The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building certification provides a useful guide for developers seeking to build sustainable projects and increase their energy efficiency. Learn the ins and outs of sustainable building, LEED, and other certification processes with Planetizen Courses.
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Resilience Planning for Heat and Drought Events
Instructor: Chris Holtkamp
Learn how cities can prepare their infrastructure and social services for heat waves and droughts in a warming world.
Resilience Planning for Floods
Instructor: Chris Holtkamp
This course builds on the "Introduction to Resilience Planning" course and uses the approach presented there as the framework for addressing flood threats in communities.
Hand Drawing Master Plans
Instructor: Daniel Garcia
This course provides an introduction to urban design sketching by teaching how to draw urban design sketches and master plans using a mix of colored and black ink. These drawing techniques can be used to create plans that are detailed and expressive enough to use both in academic and professional presentations.