WHEN: Tuesday, February 13, 2024

WHERE: San Jose, California

COST:

Student/Faculty ………………………… $225
Public Sector (government) ……….. $425
Private Sector (all others) ………….. $825

*In addition to registering for this training class, attendees are to register for an account with the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) in advance of the class, following the instructions available here: https://sustainableinfrastructure.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Web-Tutorial_Create-a-New-ISI-Account.pdf

COURSE DETAILS & INSTRUCTOR:

The one-day course will utilize a mix of presentations, case studies, and hands-on group activities to equip participants to take the Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) V3.0 exam.

Rachael Keish is an ISI approved Envision trainer in California. She has 24 years of experience in construction management and is the CEO of Keish Environmental (“Keish Env-PM-CM”), a small, woman-owned business in the San Francisco Bay Area that is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2024! During the last decade, Rachael has successfully led the company in providing comprehensive program and construction management and environmental services to California’s infrastructure projects, ensuring oversight of CEQA/NEPA documentation, field inspections, SWPPP reporting, and permitting management to meet all regulatory compliance measures. Keish Env-PM-CM also provides biological and cultural archeological monitoring and mitigation services to ensure clients are protecting and respecting California’s sensitive environmental assets. Additionally, the company offers its clients sustainability optioning on their construction projects via the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision certification program.

WHAT IS ENVISION?

According to the ISI website (sustainableinfrastructure.org), “Envision is a framework developed by ISI that encourages systemic changes in the planning, design, and delivery of sustainable, resilient, and equitable civil infrastructure through education, training, and third-party project verification… Envision provides a consistent, consensus-based framework for assessing sustainability, resiliency, and equity in civil infrastructure.”

Like the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification program (which was designed for sustainable buildings projects), Envision is a certification program for infrastructure and non-building-specific projects, such as highways, sewer systems, transit projects, bridges, utilities, fish hatcheries, etc. As the SCJ Alliance characterizes this type of certification program, “It is intended to improve green building practices and encourage projects to invest in strategies that reduce impact and have a positive effect on their surroundings.”