Sentences with phrase «of rainwater harvesting»

But going the route of rainwater harvesting and diversion is a much better solution than launching a new energy intensive desalination plant.

At Casa Asia we strive to do our best not to aggravate this situation by trying to get a rational use of water, using a system of rainwater harvesting, catching water showers to water the plants, making separate refuse / trash collections and trying to limit the use of polluting detergents.

«These practices can improve understanding of rainwater harvesting and landscape management,» he said.

For this reason, this type of rainwater harvesting system is particularly recommendable in districts with high population densities, such as (in Barcelona) Sants, Verdun, Sagrada Família, Sant Antoni or el Guinardó, whose consumption of resources per m3 is up to 40 % lower than that of districts like Pedralbes, Sarrià, la Clota, el Bon Pastor, Vall d'Hebron or Vallvidrera.

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Food + Water > Water - Efficient Agriculture Techniques like effective rainwater harvesting and gravity powered irrigation allow for the continuation of high - yield agriculture while still saving water.

The head of the Murray Darling Basin Authority admits the authority is powerless to prevent upstream farmers harvesting rainwater desperately needed to flow through the river system for the benefit of all users.

When it comes to rainwater harvesting, the underlying proposition is very simple — the essential idea is collection of rainwater and then subsequently filtering and pumping it for further selective use.

«We are working on a new model that will help us account for soil moisture and other factors like the impact of timber harvesting on rainwater infiltration and the location of communities,» Stark said.

According to the thesis, apart from its environmental benefits, a rainwater harvesting system would allow an average saving of 119 Euros per year in the city of Barcelona, with savings ranging from 80 Euros and 158 Euros per year depending on the type of district (greater or lower population density in relation to the type of buildings).

The installation of domestic rainwater harvesting systems leads to substantial savings for families on detergents and other additives used for laundry purposes, and also makes a valuable contribution to reducing this activity's environmental impact.

This is one of the conclusions of a doctoral thesis presented recently by Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA - UAB) researcher Maria Violeta Vargas, in which she analyses the efficiency of domestic rainwater harvesting systems (RWH), quantifying their economic and environmental benefits.

Beyond the benefits to individual homeowners, rainwater harvesting can also be good for the local community, as it reduces the erosion, flooding and pollution runoff associated with heavy rainfall, and lessens reliance on public water supplies, alleviating some of the burden on utilities.

«We have a lot of capacity on our U.S. public lands to implement adaptation strategies,» he says, including restoring streams and seeps, and harvesting rainwater.

They're exploring a huge range of techniques including evapotransportation, decentralized rainwater harvesting, and revegetation / reforestation.

Attendees will learn about the design and installation of residential rainwater harvesting systems and appropriate turf and landscape species based on local conditions.

Through the construction of water supply systems in communities and rainwater harvesting systems in school compounds, Acqua for Life and Green Cross ensure community members, particularly women and children, have sustainable access to safe water.

Acqua for Life, launched in 2011, has in its first three years raised funds for the successful implementation of water pumps, wells and rainwater harvesting systems in more than 60 communities and schools in Ghana, Bolivia, Mexico and China, providing around 150 million litres of water per year.

analysis of small scale and intermediate technology projects such as rainwater harvesting and tanks, boreholes and pumps, fog water harvesting, smart irrigation and recycling 4.

At our factory we have adopted processes of utilising solar power, harvesting rainwater, waste minimisation, resource conservation, recycling and sustainable manufacturing decisions and processes.

To encourage sustainable thinking in its occupants, the «eco» features of the building are visible to the eye; its rainwater harvesting pipes are transparent and the ceilings show its sprinkler channels and acoustic cushions, so that pupils can see how things go together and work.

He also developed Michael Jones McKean's site - specific project The Rainbow: Certain Principles of Light and Shapes Between Forms, which produced rainbows in the sky over the Bemis Center through an integrated, sustainable system of harvesting and projecting rainwater.

CSH: Certain Principles of Light and Shapes Between Forms, which was the rainbow that you constructed from harvested and reclaimed rainwater at the Bemis Center for Contemporary art in Omaha, NE, and The Possibility of Men and the River Shallows, a large - scale installation made for Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO and DiverseWorks, Houston, TX are arguably your most well - know works to date.

With the news that the US State of Colorado has decided to make it legal for small farmers to collect rainwater - holding out the possibility that city dwellers, too, may one day be offered legal means to harvest rain - a tipping point approaches.

Zero water contamination would be generated this way and with effective rainwater harvesting, most of a community's water could be generated from annual rainfall.

One can create a more self - sufficient home through a variety of ways: it might mean installing a system of solar panels or a way to harvest rainwater, reuse graywater or find some way to incorporate the growing of food.

Every community that lacks an ample (foreseeably inexhaustible) supply of freshwater should consider rainwater harvesting, greywater recycling and encouraging the adoption of compost toileting.

However, Sabrina's RAINS proposal revisits the traditional Yemeni technique of harvesting rainwater from flat rooftops.

There's a green roof too, and the possibility of installing solar panels, to increase the home's energy performance; plus a rainwater harvesting system.

The grounds include green spaces, rainwater harvesting, plus greywater processing using «large basins of viticulture and lagoons of phyto - puration.»

In Tilwari, for example, water from a natural source was piped to a place in the village more accessible than hiking up a steep slope carrying a bucket of water — but the project also supported a rainwater harvesting initiative, where a family that is too far to benefit from the piped water has installed gutters on the roof of the house that direct water into a cistern that they keep underground behind the house.

Total spend per square metre was $ 1,225 inclusive of Vat, and that includes everything, from local authority contributions to the tarmac driveway, entrance gates, dry - stone walls, landscaping, rainwater harvesting and the sewerage treatment facility.

The design philosophy of these buildings promotes rainwater harvesting, maximum incorporation of natural lighting and use of recycling materials.

Green infrastructure can be integrated in urban and suburban landscapes in the form of street trees, permeable pavement, rain gardens, rainwater harvesting, and detention structures.

Likewise, you don't have to empty your bank account, cover your roof in solar panels, install components to harvest rainwater, or build a new house out of hay bales either.

The major outcome of the workshop will address how to integrate, water harvesting techniques to boost household food security, improve on - farm retention capacity, mobilize communities to harvest rainwater through river dams, earth dams and farming techniques as a foundation for successful tree planting and food security implementation.

More than 620,000 - square - feet of landscaped area has been irrigated by our three storm management cisterns that harvest up to one million liters of rainwater at a time.

(above, clockwise from top left) the walls of the eight units at Garville Drive were constructed from traditional concrete - block cavity - walls, with 100 mm of Xtratherm full - fill Cavitytherm board between the inner and outer leafs; Gyproc Airtite Quiet plaster behind 25 mm battens for the internal service cavity prior to installation of plasterboard, with airtightness detailing of key junctions using Siga tapes also visible; 150 mm Paratherm PIR insulation on the flat roof, part of a Moy extensive green roof system; a Kingspan Environmental rainwater harvesting system feeds garden garden taps at the development.

Three cisterns have been constructed underneath the parking lot to store one million litres of the harvested rainwater.

67 % of readers enquired about airtightness products, making it the most popular enquiry; Next came insulation on 65 %, with passive house & low energy build systems neck and neck with heat recovery ventilation on 57 %; 47 % of people enquired about rainwater harvesting, making it the most popular non-energy related category; 80 % of readers enquired about one or more types of renewable energy technology.

RISC plans to increase harvesting of rainwater, use to flush loos and supplement irrigation.

Additionally, rainwater is harvested and recycled, 92 % of main water consumption is reduced, and 100 % of wastewater is treated onsite.

Martin, in addition to rainwater harvesting, it would be great to have a conversation about what resilience looks like for a manufacturer of roofing products.

Driven by the intersection of sprawl & extended drought, and amplified by a citizenry's enduring fondness for «individual responsibility,» rainwater harvesting techniques are poised to spread, once freed from inflexible and counterproductive water management traditions stemming from the late 1800's.

This farm used to irrigate with well and municipal water, but artists Marjetica PotrÄ and Marguerite Kahrl have developed a solar powered rainwater harvesting system to gather the water from the roofs of the greenhouses.

A prominent oculus opening in the ceiling not only lets light in, but also helps to harvest rainwater for the proper functioning of the six toilets.

the concept of «harvesting» is also explored more literally, in the project, where the laneways and modpods will act as a venue for the harvesting of rainwater and urban farming food.

It will have rainwater harvesting, reedbed sewage systems, sedum roofs, recycled materials, a woodchip boiler and be built of responsibly - sourced timber.

The roof will harvest 1 million litres of rainwater annually.

Notwithstanding its green wall and rainwater harvesting, I was not impressed by the fact that Canada's Pavilion for shanghai was being designed by acrobats and jugglers instead of architects.

In addition to the intelligent configuration of interior spaces, the home also integrates a number of sustainable features, such as rainwater harvesting, geothermal heating and cooling, and heat recovery ventilation, in addition to employing passive solar design principles.