July 22, 2011
Friday, 9am-5pm
CES/AIA LU (SW) 7 units
Previously listed as two One-Day sessions on July 21 and July 22.
These have been combined into this July 22 session.
Designing landscapes to conserve energy and water provides a critical foundation for increased levels of sustainability. The goal is to achieve a net-positive energy and resource balance over the lifetime of a landscape, as it sequesters more energy in its biomass than it consumes in water, fertilizer, and fossil fuels. Water-use efficiency is critical in attaining this energy balance as well as in meeting new local and statewide mandates, such as California’s Assembly Bill 1881. The revised “Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance,” enacted in 2010, requires that landscape architects and designers work with two climate-based formulas to meet water-use budget restrictions. This session will examine these design frameworks and present hands-on exercises for calculating the use of energy and water in landscapes and meeting state guidelines. Included will be methods for selecting plant materials that save water and energy–or at the very least, use less of each.
Coordinator:
Bob Perry, FASLA, is a landscape architect and Professor Emeritus from Cal Poly Pomona, and adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture at USC. He is a recognized expert in areas of landscape plants and water conserving design throughout California. Licensed in 1972, Bob has combined his teaching with writing, public speaking and professional practice.
Bob has taught courses in planting design, plant ecology and design, and landscape design with an emphasis on resource and energy conservation. His academic responsibilities enabled him to focus on the study of landscape plants and to pursue focused research and writing activities. Bob received the Award of Distinction in Recognition of Excellence in Teaching Landscape Architecture in 1996 from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. To date, Bob has written and self-published three award winning reference books, including the 2010 release of Landscape Plants for California Gardens. This 650-page volume is the most comprehensive color illustrated planting reference available for professionals in California. Extensive information is provided on the water needs and in depth descriptions of over 2,200 landscape plants.
Bob established his own office in 1985 and has completed a variety of projects throughout southern California including: Harvey-Mudd College master plan, Agriscapes Center at Cal Poly Pomona, LA River Planting Guidelines, and the Chino Basin Water Conservation Garden. He currently is working with the James Corner Field Station office in the planting design for the Palisades Garden Walk and Town Square in the City of Santa Monica.
Bob was one of the original members of the California Landscape Taskforce that introduced water budget based guidelines that are adopted and implemented throughout the state. He was elected as a Fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1998 in recognition of his academic career and long-standing commitment to resource conservation and sustainable landscaping.
Speakers:
- California State Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance
www.water.ca.gov/wateruseefficiency/landscapeordinance/ - CIMIS – California Irrigation Management Information System
www.cimis.water.ca.gov/ - WUCOLS – Water Use Classification of Landscape Species
www.water.ca.gov/wateruseefficiency/docs/wucols00.pdf - Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards
Embodied Energy of Common Landscape Building Materials
Leonard J. Hopper, 2007 - Thompson, William J., and Sorvig, Kim, Sustainable Landscape Construction, Island Press, 2007
- Measure of Sustainability Embodied Energy
www.canadianarchitect.com/
