Infrastructure

Philadelphia will host the 2011 CitiesAlive conference from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3; the event brings together members of the green roof and green wall industry for workshops, meetings and tours....

The Mayor's Office of Sustainability reports that the 250-kilowatt solar array at PWD's Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant has generated enough electricity to power 2.7 houses for a year....

The construction of an underground storage basin at Venice Island is underway, and demolition of the existing recreation facilities is complete....

Seven projects in the Schuylkill River watershed will receive funding from the Schuylkill River Restoration Fund to improve water quality and address remediation issues....

The green roof on PECO's building in Center City (pictured above) is certainly one way that businesses practice good stormwater management....

Last week we lauded the German engineering that went into the Tempelhof Wasserpark student design project for the Berlin Airport, but we neglected to mention another award-winning planning project that's closer to home:...

The Philadelphia Low Impact Development Symposium kicked off yesterday with a keynote presentation by Philadelphia Water Department Commissioner Howard Neukrug; the speech focused on Philly's green infrastructure, its relationship to recent flooding conditions, and PWD's focus on helping low-income customers manage stormwater....

A feature story in this week's issue of Time Magazine (above), "Street Smarts," highlights America's aging infrastructure crisis and Philadelphia's "smarter" approach:...

The Philadelphia Water Department's green infrastructure projects—tree trenches, rain gardens, porous paving and planters, just to name a few—are designed to store and infiltrate stormwater runoff into the ground....

A portion of the porous concrete sidewalk in front of East Germantown's Waterview Recreation Center was replaced yesterday; the surface of the sidewalk was spalling, or breaking apart....