Sentences with phrase «low impact development»

We are working within the watershed to find cost - effective stormwater solutions, with a focus on Low Impact Development, or LID, which works with nature rather than against it.

As part of Mass Audubon's ongoing work in the Blackstone River Watershed, five communities have been selected to receive technical assistance for local Low Impact Development (LID) and land use planning projects to improve water quality and stormwater management.

The goal of this project is to introduce public and municipal officials to a more natural approach to land management through Low Impact Development (LID) and native plants.

Explore the current community projects, including Low Impact Development outreach and the MAPPR conservation tool.

Developers lag behind municipalities because low impact development goes against the status quo, Carpenter said.

Set on the beachfront on a hidden stretch of sands, Koyao Island is a great example of how to blend luxury with low impact development.

The park authorities then entered into a ten year struggle to evict the community, before finally giving up and accepting this as a model form of low impact development.

As part of this project, we are providing community workshops and training on our new conservation mapping tool, and working with local officials to train them on Low Impact Development (LID), the use of green infrastructure, and helping towns comply with the state's new water supply permitting rules.

Low Impact Development (LID) is a category of green infrastructure that works with nature to manage stormwater and decrease the impact of development on surface and groundwater.

Mass Audubon has received a $ 25,900 grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET) for our work educating children and adults throughout central Massachusetts on improving water quality and habitat, focusing on the use of cost - effective Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development.

The groups will also work directly with local officials to train them on Low Impact Development (LID), the use of green infrastructure, and to help towns comply with the state's new water supply permitting rules.

Low Impact Development can provide cost - effective solutions for stormwater management and green design.

Excerpt: «With healthier outcomes with more parks, lowered impact development, light rail, mitigated sediment management with mechanical conveyance to above reservoir, Los Angeles River and Sunland - Tujungsa watershed revitalization, net - zero energy building, transit - oriented development, mixed use, pedestrian - friendly communities.»

«There's a big misconception that low impact development will cost a lot more money,» he said.

«Low impact development is not very prevalent at all,» Carpenter said.

Low Impact Development (LID) uses various land planning and design practices and technologies to simultaneously conserve and protect natural resource systems and reduce infrastructure costs.

Now part of the EPA's guidelines for watershed management, these practices are also tied closely to low impact development.

Planning permission for the community became possible when the Pembrokeshire County Council implemented a «low impact development» policy, requiring a high level of self - sufficiency in local households» use of resources.

One approach to managing stormwater runoff from rooftops is the low impact development technology called green roofs.