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Sustainable site design strategies: Rainwater management

Sustainable site design strategies: Rainwater management

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Sustainable site design strategies: Rainwater management

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- [Narrator] Green fields are increasingly replaced with impervious surfaces in many parts of the world, disrupting natural hydrological systems, resulting in floods and erosion that pollute water bodies. The LEED rating system addresses this issue by rewarding projects points for rainwater management. LEED Credit Rainwater Management was previously named Stormwater Management. The reason that the name of this credit was changed is to encourage building professionals to approach rainwater as a desired resource, rather than an unwanted consequence of a rain event. LEED Credit Rainwater Management encourages reduction of run-off volume and improved water quality by mimicking nature. Conventional stormwater infrastructure collects run-off from buildings and hard surfaces and treats it in off-side facilities. A well thought out site design can handle rainfall on its own, instead of counting on a conventional stormwater infrastructure. This can be done by one, or a combination of, various…

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