Environmental Planning Workshops

Presented by Great Lakes Environmental Planning and the Delta Institute

Nuts & Bolts of Redeveloping Brownfields for Local Government

Many urban centers have been left with vacant contaminated land that blights local neighborhood and undermines the local tax base. Participants learn how many communities have overcome obstacles and stimulated successful redevelopment by characterizing and assembling parcels, cleaning them up, and using public funds to attract private redevelopment. more...

Energy Performance Contracting for Public Housing Authorities

Energy Performance Contacting is HUD’s principal method for PHA’s to raise capital to lower energy costs and make dwelling units more comfortable. This course uses role-playing and a case study approach to give participants the tools to implement EPC and is the only comprehensive course offered in the US. more...

About the Sponsors:

The Delta Institute is a non-profit community and economic development organization headquartered in Chicago that is pioneering new, cooperative approaches to economic and environmental improvement. These initiatives seek to integrate environmentalism with community and economic development, working through the tensions sometimes found at the nexus of these two disciplines, and crafting new policies and practices to develop healthy, economically sound communities.

Great Lakes Environmental Planning specializes in environmental training covering such topics as sustainability, environmental assessment, historic preservation including 106 procedures and tax incentives, energy efficient rehab and construction, and Brownfield redevelopment.

For more information on these and other training programs, please contact:
Elise Zelechowski
ezelechowski@delta-institute.org
Delta Institute
312.554.0900 ext. 20