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Decreased Energy Demands
Decreased Energy Demands
Deciduous vegetation provides shading during summer months and direct light during winter months, effectively decreasing heating and cooling energy needs.
Reduced Infrastructure Costs
Reduced Infrastructure Costs
By using green infrastructure in conjunction with existing infrastructure to address environmental stresses, more involved and expensive gray infrastructure is not needed.
Sewage and Run-off Management
Sewage and Run-off Management
Wetlands and porous coverings redirect precipitation away from sewage systems. Other methods include:
Rain harvesting
Rain gardens
Street planters
Drought Resilience and Water Independence
Drought Resilience and Water Independence
Collecting rain water can be reused for non-potable uses including:
irrigation
toilet flushing
water-based cooling
References:
[Energy] SDOT Photos. A Walk in the Forest? Mature Street Trees Provide Shade and Lovely Canopy. photo, 13 July 2017, https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdot_photos/35066832824/.
[Cost] South Wetlands Park Project. https://www.delawareriverwaterfront.com/planning/projects3/south-wetlands-park-project. Accessed 16 May 2022.
[Sewage] TonyTheTiger. Magnificent Mile Garden Planter (with Visible Median Planter). 19 May 2007, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20070513_Magnificent_Mile_Garden_Planter.JPG. Transfered from en.wikipedia (Original text : own picture).
[Drought] Install a Rain Barrel | New Castle County, DE - Official Website. https://www.newcastlede.gov/1828/Install-a-rain-barrel. Accessed 16 May 2022.
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