The University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy and Management (CEPM) seeks to improve the economic efficiency and environmental efficacy outcomes of governmental and business environmental management practices. We specialize in the economic development – environmental protection intersections, including contaminated land redevelopment and smart growth planning. As part of the Kentucky Institute for the Environment and Sustainable Development (KIESD), we have access to colleagues from across the university.

Current Projects, Upcoming and Past Events:

Re-Defining Brownfields - The Brownfield Institute

"Fostering community participation in brownfields redevelopment"

Sustainable Development Planning Issues in Bangladesh

Recently, Dr. Peter B. Meyer, the Center for Environmental Policy and Management's director, worked with faculty at Khulna University in Bangladesh as a Fulbright Senior Scholar on sustainable development planning issues. A project narrative and slide show from that trip are available. 

Sustainable City Series

This series is designed to raise the community's awareness of sustainable practices. While the ultimate goal of providing a catalyst to moving Louisville and the region towards a sustainable model for the nation, each forum in the series will focus on different aspects of sustainable practice and will sometimes have different audiencies.

Brownfields2008

The 12th National Brownfields Conference convenes May 5-7, 2008 at Cobo Center in Detroit.  Brownfields 2008 conference includes a stellar educational program with expert speakers from a variety of fields.  There is something everyone with over 150 educational sessions and workshops on remediation, green redevelopment, financing, risk management, community and economic development, and public policy.  Brownfields 2008 also offers plenty of networking time, and opportunities to meet key players in brownfields redevelopment in the conference exhibit hall which houses more than 200 providers of cleanup, redesign, and reuse services.

Take a few minutes to look over the preliminary brochure for more information on mobile workshops, the Brownfields Transaction Forum, and many more conference offerings.

Registration is free for the largest conference focused on cleaning up and redeveloping abandoned, underutilized, and potentially contaminated properties.  Register today.

Sustainable Redevelopment in the Ohio River Valley

Sustainable Redevelopment can lead to long-term benefits to the environment, public health, and the quality of life of the surrounding community.