| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 45.68 |
| Liaison | Lindsay Walker |
| Submission Date | Aug. 28, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Humber College
OP-23: Stormwater Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Lindsay
Walker Sustainability Manager Facilities Management |
Does the institution have a policy, plan, and/or strategies to reduce stormwater runoff from new development projects? :
Does the institution have a policy, plan, and/or strategies to reduce stormwater runoff from ongoing campus operations? :
A brief description of the institution's stormwater management initiatives:
New buildings are designed with water efficiency in mind and water use is monitored in all facilities to help track and manage times of peak demand. We also reduce the amount of water used in grounds maintenance by introducing sustainable landscape designs.
Our North campus Arboretum is part of the Sustainable Sites Initiative (http://www.sustainablesites.org), an interdisciplinary partnership led by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas in Austin and the United States Botanic Garden to transform land development and management practices with the nation's first voluntary rating system for sustainable landscapes, with or without buildings. As these guidelines become the accepted practices by professionals and nonprofessionals alike, they will transform the ways we design and build on the land, creating landscapes that nourish life for generations to come.
The website URL where information about the institution's stormwater management initiatives, plan or policy is available:
Does the institution have a living or vegetated roof?:
A brief description of the institution's living or vegetated roof:
Our Lakeshore Commons L-Building has a green roof which is comprised of 2 beds, totaling 1,863 square feet.
At our North Campus, the Centre for Urban Ecology building has a green roof which is 7,000 square feet. It has 15 different of species of sedum plants.
Does the institution have porous paving?:
A brief description of the institution's porous paving:
We have two areas at our North Campus that have porous paving. One within parking lot #7 and the other is outside the student concourse.
Does the institution have retention ponds?:
A brief description of the institution's retention ponds:
Outflow from our North Campus goes into a catchment and retention pond (named “Canoe Pond”). Sediment is allowed to settle here, and then overflow water drains into Humber River.
Does the institution have stone swales?:
A brief description of the institution's stone swales:
We have several stone swales throughout the campus.
Does the institution have vegetated swales?:
A brief description of the institution's vegetated swales:
We have several vegetated swales throughout the campus.
Does the institution employ any other technologies or strategies for stormwater management?:
A brief description of other technologies or strategies for stormwater management employed:
The Centre for Urban Ecology building has a 10,000 litre cistern that collects rainwater overrun from the roof. The water is used to water areas of the gardens around the building.
Rainwater from our greenhouse building is captured in 2 containers which is then pumped and used to irrigate the plants inside the greenhouse.
Our Arboretum also has a number of rain gardens with more to be built in the future by our landscape design diploma students.
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