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Light Imprint for Sustainability & Community Design. Andrew Stoeckinger Bluegrass PRIDE 3/21/2001. Light Imprint Handbook : Integrating Sustainability & Community Design. Website: www.LightImprint.org Utilizes 60 techniques for: Paving streets and sidewalks
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Light Imprint Handbook: Integrating Sustainability & Community Design
- Website: www.LightImprint.org
- Utilizes 60 techniques for:
- Paving streets and sidewalks
- Channeling and storing water
- Filtering surface runoff
- Mitigates environmental impacts
- Makes communities more beautiful and livable
- Pedestrian-friendly design
- Economical results
Light Imprint Approach
- Compact and connected design
- Respects nature and existing site terrain
- Emphasizes importance of public civic spaces
- Addresses stormwater runoff through:
- Natural drainage
- Innovative infiltration practices
- Incorporated with conventional engineering, as needed
- Breakdown of site into transects
- Four LID categories: Paving, Channelizing, Storage, & Filtration
- Urban to Rural
Light Imprint Transects
- Provides information on:
- Appropriateness of BMPs
- Initial Costs
- Long-term maintenance factors
- Soil: Poor Drainage (Rock /Clay); Medium Drainage (Silt/Loam); Good Drainage (Loam/Sand)
- Slope conditions: Flat (0 – 8 %); Moderate (8 – 15 %); Steep (>15 %)
- Climate: Cold; Temperate; Hot; Dry; Moderately Wet; Wet
Grated Tree Well
Purification Biotope
Green Finger
Light Imprint/Conventional Comparison
Source: “Choosing a Green Infrastructure Framework? Consider Light Imprint.” Stormwater: The Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals. March/April 2011. www.stormh2o.com
Light Imprint/Conventional Comparison
Source: “Choosing a Green Infrastructure Framework? Consider Light Imprint.” Stormwater: The Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals. March/April 2011. www.stormh2o.com
