Green Remediation - a PDH Online Course for Architects, Engineers and Surveyors

Green Remediation

Course Outline

USEPA strives for cleanup programs that use natural resources and energy efficiently, reduce negative impacts on the environment, minimize or eliminate pollution at its source, and reduce waste to the greatest extent possible and engineers must be aware of “green remediation” methodologies to keep up with USEPA strategic goals. The practice of “green remediation” uses these strategies to consider all environmental effects of remedy implementation for contaminated sites and incorporates options to maximize the net environmental benefit of cleanup actions. This three hour course will prepare engineers with an overview of green remediation technologies.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

Learning Objective

At the conclusion of this course, the student will:

Be familiar with what “green remediation” is;
Have knowledge of the core elements of a cleanup project;
Be familiar with green remediation Approaches in Deconstruction, Demolition, and Clearing;
Be familiar with green approaches in Site Cleanup, Remediation, & Waste Management;
Be familiar with green approaches in Design and Construction for Reuse;
Be familiar with green Approaches for Sustainable Use & Long Term Stewardship;
Have knowledge of green remediation objectives;
Be familiar with green site investigation and monitoring;
Learn about new opportunities for reducing energy and carbon footprints; and
Provide case studies on remediation sites where green technologies and strategies have been employed.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for environmental engineers, consulting engineers and EHS professionals.

Benefit to Attendees

This course will help attendees learn about the practice of “green remediation” and how it uses strategies to consider all environmental effects of remedy implementation for contaminated sites and incorporates options to maximize the net environmental benefit of cleanup actions.

Course Introduction

Engineers and regulatory officials know that past spills, leaks, and improper management or disposal of hazardous materials and wastes have resulted in contaminated land, water, and/or air at hundreds of thousands of sites across the country. Green Remediation is the practice of considering the environmental effects of a remediation strategy early in the process, and incorporating options to maximize the net environmental benefit of the cleanup action. Licensed professional engineers must be aware of the green remediation technologies and strategies. This course is intended to provide the attendee with the background and information to green remediation concepts. Through this online course, licensed professionals, consulting engineers and EHS professionals can learn about green remediation approaches, green remediation objectives, new opportunities for reducing energy and carbon footprints, and case studies on remediation sites where green technologies and strategies have been employed.

Course Content

This course content with provide the attendee with information about green remediation technologies and strategies. In this lesson, you will be directed to:

Microsoft PowerPoint presentation handout, titled Opportunities for Green Remediation (19 pages, pdf file format)
UESPA Document# EPA 542-R-08-002, Green Remediation: Incorporating Sustainable Environmental Practices into Remediation of Contaminated Sites, April 2008 (56 pages, pdf file format)

Please click on the above underlined hypertext to view, download or print the document for your study. Because of the large file size, we recommend that you first save the file to your computer by right clicking the mouse and choosing "Save Target As ...", and then open the file in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Course Summary

USEPA strives for cleanup programs that use natural resources and energy efficiently, reduce negative impacts on the environment, minimize or eliminate pollution at its source, and reduce waste to the greatest extent possible. To minimize impacts during cleanup efforts, licensed professional engineers must fully understand green remediation technologies and strategies. This course will prepare engineers to be able to incorporate sustainable environmental practices into remediation of contaminated sites.

Related Links

For additional information related to this subject, please visit the following websites or web pages:

EPA – Green Remediation Focus, http://www.clu-in.com/greenremediation/

Quiz

Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered architect and/or professional engineer/surveyor. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.