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About this course

In August of 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified over 80,000 brownfields and municipal solid waste landfills across the country that could be used for renewable energy facilities. There are many benefits to reusing contaminated land for renewable energy, such as greater community support, protection of open space and valuable farmland and possibly shorter project approval timeframes. Many developers have adopted strategies to cost-effectively provide engineering controls, as well as activity and land use limitations that allow for safe redevelopment.


With many states passing legislation for aggressive renewable energy development goals, several of the country’s brownfields and closed landfills are sitting ripe for redevelopment.


In this course, Lucia Woo, Darrell Thornock and Lauren Rodriquez will explain exactly what a landfill is and how to permit and site them for solar redevelopment. Specifically our team will review considerations for preparing a landfill or brownfield site from an environmental and civil engineering perspective. Our presenters will share considerations for permitting, designing, and constructing on these sites as well highlight recent project work, detailing lessons learned and key takeaways. Lucia, Darrell, and Lauren represent many years of combined industry experience and knowledge across many disciplines. 

Course outline

2 modules
1 hour to complete
36 minutes of video lectures
Module 1 • 4 assignments
Solar Development on Brownfields & Landfills

  • Solar Development on Brownfields & Landfills (36:43 minutes)
  • Presentation Materials (.pdf)
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) RE-Powering America's Land
  • EPA - Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: A Historic Investment in Brownfields

Authors

At LaBella Associates, our job is to create – structures, plans, ideas, results. As a nationally recognized Design Professional Corporation, that’s a given, right? But here’s what really drives us: creating partnership between our team and our clients. So much so that we become one team, unified in the unrelenting pursuit of exceptional performance on each and every...

Lucia Woo

Environmental Renewable Manager, LaBella Associates

Lucia is the Environmental Renewables Manager at LaBella Associates, a full-service engineering firm with renewable energy service offerings from pre-development to post-construction phase. In support of environmental compliance and economic development, Lucia focuses on valuable resource identification and impact analysis for water bodies, wildlife, farmland, public...

Darrell Thornock, PE

Technical Consultant, LaBella Associates

Darrell joined LaBella Associates in 2008 as an Engineer Project Consultant. He is responsible for managing solid waste and stormwater engineering projects in order to meet or exceed our client’s expectations and regulatory guidelines. Darrell’s experience includes solid waste facility permitting issues such as permit application, amendment preparation, construction...

Lauren Rodriquez, PE

Civil Engineer, LaBella Associates

Lauren is a Civil Engineer with progressive experience in site design of public and private infrastructure. Her responsibilities include project management, conceptual site layouts, drainage analysis and report preparation, cost estimating, site inspections, feasibility assessments, 3D renderings and flythroughs, client design coordination, and municipal agency...

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Reviews

4.6
Based on 46 reviews
255
students have taken this course
05/17/2022

Really great course to further your education in the renewable energy in industry.

Tylor Johnson
EPC Project Engineer
10/25/2024

i like the basic knowledge it provided to look landfill constrain and benefit for solar project

REETA KIRAN
07/04/2023

This short course is a powerful "eye-opener" to the endless benefits of turning unused land in the form of Landfills into a viable source of energy which is both environmentally beneficial to all while at the same time providing unlimited economic benefits. After reviewing this course and taking notes I can no longer drive by a vacant piece of land or any building and not think of how I can transform it into something really useful to society. I encourage everyone and their families to review this course and see how it affects their lives. I am convince that this material is so important and the significance of the topic affects each individuals life whether or not they know it.

Sedley Henry

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