“Infiltration is so high that there hasn’t been any water captured in the monitoring wells.The PICP is performing adequately being subject to parked cars, traffic and street sweeping."
- Steve Townsen, P.E.
City Engineer - Portland, OR
“Entering a parking lot should be the beginning of a pleasant experience when you arrive at a site and/or building. Parking lots should be ‘parking gardens’ with trees, other vegetation, color, texture and variety. Besides creating a sustainable drainage system that supports plants, permeable interlocking concrete pavement improves the character of parking area, thereby supporting the parking garden idea.”
- Jay Womack, ASLA, LEED® AP,
Director of Sustainable Design with Wight & Company-Darien, Illinois
The effects of sustainable building practices on a community include social benefits such as a greater sense of community, increased aesthetics, more educational opportu
