Waste Not: Philadelphia Turns Sewage Into Energy
April 17, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
The big news around here is, as Forbes Magazine so elegantly put it, Hot Poop. More specifically, what hot poop can do for energy costs.
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Green Streets Start With Clean Streets
January 25, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
As public-service campaigns go, the Streets Department’s UnLitter Us initiative is making a huge impact around the city.
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 →Porous Repouring At Waterview Rec Center
September 20, 2011 | 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.
Read More →This Place Is BMPing: Wises Mill Run Stormwater Wetland
September 9, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Wises Mill Run, a tributary of Wissahickon Creek, is a waterway that’s severely impacted by stormwater flows. After storms, the nearby neighborhood’s storm sewers discharge a large volume of water into Wises Mill Run, resulting in erosion of the creek’s bed.
Read More →Philly’s First Porous Street 1, Hurricane Irene 0
September 6, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
We’ll have a more detailed post in the coming week concerning the performance of Philadelphia’s green stormwater infrastructure during Hurricane Irene, but the preliminary report from Percy Street—the city’s first porous street, unveiled in June—indicates a unanimous victory for this green project:
Read More →Wrecking The Rec Center
September 1, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Even if you don’t care about stormwater management (and it’s our sworn duty to insist you really should), who doesn’t like to watch stuff get wrecked?
Read More →The Big News: Venice Island
August 18, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Beginning next week, Manayunk’s Venice Island—a strip of land situated between the Manayunk Canal and the Schuylkill River—will undergo a $46 million makeover that includes the construction of an underground storage basin, a new performing arts center, a children’s play area and a new parking lot.
Read More →The Big Green Map Gets An Upgrade
August 4, 2011 | webmaster
The Big Green Map is now bigger, greener and … mappier.
Read More →Sixty Square Feet of Inspiration
July 25, 2011 | Public Affairs
It’s been almost a month since we last mentioned PWD’s green roof bus shelter at 15th and Market, and now that the novelty has died down, you might be wondering what all the fuss was about. After all, it’s only 60 square feet of green roof—how much of a difference can it really make?
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