Sentences with phrase «in stormwater retention»

Several recent projects... incorporate vegetated roofs, which aid in stormwater retention and thermal efficiency.

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In the past decade of engineering our rooflite soil for green roof performance and stormwater management, we've tallied up an impressive 200 + million gallons of annual, field - tested stormwater retention volume across the U.S. in a variety of projectIn the past decade of engineering our rooflite soil for green roof performance and stormwater management, we've tallied up an impressive 200 + million gallons of annual, field - tested stormwater retention volume across the U.S. in a variety of projectin a variety of projects.

The SRC program creates a market for voluntary stormwater retrofits in Washington DC, improving water retention across the district.

With a field - tested stormwater retention volume in excess of 150 million gallons annually on projects across the Americas, rooflite has proven success with its soil systems to manage stormwater on green roofs.

When assessing BMPs (Best Managing Practices) for stormwater retention in urban areas, you should consider solutions that use readily available roof space, are easy to install, work reliably long term, and are simply beautiful.

But Homestead Economics has a neat video of their rainwater garden system, which collects stormwater runoff from a long dirt driveway, diverts it to carefully designed grow beds surrounded by a berm, and then collects any excess water in a retention pond for future irrigation.

The city's urban forest was estimated to supply billions of dollars» worth of free stormwater retention and filtration and millions of dollars in energy savings per year, according to a 2012 report by a collaboration of Forest Service and University of Washington researchers.