Showing posts with label green infrastructure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label green infrastructure. Show all posts
Monday, March 22, 2010
Chattanooga: Future of Green Infrastructure
The city had made a concerted effort to pursue a course of creating “green infrastructure” as an alternative of ‘gray infrastructure’: below ground and impervious surfaces above ground. Green infrastructure is the method of collecting stormwater above ground with natural vegetation and systems that are attractive, less expensive and accomplish multiple objectives; this effort will become the central theme for neighborhood and commercial revitalization. The Public Works Department has been tasked by the Mayor to provide the resources and support for this and the Water Quality Program has targeted our water quality credit system to give heavy incentives for development of green infrastructure to address stormwater issues. Water Quality Program is also in the process of developing a Retrofit Plan for private and public properties focusing on implementing Low Impact Development and green infrastructure practices and monitoring the change in the water quality from the landscape.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Recovery Through Retrofit program offers numerous homeowner benefits
October 20, "Phoenix Green Business Examiner" by Brian Coppa.
On Monday, Vice President Biden released a new report entitled “Recovery Through Retrofit,” which expands upon related green building programs in the Recovery Act to increase job opportunities and offers numerous homeowner benefits such as dramatically enhanced energy savings nationwide by improving the energy efficiency of residences. The Department of Energy (DOE) also announced $454 million under the Recovery Act will be available through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program to support this endeavor.
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On Monday, Vice President Biden released a new report entitled “Recovery Through Retrofit,” which expands upon related green building programs in the Recovery Act to increase job opportunities and offers numerous homeowner benefits such as dramatically enhanced energy savings nationwide by improving the energy efficiency of residences. The Department of Energy (DOE) also announced $454 million under the Recovery Act will be available through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program to support this endeavor.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Philly plan uses green tech to reduce storm runoff
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA - The city of Philadelphia is proposing a $1.6 billion effort over the next two decades to use porous pavement, rain gardens, green roofs and thousands of new trees to absorb or at least delay billions of gallons of rainwater that overwhelms the urban sewer system each year. >> Read More
PHILADELPHIA - The city of Philadelphia is proposing a $1.6 billion effort over the next two decades to use porous pavement, rain gardens, green roofs and thousands of new trees to absorb or at least delay billions of gallons of rainwater that overwhelms the urban sewer system each year. >> Read More
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