infrastructure Tour and Dinner Seminar

When
24 Oct 2016
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
Chatham University, Eden Hall Campus, 6035 Ridge Road, Gibsonia, PA 15044
Spaces left
16

Registration

1. Early Bird Student – $12.50
2. Early Bird Member – $25.00
3. Early Bird Non-Member/Public – $35.00
4. Students – $15.00
5. Members – $30.00
6. Non-Members/Public – $40.00
7. Gold Sponsor – $300.00
8. Silver Sponsor – $200.00

Registration is closed

A Joint Event from Continuing Education and Sustainability Committees and EWRI

Participants will receive a PDH certificate for 2 contact hours.

Agenda

4-5 PM (Esther Barazzone Center): Sustainability tour of award winning Eden Hall campus. Gather at the Esther Barazzone Center and park in the nearby lot next to solar array. See campus map.

5-5:30 PM (Esther Barazzone Center): Presentation on Green Stormwater Infrastructure by Dr. Sam Shamsi, PE, F.ASCE, Chair ASCE-Pittsburgh Continuing Education Committee

5:30-6 PM: Panel discussion by industry experts

Deborah Gross, City of Pittsburgh Councilwoman (District 7) and PWSA Board Member and Assistant Secretary / Treasurer
Tim Prevost, PE, Manager, Wet Weather Program / Green Infrastructure Projects, ALCOSAN, Government Engineer of the Year Awardee, ASCE-Pittsburgh, 2012.
Mark Wolinksky, Deputy Director, 3RWW
Dr. Peter Walker, Dean, Falk School of Sustainability and the Environment, Eden Hall, Chatham University
Carol Hufnagel, PE, National Wet Weather Practice Leader, Tetra Tech
John Buck, CPSS, Certified Professional Soil Scientist, Eden Hall Green Infrastructure Project, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.

6-7 PM (Dining Hall): Sustainable Dinner

Objective

Chatham’s Eden Hall Campus Stormwater Management is the Recipient of the ASCE-Pittsburgh 2015 Sustainability Award. This seminar provides an opportunity for you to see those sustainable facilities. The Eden Hall Campus is situated on 388 acres in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. Originally a farm and retreat for working women of Pittsburgh, Eden Hall was gifted to Chatham University in 2009 by the Eden Hall Foundation. The 20- to 25-year development plan for the residential campus calls for it to be self-sustaining in every way; housing 1,500 students, achieving zero carbon emissions, producing more energy than it consumes, and managing all stormwater and wastewater on site. At Eden Hall, the campus doesn't just house classrooms, but is a classroom.

Stormwater is managed by five rain gardens that collect and direct water flow, gravel walkways that make it easier for rainwater to get to the soil below, and a rainwater harvesting system that gathers and cleans the water, and then uses it for crop irrigation. Eden Hall also treats wastewater onsite through a six-step process that mimics nature. The system can handle up to 6,000 gallons each day. Read More