Commuter, cadet, and game-day traffic all disrupt mobility and and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions on this famous campus of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). This tour describes innovative, creative solutions — including over 22 miles of trails, roundabouts, shuttle systems and micro mobility — that effectively address daily mobility for over 12,000 people on campus.
Learn how the USAFA is addressing shocks and stresses to the grid by securing its future with solar farms, geothermal fields, and energy efficiency. See how energy master planning and sustainable and high-performing elements, such as those being incorporated into the Sign Hall Dormitory renovation, could apply to your work. The USAFA is renovating one of the world’s best examples of international architecture and architecture with high performance systems to look toward the future. Efforts include restoration of Dan Kiley’s Air Gardens, cultural resource surveys, and land management.
The pressures of growth in Colorado Springs impact water systems, stormwater management, and the Preble’s Meadow jumping mouse, a threatened species. Solutions to these challenges include comprehensive, open-space planning to ensure integrated ecosystem management and long-term stewardship of this unique landscape.
*Tour participants need to be US Citizens with a valid driver’s license or passport required on the day of the tour.
Learning Objectives:
Identify innovative tools and processes used to develop and manage comprehensive, resilience, transportation, and open-space plans.
Identify best practices and takeaways related to energy systems — including geothermal systems and PV systems — that apply to campuses, communities, and organizations.
Develop consensus-building strategies and tools for collaboration and stakeholder engagement while developing resilience and sustainable solutions that support equity, diversity and inclusion.
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