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Todd Lane Improvements Ben White to St. Elmo Green Roads Certification

Todd Lane Improvements Ben White to St. Elmo Green Roads Certification. 07/18/2014. Sasobit Warm Mix Asphalt I-90 near George, WA 23 June 2008. TM. What can Greenroads do? Define what roadway project features contribute to sustainability.

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Todd Lane Improvements Ben White to St. Elmo Green Roads Certification

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  1. Todd Lane Improvements Ben White to St. Elmo Green Roads Certification 07/18/2014

  2. Sasobit Warm Mix Asphalt I-90 near George, WA 23 June 2008 TM What can Greenroads do? • Define what roadway project features contribute to sustainability. • Provide an accounting tool for sustainability benchmarking. • Communicate sustainability efforts to key stakeholders. • Help manage and improve roadway sustainability. • Stimulate the market for sustainable practices and products Overall goal: improve roadway sustainability

  3. What are the benefits of greening our roads? Greenroads do good things: • Lower lifecycle costs • Lower user cost • Healthier communities and people • Reduced environmental impacts

  4. What’s inside? • Each Project Requirement or Voluntary Credit has these: • Goal • Requirements to meet the credit intent • Documentation to submit • Supporting information • Suggested approaches and strategies • Examples • Potential issues • Research • Glossary • References • Relationships to related credits, sustainability components and measureable benefits

  5. Certification Levels Version 1.5: 108 Voluntary Credit Points 64+ points 32-42 points 43-53 points 54-63 points PR + 30% VC PR + 40% VC PR + 50% VC PR + 60% VC

  6. Project Requirements

  7. PR-8 Low Impact Development Use low-impact development (LID) stormwater management solutions where appropriate to better mimic pre-development hydrological conditions. • Modified Curb Inlet (Type G-1R) Storm Runoff Rain Garden Storm Runoff Back View Front Side View

  8. Environment & Water

  9. EW-3 Runoff Quality Improve water quality of stormwater runoff leaving the roadway Right-of-Way (ROW).

  10. Access & Equity

  11. AE-5 Pedestrian Access Promote walkable communities by providing or improving pedestrian facilities.

  12. Construction Activities

  13. Materials & Resources

  14. Pavement Technologies

  15. Custom Credits

  16. Greenroads Categories: Version 1.5

  17. Certification Process

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