Sentences with phrase «rainwater storage»

The edges of the pool were ground down, and the rest of the concrete form was retrofitted with a rainwater storage system.

Besides the usual pictures, maps and details about alternative energy technologies for each site, the guide will list eco-friendly features such as urban chickens, electric cars, rainwater storage systems and the like.

Adjacent to the Highland Park Country Club, the Skokie River Woods property is owned by the City of Highland Park and managed by the Park District of Highland Park as open space with wetlands and wooded areas providing open space, habitat, natural rainwater storage and infiltration in the North Branch Chicago River watershed.

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Landscape architects and contractors with in - house design facilities will offer a number of storage solutions, from a walk - in timber storage unit, complete with its own «green roof» to prevent rainwater run - off and create a focus for biodiversity, to seating with built - in storage beneath it.

Many of the examples used in the Earthship model can be reproduced in houses throughout the community to provide natural heating without electricity and a more reliable water supply through rainwater catchment and storage for cooking and for growing crops.

As described by Fasullo (2013), GRACE satellite observations detected increased groundwater storage caused by higher rates of rainwater falling on endorheic basins, primarily in Australia.

The 60 page guide includes both simple systems that redirect rainwater for landscape watering, as well as complex systems that include storage.

The floating roof on an oil storage tank collected so much rainwater that the sheer weight caused it to partially collapse, resulting in a large volume of toxic air emissions.

McInnes told us the firm is currently working on a tiny home that draws inspiration from the Victorian era and includes features like a roof - based rainwater catchment system and secret compartments for food and weapons storage.

A wall - mounted Dickinson woodstove and Envi unit provides heat; a four - panel, 940 - watt solar panel array provides power; there's the requisite composting toilet; and there's a rainwater harvesting and storage system that provides filtered water for bathing and washing.

The arches also collect rainwater which can be directed to above or below ground storage.

In true hybrid style, based on the Toyota Prius concept of efficiency, the home design combines pre-engineered building with energy conservation features such as a solar home shading system, a movable living green roof, and a 10,000 gallon water storage tank plus a separate 3,000 gallon tank for rainwater harvesting capability.

On the engineering side, their developments included rainwater cropping, filtration and storage; the construction of surface and underground irrigation channels, including devices to measure the quantity of water stored (Figure 13.4)(Treacy, 1994; Wright and Valencia Zegarra, 2000; Caran and Nelly, 2006).