A Rain Garden Grows in Germantown
November 8, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
On Saturday, Germantown’s Vernon Park debuted its new rain garden as part of the citywide Love Your Park clean-up campaign.
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Philadelphia Hosts CitiesAlive Conference Nov. 30 – Dec. 3
October 27, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
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.
Read More →Tonight: Clean Water Is Good Business
October 20, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
The green roof on PECO’s building in Center City (pictured above) is certainly one way that businesses practice good stormwater management.
Read More →Award-Winning Design: Envisioning Francisville’s Future
September 29, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
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:
Read More →Notes From The LID Symposium
September 27, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
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.
Read More →Philly Green Infrastructure in Time Magazine
| Matthew Fritch
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:
Read More →Storage Wars: Philadelphia’s Green Infrastructure Takes On Lee and Irene
September 22, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
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.
Read More →You’re Invited: Green Building Council Honors PWD Commish
September 21, 2011 | Public Affairs
Congratulations to Philadelphia Water Department Commissioner Howard Neukrug, who has been selected to receive the Delaware Valley Green Building Council’s (DVGBC) 2011 Leadership Award.
Read More →PARK(ing) Shots
September 20, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Meetings were held. Lunches were eaten. Books were browsed. PARK(ing) Day 2011 was a huge success throughout Philadelphia, as approximately 30 organizations installed temporary parks in metered parking spaces on Friday.
Read More →Porous Repouring At Waterview Rec Center
| Matthew Fritch
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.
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