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Preview: How Do You Measure the Sustainability of Infrastructure?

Feb 22, 20192 minSeason 2Ep. 9
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On the next episode of Speaking of Design, we’ll introduce you to some of the industry experts on Envision – the rating system for designing sustainable infrastructure.

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I'm John Torek. And I'm Danny Sullivan. On the next episode of speaking of design, we'll introduce you to some of the industry experts on Envision, the rating system for designing sustainable infrastructure. They'll help you understand more about how the guidelines can help your clients, why a sustainability rating is about more than a pat on the back, and what the process entails so you can help your clients get their

projects verified. Sustainability is one of those words that means lots of different things to lots of different people. And so finding metrics helps has helped me find purpose. Envision is this framework for assessing the sustainability of all types of infrastructure. And I think the value of that is that it creates this common definition,

common understanding of what sustainable infrastructure is. It's what's the life cycle impact of this project, and how do I make decisions today that will have the most impactful outcomes for the

fifty year life of an infrastructure project. Because it is so flexible, it has been an industry game changer in terms of moving all types of industry and infrastructure owners towards integrating sustainability, climate and resiliency initiatives into their planning and design process for all types of infrastructure.

Nearly 60 projects have been verified, and they run the gamut from drinking water to wastewater, pump stations, highways, transit, aviation waste projects, as well as energy, including both power plants and renewable energy. I see these infrastructure projects, and it's just amazing. Not only the solutions, I think, but the challenges that they deal with. Coming up on the next episode of Speaking of Design.

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