| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 47.15 |
| Liaison | Sarah Leola Hunt |
| Submission Date | Feb. 26, 2024 |
University of North Carolina, Pembroke
OP-22: Rainwater Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.50 / 2.00 |
Courtney
Page Energy and Sustainability Coordinator Facilities Operations |
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Which of the following best describes the institution’s approach to rainwater management?:
No written policies, plans or guidelines, but green infrastructure and LID practices are used
A brief description of the institution’s green infrastructure and LID practices:
The Office of Sustainability and Facilities Management are in the process of developing a policy on rainwater management as part of a comprehensive set of design and construction guidelines. However, in the meantime our campus has adopted LEED Silver, Two Green Globes or equivalent as our minimum standard for sustainable development.
A copy of the institution’s rainwater management policy, plan, and/or guidelines:
A brief description of the institution’s rainwater management policy, plan, and/or guidelines that supports the responses above:
Conventional site development disrupts natural hydrological systems and watersheds through impervious surfaces, soil compaction, loss of vegetation, and loss of natural drainage patterns. The cumulative effect of these changes is disruption to the natural water balance and water flow. Typically, a conventional site’s rainwater management technique is to address runoff by piping and conveying it as quickly as possible into centralized, large facilities at the base of drainage areas. However, such a strategy, although intended to prevent flooding and promote efficient drainage, can harm watersheds: it increases the volume, temperature, peak flow, and duration of runoff, eroding streams and causing other ecological damage. Green infrastructure (GI) and low-impact development (LID) rainwater management strategies and techniques improve upon that conventional approach by mimicking a site’s natural hydrology. Rainwater is treated as a resource rather than a waste product. The approaches and techniques in this credit involve minimizing disturbed areas on the project site, limiting the amount of impervious cover on a site, and then infiltrating, filtering, storing, evaporating, or detaining rainwater runoff at or close to its source.
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