Sustainable Tuesdays Spring 2025 Lecture Series

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3835 Campus Drive
Architecture Building (145 ARC)
College Park, MD 20742
United States

Join Professor Ralph Bennett on "Sustainable Tuesdays" for a Lecture Series in collaboration with the Office of Sustainability. 

All lectures are held in the Architecture Building Auditorium Room 0204 at 5 p.m.

 

Schedule

January 28: Course Introduction: Issues, Techniques, Activities, Assignments

Ralph Bennett, Architect, Prof. Em., School of Architecture, Planning, Preservation, Instructor

 

• February 4: Sustainability and the College Park Campus

Scott Lupin, Director, Sustainability Office

 

• February 11: Global Warming and Climate Change Explained

Dr. Michael Evans, Prof., Department of Geology

 

• February 18: Environmental Law; the Sustainability Minor

Joanna Goger, J.D., Environmental Science and Policy; Co-Director, Sustainability Minor

 

• February 25: Smart Growth: Making Sustainable Places and Buildings

Ralph Bennett, Prof. Em., FAIA, LEED AP, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

 

• March 4: Food and Sustainability at College Park

Christopher R. Moore, Director, Department of Dining Services

 

• March 11: Buying Energy for a (Really) Big User                     

Susan Corry, Director, Energy Management, Department of Facilities Management

 

• March 25: Getting Here is All the Fun

Aysha Ruya Cohen, Ass’t Director, Sustainability, Dept. of Transportation Services

 

March 16-23: Spring Break

                                                

• April 1: Making University Buildings Sustainable

Martha Shrader, Sustainability Manager, Department of Facilities Management; Savannah Holt, Office of Sustainability

                                                

• April 8: Sea Level Rise and the Chesapeake Bay

Kayle Krieg, Maryland Sea Grant, UMCP

 

• April 15: Decarbonization of Commercial Buildings: Measuring, Improving

Prof. Michael Ohadi, Mechanical Engineering

 

• April 22: Developments in Safe Nuclear Power

Prof. Mohammad Modares, Mechanical Engineering

 

April 22: The Campus Landscape, Fragile, Instructive

Michael Carmichael, SWM, Maintenance Insp., Facilities Management

 

• May 6: The Campus Master Plan : Anticipating the Future

Kris Phillips, Planning Director, Dep’t of  Facilities Planning

Research and Creative Practice Areas