WEBINAR: ISI’s NEW Guide to Procuring Sustainable Infrastructure Services
October 16, 2024 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET
Since the Envision framework was launched in 2012, over 400 projects have registered to use ISI’s Envision verification process and ISI has announced 158 Envision-verified projects. Growing use and recognition of the need for guidance on early integration motivated ISI to work with the Envision Review Board (ERB) to develop a resource to assist infrastructure owners in procuring Envision-related services.
This session will provide an overview of the new resource, and include a panel of ERB members and ISI verification staff to provide insight into what prompted development of the “Guide to Procuring Sustainable Infrastructure Services,” answer questions about best practices for procurement and project delivery, and provide examples of how Envision is being referenced during procurement.
*Participation in this webinar will satisfy one prescribed hour toward ENV SP credential maintenance.
Learning Objectives:
- – Explain how the Envision framework integrates throughout the project lifecycle.
- – Share examples of how Envision has been included in the procurement process.
- – Evaluate how sustainability requirements can enhance your procurement process and project outcomes.
Webinar Presenters:
Michael Bloom | Sustainability Practice Manager (5engineering, LLC) and Envision Review Board Member (ISI)
Michael provides sustainability consulting services. Since 1991 he has helped restore environmentally impacted sites, plan and design resilient public infrastructure facilities, and helped communities deliver projects with enhanced economic, social, and environmental project outcomes. He became an Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) in 2013, an Envision Verifier in 2014, and an Envision Trainer in 2019. Since the spring of 2019 Michael, along with Liz Parent of 5engineering, has provided ENV SP credentialing training to over 200 professionals in the Harris County / Houston region of Texas, after Harris County officials decided to move forward with the use of Envision. As a consultant for the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, Michael verified five projects under Envision Version 3.0. He is currently serving as the project ENV SP for two public sector project owners pursuing Envision verification. Michael is a Certified Floodplain Manager, a Board-Certified Environmental Engineer, and a Professional Engineer in Texas and seven other states.
Jennifer Ninete | Director of Engagement (ISI)
Jennifer Ninete is the Director of Engagement at ISI. In this role, Jennifer leads the Engagement Program, which encompasses all communications, marketing, and business development activities. She is an Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) and ISI approved Envision Trainer. Jennifer has worked in the AEC industry for nearly 25 years. She was previously a senior sustainability consultant and Professional Associate at HDR where she was the primary knowledge manager for the Envision® sustainable infrastructure framework, which included ENV SP training, leading a team conducting project verifications, and managing Envision projects. During that time, she worked on more than 50 projects using the Envision framework, including 25 verified projects such as the Historic Fourth Ward Park in Atlanta, Georgia; Kansas City Streetcar in Kansas City, Missouri; and the Ship Canal Water Quality Project in Seattle, Washington. Prior to that she worked for both architecture and construction firms in marketing, business development, and communications roles across a range of market sectors. Jennifer has a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Lourette Swanepoel | Principal and Owner (Calibrate Collaborative Inc.) and Envision Review Board Member (ISI)
Lourette Swanepoel, RPP, MCIP, ENV SP, has more than 20 years’ experience in community sustainability and resilience, strategic planning, community planning, landscape architecture, asset management, sustainable infrastructure, facilitation, and public and stakeholder engagement. She has been an accredited Envision® Sustainability Professional since 2013 and has played a leadership role in establishing Envision in the Pacific Northwest. Lourette has been engaged in more than a dozen projects seeking third-party verification, and many more using the framework to inform design. She works with public sector agencies and their design teams to improve sustainability and resilience performance outcomes. As Principal and Owner of Calibrate Collaborative Inc., Lourette’s approach is to collaborate with other ISI members and Envision Sustainability Professionals in the public and private sector, by strengthening team experience and offering mentorship, strategic advice, senior quality assurance as well as thought leadership. Lourette is also an ISI-approved third-party verifier and trainer, having conducted more than a dozen third-party verifications and trained over 100 public sector clients and professionals seeking to earn an Envision Sustainability Professional credential.
Justin Waples | Infrastructure Strategic Planning Engineer (Central Contra Costa Sanitary District) and Envision Review Board Member (ISI)
Justin is a Professional Civil Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in Water Resources and Environmental endeavors, and has 30 years of experience spanning public, private and defense sectors. Justin is a graduate of the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) Water Leadership Institute, a member of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Outreach Taskforce, the Chair of the American Society of Civil Engineer’s San Francisco Section Sustainability Committee and an active member of the Institute of Asset Management and the Water Environment Federation. Justin is a past Chair of the Bay Area Clean Water Association’s (BACWA) Collection System Committee and past Co-Chair of the BACWA Recycled Water Committee. He is a veteran submariner, and graduate from Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, with an Environmental Engineering (Honors) degree.
