Worcester Presinar: Exploring the SITES Rating System: Water

About

This course begins with an overview of Section 3: Site Design – Water section of the SITES v2 rating system, which focuses on understanding water use on site, its natural cycle as well as the larger context and impact of water locally. For each prerequisite and credit, intents, requirements, and strategies are reviewed. In addition, a case study example of a project that has been particularly successful with the Site Design – Water section of the SITES v2 rating system is shown.

In addition to this series, there are several resources available for the SITES v2 rating system, including the text of the rating system itself, a credit scorecard, and a Reference Guide. Both the rating system and scorecard can be downloaded for free. The reference guide is available for purchase. We recommend you access these for reference, as needed, throughout this series.

For discussion questions, related activities and additional resources to support this series, check out the Instructor Guide.

Note: This series as a whole is approved for 7 PDHs with LA CES. If you are interested in having hours reported to LA CES, please email sitesap@gbci.org and include copies of all 10 certificates of completion from this series. LA CES PDHs are not available for partial completion of this series.

Objectives

1. Identify the intents, requirements and best practices for the prerequisites and credit of the Site Design – Water section of the SITES v2 rating system, such as the Manage precipitation on site prerequisite.


2. Analyze the importance of water conservation and reuse in and around a project site, as supported throughout the Site Design – Water section of the SITES v2 rating system, including the Reduce outdoor water use credit.


3. Explore opportunities to achieve credits through examination of the SITES rating system, including the Restore aquatic ecosystems credit.


4. Discuss the water-related economic and social benefits as they relate to the Guiding Principles of the SITES rating system.

Course Modules

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  Module 1: Site Design – Water Overview

  
  

  
  

  Run time: 00:11:45

  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Module 2: Site Design – Water Prerequisites

  
  

  
  

  Run time: 00:13:12

  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Module 3: Site Design – Water Credits

  
  

  
  

  Run time: 00:25:12

  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Module 4: Site Design – Water Case Study

  
  

  
  

  Run time: 00:04:53