He said it would have a couple acres less impervious surface than would a car dealership and 46 percent of the 12.1 acres would be open space, including “a stormwater-management pond to prevent pollution from getting into Cub Run. And a data center would have far less daily vehicle trips....
aExample: Strategy U-23 discusses creating stormwater management areas to reduce flooding and downstream pollution. Is there a specific location on Duquesne’s campus that could really benefit from stormwater management strategies? What kind would work best in that area, and why? 例子: 战略U-23...
TheCity of Seattleis helping residents reduce stormwater runoff through its RainWise Rebate Program. If you qualify, the City of Seattle will pay up to 100% of the cost of installing rain gardens and cisterns, based on how many square feet of roof runoff is controlled. More info:RainWise –...
Marginal mitigation costs\(dC/dq= q \kappa /s\), however, decrease withs. This assumption (which will be generalized below) is important for the remainder of the paper. It is reasonable when assuming that larger cities dispose over a larger set of abatement options, and is also used for ...
The environmental crisis, and hence green building design, revolve around a wide range of issues: habitat destruction, stormwater run-off, air pollution, climate change, and resource use. However, the on-going consumption of energy to operate, condition, and light a building, as well as the ...
Moral of the story is the same as usual: California is a climate leader. And still, we have a long way to go. It’s not just government that needs to step up. Other public and private institutions need to show leadership, too: Google is trying to re...
SeeDouglas A. Mittenberger,Development on the Banks of the Letort Spring Run: What Can Be Done to Save Pennsylvania’s Waterways from Post Construction Stormwater Runoff?11Penn St. Envtl. L. Rev.127, 127 (2002). 35. Id.at 128 (“Studies of pollution in urban stormwater runoff, conducted...