Green Roof Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

greenroofs #biophylilla #stormwater #greenrooftechnology #greeninfrastructure #optigreen #solargardenroof Both buildings are covered with over 500,000 sf of multiple types of green roofs. It is likely the world's first Solar Garden Roof. It is now on Goggle Earth.

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 24, 2021

To encourage property owners to use best practices for stormwater management, Johnson County Stormwater Management Program offers the refunds to homeowners and businesses that make improvements on their properties.

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Greenability Magazine

APRIL 13, 2021

Starting Small: Simple Steps to a More Sustainable Lifestyle – The Resilient Activist. Stormwater Sunday Earth Day Celebration , The Little Red Hen’s Community Garden puppet show, 2400 E. Interwoven: An Earth Month Retreat – The Resilient Activist. Sunday, April 18. Saturday, April 24. Sunday, April 25.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

They are also, in part, a response to stricter performance targets, changing government legislation, and increased public scrutiny of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) releasing sewage and stormwater into rivers and seas during heavy rainfall. How much more is needed to ensure resilience with a changing climate? •

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 7, 2020

To encourage property owners to use best practices for stormwater management, Johnson County Stormwater Management Program offers the refunds to homeowners and businesses that make improvements on their properties.

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Stormwater Pollution Sustainability Climate change 79

Green Roof Technology

MAY 27, 2021

An Air-to-Water ratio in such a range is important for the resilience of plants, for nutrient exchange capacity, pH buffering capability, and beneficial (aerobe) microbes. It is a simple fact that the more we do for healthy plants with a natural diversity, the better a Green Roof system can retain and detain stormwater.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 11, 2021

Orlando’s journey to accelerate sustainability and resilience Chris Castro Thu, 03/11/2021 – 01:00 Cities are home to more than 50 percent of the global population and as a result are presented with ever-growing challenges, including finding a balance between social equity, economic vitality and environmental sustainability.

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Green Roof Technology

MARCH 17, 2020

An Air-to-Water ratio in such a range is important for the resilience of plants, for nutrient exchange capacity, pH buffering capability, and beneficial (aerobe) microbes. It is a simple fact that the more we do for healthy plants with a natural diversity, the better a Green Roof system can retain and detain stormwater. .

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 7, 2022

Climate resilience, zero carbon, and the built environment. Climate Resilience. We must scale equitable solutions that can bolster resilience and enable a healthy, thriving planet for all. Optimize stormwater and flood management. To date, we’ve invested in more than 130 companies and 100 projects. Zero Carbon.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

Urban trees don’t just store carbon, they reduce stormwater, they improve air, they provide energy savings in terms of heating and cooling. They reduce the costs of doing all kinds of other work, including stormwater management, air purification and water retention. "There’s no asset value to the trees; only an expense item."

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

The wastewater garden concept is also gaining a higher global profile as companies, local authorities and municipalities seek to adapt to a circular economy and implement blue-green infrastructure as part of flood resilience and stormwater management strategies, particularly in urban areas.

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Green Roof Technology

JULY 10, 2018

This drastically lowers costs, maximized resilience and increases diversity. greenroofs #greenwall #biophylilla #stormwater #greenrooftechnology #greeninfrastructure #greencurtain #optigreen.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

To better understand exactly how mangroves can grow in the ocean yet pump freshwater up to their leaves, engineers constructed what they’re dubbing “synthetic mangroves ”, pressure-driven devices that can draw freshwater out of the saltiest seas — and have the potential to help manage stormwater in cities.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Their extensive root systems retain more water than traditional lawns, which reduces stormwater run-off, mitigates flooding and traps significant amounts of carbon. Native plants are critical to our natural system, supporting the butterflies, birds, bees and other insects that pollinate our food system.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Much of the urgency around flood resilience is based on climate change: One report from the Northeast Regional Climate Center found that “100-year” storm events could be as much as 50 percent rainier by the end of the century. In the U.S., However, this model is only feasible in larger cities with connections to large university systems.

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Grist

AUGUST 10, 2023

As our nation sets about rebuilding our infrastructure and restoring our resilience, plastic will play an outsized role,” the American Chemistry Council, or ACC, a petrochemical industry trade group, says on one of its websites. The nonprofit Alliance for Sustainable Building Products, based in the U.K.,

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 19, 2020

Past winners have worked to reduce waste, air pollution, stormwater runoff, energy costs and transportation costs. The purpose of the KC Green Neighborhood Recognition Program is to recognize those neighborhoods that have implemented sustainable practices within their community.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 10, 2020

“There are real grid constraints to electrifying many ports’ infrastructure and they are interested in increasing resiliency while making these upgrades. Last month at an energy resiliency forum hosted by California Energy Commission in Long Beach, Houston described potential uses for the port’s mobile battery.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The natural material selection provides a durable and functional walkway that naturally allows stormwater to permeate the surface. Their mission is to produce sustainable, resilient design, specializing in architectural responses to climate challenges.

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

Land Use: MARC’s Tom Jacobs and Scott Schulte with Vireo Landscape Architects highlight green infrastructure for better soil health and stormwater retention. Watch it here. Watch it here.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

Both a rain garden and bioswale retain or slow the movement of water from the property, decreasing stormwater runoff. Rain gardens and bioswales have similar results, but vary in how they are designed and work. Let’s look at what might be best for your situation.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

“We planned Asian Games Park with Hangzhou’s future in mind, designing it to become a fixture of daily life in the neighborhood, support continued urban growth, and make for a more sustainable and resilient city.” The Hangzhou Asian Games Park is scheduled to finish construction in 2021. Archi-Tectonics Images via Archi-Tectonics.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Somerville Climate Forward builds upon work that is already being done by the City to advance sustainability and climate resilience. Net-zero and resilient new buildings standards. Stormwater management. Healthy and resilient community. Regional collaboration for coastal resilience. Equitable low-carbon mobility.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Think of inspiring examples across the globe, such as Philadelphia's Green City, Clean Waters stormwater management plan and Seoul's Cheonggyecheon Stream. These ideas need to be communicated properly and brought into the mainstream so the public gets behind them. We need a paradigm shift in how we think about landscape.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 12, 2023

million for cities, counties, and utility districts to partner with housing developers supporting affordable housing by paying for water, sewer and stormwater utility improvements and/or waived system development charges for new affordable housing units. Currently, the Washington State Department of Commerce is granting out $55.5

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

inches of runoff water, according to the project specs from the Florida Stormwater Associations 2018 Winter Conference. The main focus of this paper is the novel use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in natural disaster, more specifically flooding, to improve flood resilience and preparedness.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Even in an urban setting, green infrastructure is vital to cool our cities, manage stormwater, and deliver air quality benefits. In so doing, we will reconnect with the natural systems that we were always a part of and deliver a more resilient future for both landscapes and communities.

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 14, 2020

Rain-barrel kits and assembled barrels can be found at local garden centers.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 16, 2021

Fort Collins directly provides a full slate of municipal services, including operating its own electric, water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities. The City develops resiliency and sustainability through organization-wide systems and processes that ensure consistent employee work practices and alignment across service areas.

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Sustainability Health Resilience Waste 40

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This multi-pronged approach prioritises resource efficiency, natural solutions, and circularity; safeguarding water resources while nurturing healthier, more resilient ecosystems. Some use technologies like ozone oxidation, and membrane filtration.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

By respecting communities’ ability to thrive in place, and relationships to place, we can reduce pollution and build resilience. Healthy Communities Rooted in Place Photo by Hannah Letinich. This was embedded in the HEAL Act through environmental health disparities mapping. One percent of this goes to community participation grants.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

State and federal officials move forward plans and policies for water conservation, conveyance, and climate resilience. Stormwater and snowpack runoff represent a unique opportunity for groundwater recharge, which was highlighted in several executive orders issued by Governor Newsom in early 2023. By Michael G. Romey , Lucas I.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 30, 2021

“Urban trees don’t just store carbon, they reduce stormwater, they improve air, they provide energy savings in terms of heating and cooling. They reduce the costs of doing all kinds of other work, including stormwater management, air purification and water retention. They are like utilities,” McPherson said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Actions toward net zero that help deliver business resilience on multiple levels include onsite renewable energy, the central feature of net-zero energy buildings, because it withstands disruptions to a centralised energy grid. That kind of thing has to get integrated," he said. "If

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Varuna

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and greywater?—?as The recommendations we make to change the behavior of the people who are users of the water or modifications to the processes that the technicians implement to ensure ‘one water’ resilience change the water system in ways we cannot completely model.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

They also are more equipped with the vital skills to adapt and be resilient to climate change when disaster strikes, and to influence how their communities mitigate against it. From classrooms to boardrooms. Congrats are in order for closing a $3.8 million seed round last week. 10 — Rooftop Solar. Infrastructure.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2023

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. Kim Jones, Bluffton’s watershed resilience manager, said the city has surveyed septic systems, looking for failing tanks. Pavement is degrading faster. In 2009, high levels of fecal coliform, bacteria like E.

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Sea level rise 133