Emerging Technologies in Redevelopment

Recent advancements in three-dimensional visualization tools have spurred improvements to the utility of conceptual site models in optimizing site characterization and cleanup efforts.  This session highlights the use of 3-D and 4-D visualizations at brownfields and Superfund sites to facilitate information transfer, optimize characterization and remediation efforts, and improve stakeholder and community outreach.

Presenting case studies on renewable energy processes and sources, this session examines the use of renewable energy to power large-scale remediation systems at brownfield sites.  Panelists’ case studies will focus on optimum conditions for specific renewable energy supplies, the willingness of community partners, benefits of environmental footprint reduction, and value of cost-benefit analysis.

The Marcellus Shale, the largest natural gas find in the United States, is bringing new life to communities across Pennsylvania, New York, and other mid-Atlantic states, where many brownfield sites remain undeveloped and growth has been stagnant for decades. 

The concept and discussion of green remediation has grown exponentially in the past two years and is a major consideration in applying remedies to clean-up sites across all sectors including Brownfields.  The rapid growth and enthusiasm has also been accompanied by confusion about the definition of green remediation and the types of remediation.  This session will focus on the idea that green remediation does not connote a specific technology or suite of new technologies, but on innovative approaches to address and optimize the existing range of site clean

Dredging maintains commercial and recreational channels on almost every river, lake, harbor, and bay in the United States.  This interactive session explores questions such as how to create sustainable regional systems that have the funding and regulatory mechanisms to reuse dredge material; how to identify reuse sites; how much processing dredge material requires before transport and placement; how clean the material must be; how much it costs; and how it can be paid for.