Sustainable Land Re-Use Tools for Practitioners
EPA ORD, Cincinnati, OH - April 19, 2012
This one-day Workshop is designed for practitioners interested in using electronic and other tools to assist in sustainable site revitalization. Throughout the workshop innovative site specific and regional tools from Germany and the U.S. will be presented and attendees will have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with tool developers and experience the electronic tools hands-on.

Workshop Brochure

Workshop Agenda

Presentation of the History of the US-German Bilateral Working Group – Ann Vega (US EPA, Cincinnati, OH), Verle Hansen (US EPA, Cincinnati, OH), Brian Dyson (US EPA, Cincinnati, OH), Roger Argus (Tetra Tech, San Diego, CA), Bill Cocose (Greenvu)

Presentation of the SINBRA Tool – Chris Harrell (Lazarus Group LLC, Indianapolis, IN)

Presentation of the Smart Growth Toolkit – Uwe Ferber (Projektgruppe Stadt+Entwicklung, Leipzig, Germany), Börries Butenop (Stadt Chemnitz, Germany), Alena Bleicher (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany)

Presentation of greenvu.org – Bill Cocose (Greenvu)

Presentation of the OPTIRISK Tool – Kersten Roselt (JENA-GEOS, Jena, Germany), Ingo Quaas (Büro Quaas, Weimar, Germany), Doug MacCourt (AterWynne LLP, Portland, OR)

Presentation of the OPTIRISK Tool in use at Troutdale, OR – Douglas C. MacCourt (Ater Wynne LLP, Portland, OR)

Presentation of the PLACES Tool (Intro) – Verle Hansen (US EPA, Cincinnati, OH)

Presentation of the PLACES Tool – Philippe Schmidt (Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany)

Presentation of German Research Perspectives – Stephan Bartke and Alena Bleicher (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany), Kersten Roselt (JENA-GEOS, Jena, Germany), Ingo Quaas (Büro Quaas, Weimar, Germany), Philippe Schmidt (Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany)

Presentation of US EPA Research Perspectives

Presentation of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management – Alice Gilliland (US EPA, Cincinnati, OH)

Presentation of Systems Approach to Sustainability at US EPA – Joseph Fiksel (US EPA, Cincinnati, OH)