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KC water department gets $1.4M for 'green' storm-water project |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-12-12
The Kansas City Water Services Department has received a $1.4 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for "green" storm-water infrastructure improvements in conjunction with the Beacon Hill Redevelopment Project.
The project, west of Bruce R. Watkins Drive from 22nd to 27th streets, will include features such as rain gardens and landscaped, graded areas built with a special soil mix that absorbs and filters storm-water runoff, the department said in a release Wednesday. The landscaping helps reduce storm-water runoff, removes pollutants and replenishes the aquifer.
The department will work with residents to design and build rain gardens on 50 sites throughout the project area.
For more information, go to 'Green' storm-water project
Source: Kansas City Business Journal, December 10, 2008 |
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 September 2009 00:34 |
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A Street Block in KC's Inner City May Soon Become "21st Century Green" |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-12-04
Planners and residents include urban agriculture in neighborhood revitalization plan
By: Joey Pruett and Jacob Wagner, Ph.D.
Over the past year, the Urban Planning and Design program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) has formed a partnership with the Washington Wheatley Neighborhood Association in Kansas City's Third District. The purpose of the partnership has been to develop a neighborhood action plan that would lead to a series of catalytic projects for neighborhood revitalization.
One such project envisioned in the plan is a newly-created "21st Century Green Block", a neighborhood demonstration project that would include urban agriculture, environmental education, a green roof, energy-efficient buildings and more. Other projects include rain gardens, community gardens and native plant gardens on nearby school grounds.
For more information, go to 21st Century Green Block
Source: Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 September 2009 00:32 |
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Landmark International Green Building Study Finds Benefits of Building Green Outweigh Cost Premium |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-12-07
A landmark international study on the costs and benefits of green buildings finds that energy and water savings alone outweigh the initial cost premium in most green buildings and that green buildings cost, on average, less than 2% more to build than conventional non-green buildings. This stands in contrast to public perception, such as a 2007 survey by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, which found that business leaders believe green buildings to be on average 17% more expensive than conventionally designed buildings
The study, Greening Buildings and Communities: Costs and Benefits, also finds that an average size green office creates at least one-third of a permanent job per year, equal to $1/square foot (sf) of value in increased employment, compared to a comparable non-green building, and that the continued rapid growth in green building is creating tens of thousands of new jobs. Additionally, the study found that productivity and health benefits are a major motivating factor for building green.
For more information, go to Benefits of Building Green
Source: Law & Health Weekly |
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 September 2009 00:33 |
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LEED progress not enough to curb climate change |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-12-03
Green buildings are having a positive effect on saving energy, water, land, materials, and indoor environments, but the progress is insufficient to adequately curb global climate change, according to the "Green Building Impact Report," coauthored by Rob Watson, executive editor of GreenerBuildings.com, and Elizabeth Balkan.
The report is the first integrated assessment of LEED's impact on energy, water, land, materials, and indoor environments, and the first to assess how much green buildings have improved the environment.
According to the report, the carbon footprint of commercial buildings in the U.S. will need to decline each year by about 1.6% to reach a reduction goal of 80% by 2050. LEED buildings are already ahead of this goal, according to the report, but the entire building sector needs to hit these marks to have a real impact on global warming.
For more information, go to Green Building Impact Report
Source: Building Design and Construction, December 3, 2008 |
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 September 2009 00:31 |
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