http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/05/04/next-generation-design/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:39:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/05/04/next-generation-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2857 Inhabitat » Blog Archive » GREEN BUILDING 101: Water Efficiency Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:53:31 +0000 http://www.vineetsc.com/wp_inhabitat/wordpress/?p=427#comment-2857 [...] If you’re a regular reader, you know we take every opportunity to promote green roofs — which are a great way to utilize rain water and divert it from running off-site. Other rain catchment systems can be devised in the form of botanical facades, and modular permeable pavement. Whatever you can do to make use of rain and wastewater means you spare your city sewers from an overflow of contaminated water, and you end up with a more fertile, verdant garden. [...] [...] If you’re a regular reader, you know we take every opportunity to promote green roofs — which are a great way to utilize rain water and divert it from running off-site. Other rain catchment systems can be devised in the form of botanical facades, and modular permeable pavement. Whatever you can do to make use of rain and wastewater means you spare your city sewers from an overflow of contaminated water, and you end up with a more fertile, verdant garden. [...]

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