Green Roof Technology

MAY 27, 2021

An increasingly number of stormwater professionals recognize that Green Roofs are an excellent, the least expensive and most natural stormwater management tool with many added values for the environment we live in. Today’s trend moves away from insulating purposes (because that was wrong in the first place) to stormwater management.

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Green Roof Technology

MARCH 17, 2020

An increasingly number of stormwater professionals recognize that Green Roofs are an excellent, the least expensive and most natural stormwater management tool with many added values for the environment we live in. Today’s trend moves away from insulating purposes (because that was wrong in the first place) to stormwater management.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

Reusable bag or plastic bag? Both a rain garden and bioswale retain or slow the movement of water from the property, decreasing stormwater runoff. Both a rain garden and bioswale retain or slow the movement of water from the property, decreasing stormwater runoff. Rain garden or bioswale?

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Green Roof Technology

MAY 17, 2021

Their problem was stormwater management: Rules in Prince George’s County, Maryland, required them to detain the runoff from heavy rainstorms on-site, rather than divert it into municipal storm drains. ” The roof is also effective as a stormwater management system. “The solar green roof is designed to detain between 1.8

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Green Roof Technology

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Nevertheless the simple Green Roof systems (without plastics) lasted at least 3 decades without major maintenance and without any irrigation systems. There is no irrigation system, no single source warranty, very limited use of plastics and very limited maintenance. Look at the picture (from 2015) and tell me what you think.

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Green Roof Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Their problem was stormwater management: Rules in Prince George's County, Maryland, required them to detain the runoff from heavy rainstorms on-site, rather than divert it into municipal storm drains. The roof is also effective as a stormwater management system. The solar green roof is designed to detain between 1.8

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Grist

JULY 21, 2022

Unlike several other Earth Day weekend cleanups going on farther down the beach, this group has been given special instructions that will help them categorize and log everything they find, from food scraps and toys to tiny pieces of foil and, of course, many types of plastic. Is the trash from camping? Is it from fishing gear?

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

As a 9-mile tributary of the Chattahoochee River, Proctor Creek experiences both stormwater runoff and flooding. Related: Coca-Cola to offer Dasani water in aluminum cans and bottles to reduce plastic waste With the catchment system in operation, floating litter can be intercepted in the water runoff.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

Additionally, the strengthened tax builds investments in spending accounts for operations, capital, and stormwater prevention and cleanup of toxic pollution of sites, explicitly allowing use of funds for affordable housing sites developments. One percent of this goes to community participation grants.

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Green Roof Technology

APRIL 13, 2019

After this growing season the Mineral Wool (often combined with plastic) ends up on landfills. If engineers plan the use of succulents (like Sedums) such air-water ratio is even more important (emphasis on air). Engineers are not horticulturalists. Mineral Wool is widely used in nurseries for one-season vegetables.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

They have created a paint pouch that uses 80% less plastic than standard paint cans, and labels are made with 100% recycled paper. Smog Armor also sells paint by the can which is made from 100% recycled plastic and can be washed for reuse. Even Smog Armor’s packaging is designed to be as sustainable as possible.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

Under Cave’s fearless leadership, Opus 12 has forged partnerships with companies including NASA, SoCalGas and Shell to deliver products such as carbon negative plastics and jet fuel at scale. Molly Morse, founder and CEO, Mango Materials ( LinkedIn ) | Drawdown Solution No. 47 — Bioplastics. 43 — Aviation.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

So you better hurry up and rake them into plastic bags.” In wet climates like the Pacific Northwest, rain gardens help to capture and filter stormwater; in drought-stricken or desert climates, dryscaping could be favorable — an approach that focuses on water conservation with mulching and succulents. The leaves.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Reimagining the resource-intensive processes and materials used to make all that stuff — especially GHG-emitting steel, concrete, and plastic — will be one of the defining opportunities of the coming decades. As the global population grows, so too will the need to make more products and structures to support all those people.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 9, 2021

PFAS and PFOA, pharmaceuticals, micro-plastics). Stormwater management and flood resiliency solutions. We’re focused on designing out waste and pollution and keeping materials in use to tackle the 45% of emissions that come from how we make and use things like cement, plastics, steel, aluminum, and food.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 1, 2021

Danielle Jezienicki is the Director of Sustainability for Grove Collaborative , the leading digital-first brand & ecommerce platform for natural home and personal care products, and the world’s first plastic-neutral retailer. A certified B Corp, Grove serves hundreds of thousands of households in the U.S. every month.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

It’s not just about natural vistas and pristine mountains but also air quality, waste systems, stormwater runoff and whole urban systems. . Last summer, Ponomareva was part of the team that rolled out SFO’s plastic water bottle ban — the first such ban at a major U.S. million residents. The problem is that right now, we don’t.".

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