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Chad Shaw posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 14 years, 11 months ago

Naomi-
If 6″ curbs are a must, explore the possibility of using curb cuts at regular intervals or where it makes sense….the cuts will still allow runoff to enter the depression. Clay soils? Maybe grade soil towards a central trench/basin filled with gravel. Put an underdrain at the bottom of the gravel and follow Charles’ suggestion of piping…[Read more]

Charles A. Warsinske posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 14 years, 11 months ago

Naomi
We have done quite a few parking lots with the planting islands as depressed catchment areas. Most of the time we have to plumb them together to get rid of the water as infiltration is not good. One problem I have seen is that these areas tend collect litter and looks bad unless cleaned oftern.

Boilerplater posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 14 years, 11 months ago

I just took a little Green Associate Review the week before last as part of training for BPI (Building Performance Institute) certification. I plan to take the GA test within the next few weeks, so I’ll post how it goes.

Naomi Sachs, ASLA, EDAC posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 14 years, 11 months ago

Anyone have a good detail/case study for using planting islands as small stormwater catchment areas? This is for the northeast, and the parking lot will most likely have standard curbs, but if there’s another idea… Just getting started on the project, but excited about the possibilities. Thanks!

Oona Johnsen posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 14 years, 11 months ago

Has anyone taken the LEED Green Associate exam? Please share your exam experience.

Geoffrey Katz posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 14 years, 11 months ago

Baskar – Could you go into more detail with your comments…

Baskar G posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 14 years, 11 months ago

natural topography( wild grasses area or growing naturally ) can take as landscaped area? or it should be neatly landscaped ( dry or xeroxscping_) area? for site selection ?.

Robin Alyse Doyle posted an update in the group Digital assets and resources 15 years ago

tal_sketchup.pdf

Robin Alyse Doyle posted an update in the group Digital assets and resources 15 years ago

Hey all you SketchUp users out there! There’s a hands-on all-day workshop on Modeling Residential Sites with Slope in Google SketchUp (for intermediate/advanced users) coming to San Francisco Feb. 20th, 2010
Includes rubyscripts and tips for smoothly integrating your CAD files.

Robin Alyse Doyle posted an update in the group Residential Design Group 15 years ago

Hands-on all-day workshop on Modeling Residential Sites with Slope in Google SketchUp (for intermediate/advanced users) in San Francisco Feb. 20th, 2010

tal_sketchup.pdf

Vanessa Ruiz posted an update in the group Graphics 15 years ago

Hi James,
Actually, my professor introduced me to your work this past summer, my first semester in LA, and it was he who let me know about your rendering techniques and color usage. In fact, our first shot at perspectives involved 20 minute perspective-making sessions that aimed to emulate your graphics.
I could only hope that if he hadn’t told…[Read more]

James Richards posted an update in the group Graphics 15 years ago

Hi Vanessa; glad you’re having success with the colored pencil techniques. You have a good eye! I do use a cream pencil combined with peach on almost all buildings and hardscape at the very beginning of coloring a drawing, then wash over them with whatever color will best depict the material I’m envisioning…terra cotta, slate blue. etc. The…[Read more]

Eric Shepley posted an update in the group Graphics 15 years ago

Nick,
Thanks! I’ll probably be doing more of these in the future and I would like to seed them be as representative of the true design as possible.

Thanks!

nca posted an update in the group Graphics 15 years ago

Eric-

I got your message. I need to make some evergreens for a plan tomorrow as fate would have it. I’ll post my steps here or shoot you a message.

-Nick

nca posted an update in the group Graphics 15 years ago

Eric,

I couldn’t tell you how to do it using drop shadows, but I could offer some good advice on doing it manually in photoshop without creating numerous layer copies and keeping the file size down.

send me a message if you still need help with this and I’ll explain some simple tricks.

Oona Johnsen posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 15 years ago

I also got this information from GBCI: If you area a LEED AP and you choose a specialty – there is no harm in keeping your enrollment and that if you do not report any continuing education hours at the end of the 2 years your LEED AP with Specialty credential will expire, however you will remain a LEED AP without specialty.

Oona Johnsen posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 15 years ago

FYI: LEED Credentialing Maintenance Program (CMP) – read last sentence!!

Enrollment Options: LEED APs without specialty will be provided with an enrollment window, a 2-year period between fall 2009 and fall 2011. LEED APs without specialty can view their enrollment window through My Credentials at http://www.gbci.org. The last enrollment windows close…[Read more]

Charles A. Warsinske posted an update in the group LEED in Landscape Architecture 15 years ago

Its the pathogens. Greywater is almost as bad as sewer water. Getting people sick in the name of LEED does not seem to be the way to go.