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AEC550 - Sustainable Solid Waste Management Planning...THIS COURSE IS NO LONGER OFFERED
THIS COURSE IS NO LONGER OFFERED.
Upon completion of this course, the Learner should be able to:
- List six sustainable planning principles and discuss how waste management planning relates to each.
- Explain how waste management impacts greenhouse gas emissions and how it impacts the community as a whole including land use, dynamics, building design and construction sites.
- List three waste management planning principles, describe the waste management planning hierarchy and identify ways in which this hierarchy should be incorporated into a waste management plan.
- Summarize the fourteen steps involved in developing an integrated waste management plan and describe the Edmonton, Alberta case study as an example of an IWMP.
Approximately 2 hours. Delivered online, at your own pace.
Presented by DOUGLAS B. POLLARD, B. Arch, MOAA, MRAIC on behalf of CMHC International. View the Privacy Policy .
Presenter Information

Name: DOUGLAS B. POLLARD, B. Arch, MOAA, MRAIC
Title: Senior Analyst, International Relations, CMHC International
Background: Prior to joining CMHC in 1998 as a senior researcher, Sustainable Community Planning Doug maintained his own architectural practices in Toronto for thirty years. During that time he designed thousands of affordable and market housing units, usually with significant user participation in the design process.
He currently is a Senior Analyst in International Relations with CMHC International and a member of the City of Ottawa Urban Design Review Panel.
He has received several awards for sustainable design including a recent lifetime achievement award and his projects have been published in Canada, the US and Britain.
His current CMHC work includes the development and delivery of a sustainable planning training course to international workshops and forums such as the World Urban Forum and delegations to Canada.
He is an active participant in the Canada Mexico Partnership, the Asia Pacific Partnership (Net Zero) and the Canada-Korea housing committee.
He has also developed a user friendly infrastructure lifecycle costing mechanism for CMHC and as a certified charrette facilitator has hosted numerous Canadian sustainable community design charrettes, engagement exercises and projects.