Permeable Surfaces

Inside Philadelphia's New Water Management System

This infographic explains the new green techniques that will revise the way Philadelphia catches and processes stormwater.

31 August 2011 - 7:00am

OnEarth Magazine

UniverCity — A Model Sustainable Community

Extensive walking and bicycle paths are part of green community planning; permeably paved streets lined with bioswales returning 97 percent of runoff to the watershed are part of award-winning innovation in green community planning. But the streets were just one of the creative features that won UniverCity its APA National Planning Excellence Award. The project of Simon Fraser University's SFU Community Trust is home to a community of exclusively multi-family buildings, including a buildingwith solar-boosted hot water and 20 300-foot-deep, liquid-filled geo-exchange wells that draw heat from the earth.

19 February 2010 - 11:30am

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Chicago Alleys Go Permeable

As part of a plan to utilize the city's rainwater and recycle it back to lake Michigan, Chicago has been renovating its 13,00 alleys to become permeable surfaces, where rainwater can soak back into the ground. 40 alleys have been redone so far.

30 June 2008 - 2:00pm

CNN