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The Triple-Bottom-Line Beauty of Green InfrastructureMarch 11, 2016
New Jersey Future | Redevelopment Forum 2016 The Triple-Bottom-Line Beauty of Green Infrastructure
The Triple-Bottom-Line Beauty of Green InfrastructureGreen Infrastructure is about stormwater management first and foremost, but its broader environmental, societal and economic benefits also are powerful. Panelists will present case studies and professional perspectives that shed light on costs and benefits, how to manage innovation risk and how to add social and economic value to the stormwater-management value of green infrastructure
Eric Rothman, President, HR&A Advisors (Moderator)Michele Adams, PE, President, Meliora DesignRuss D. Dudley PE LEED AP, Environmental Engineer, Tetra TechChristopher Franklin, Director of Construction, Brandywine Realty TrustMatthew Testa LEEP AP, Director of Construction, Bijou PropertiesNew Jersey Future: Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure
New Jersey Future | Redevelopment Forum 2016 The Triple-Bottom-Line Beauty of Green Infrastructure
HR&A is a real estate and economic development consulting firm working at the intersection of the public and private sector. Our work transforms communities and revitalizes urban environments in the United States and abroad.
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Stormwater is the fastest growing source of water pollution in the world. Centralized stormwater systems demand significant capital investment.
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Green infrastructure systems manage stormwater locally.
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Washington, D.C. Detroit
The different economic and regulatory environments in Washington, D.C. and Detroit provide unique challenges to implementing green infrastructure.
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Washington, D.C. Detroit
D.C.’s development boom is market-driven; new development in Detroit requires subsidy.
Regardless of local real estate market health, investment in green stormwater systems has a relatively minimal impact on development economics.Barriers are largely logistical, institutional, and cultural.
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