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{{Clickable button|[[File:Edwards Garden.PNG|130 px|link=https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2016/08/Edwards-Gardens.pdf]]}}
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This report by TRCA highlights the multiple LID installations located at Edwards Gardens, a botanical garden located at 777 Lawrence Avenue East in Toronto, Ontario and owned by the city. The retrofit of the Edwards Gardens parking lot introduces several new technologies to add to the existing Low Impact Development (LID) practices onsite – an extensive [[Green roof]] and a [[Rainwater harvesting]] system, alogn wioth [[Bioretention]], [[Permeable pavers]], [[Infiltration trenches]], [[Exfiltration trenches]], and [[Swales]]. The stormwater management benefits of the LID practices implemented onsite help to improve the quality and reduce the volume of runoff discharging to Wilket Creek, nearby. To read more about the various LID practices at Edwards Gardens and their performance, click the button above.
This report by TRCA highlights the multiple LID installations located at Edwards Gardens, a botanical garden located at 777 Lawrence Avenue East in Toronto, Ontario and owned by the city. The retrofit of the Edwards Gardens parking lot introduces several new technologies to add to the existing Low Impact Development (LID) practices onsite – an extensive [[Green roof]] and a [[Rainwater harvesting]] system, along with [[Bioretention]], [[Permeable pavement]], [[Infiltration trenches]], [[Exfiltration trenches]], and [[Swales]]. The stormwater management benefits of the LID practices implemented onsite help to improve the quality and reduce the volume of runoff discharging to Wilket Creek, nearby. To read more about the various LID practices at Edwards Gardens and their performance, click the button above.
{{Clickable button|[[File:Fieldgate commercial property.PNG|130 px|link=https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2015/07/Creekside-Crossing.pdf]]}}
{{Clickable button|[[File:Fieldgate commercial property.PNG|130 px|link=https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2015/07/Creekside-Crossing.pdf]]}}
The PORTICO Community Church site, located in Mississauga, ON. was one of the first site to develop an LID parking lot in the province, in accordance with [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2013/01/LID-SWM-Guide-v1.0_2010_1_no-appendices.pdf|CVC/TRCA LID Stormwater Guidelines]. The 2 hectare parking lot at Portico Community Church features [[Permeable pavement]], [[Bioretention]] and two [[Bioswales]]. These LID features help to treat and reduce runoff flowing into the Credit River. Read more about this site and how the church , CVC and volunteers worked together to set up an ongoing maintenance schedule for the LID installations mentioned by clicking the button above.
The PORTICO Community Church site, located in Mississauga, ON. was one of the first site to develop an LID parking lot in the province, in accordance with [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2013/01/LID-SWM-Guide-v1.0_2010_1_no-appendices.pdf|CVC/TRCA LID Stormwater Guidelines]. The 2 hectare parking lot at Portico Community Church features [[Permeable pavement]], [[Bioretention]] and two [[Bioswales]]. These LID features help to treat and reduce runoff flowing into the Credit River. Read more about this site and how the church , CVC and volunteers worked together to set up an ongoing maintenance schedule for the LID installations mentioned by clicking the button above.
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O’Connor Park is located on Bala Drive in the west end of Mississauga, ON. in the Sawmill Creek subwatershed, that later flows into the Credit River and Lake Ontario. The primary LID installation completed in the park were [[Bioretention]], [[Bioswales]], [[Permeable pavement]], and [[Infiltration trenches]], running along the soccer fields on site that later drains into the pre-existing small natural [[Wetlands]] and nearby pond. The O’Connor Park
Development Project Team received the Brenda Sakauye Environment Award in recognition of the park’s advancement of the City of Mississauga’s Living Green Master Plan, as well as the 2012 Mississauga Urban Design Award of Merit for Community Scale, Living Green, Innovation and Execution. Learn more about the award-winning design that went into O'Connor Park by clicking the button above.
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The South End divisions, located in Guelph, ON. (Clairfields, Westminster Woods and Pine Ridge subdivisions) were a new development site that also includes a number of green demonstration homes, including Canada’s first LEED Platinum home and a water efficient Blue Built Home, built with [[Infiltration trenches]] in the backyards of the homes. Throughout much of the subdivisions, stormwater runoff is collected from the roadways using typical catchbasins and piping. However, rather than discharging to a stormwater management pond, the runoff is directed to large-scale [[Bioretention]] facilities, known as “greenways. Learn more about the use of "greenways" by clicking the button above.
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The Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga (UCM) is located on South Service Road within the Cooksville Creek Watershed. that drains into Lake Ontario. The site sits on sandy soils, which are ideal conditions for low impact development practices that infiltrate stormwater. A large [[Bioretention]] cell was constructed in the center of the parking lot. The bioretention cell filters and absorbs rainwater running off the parking lot. The bioretention cell is also landscaped with many native plants that create habitat for the numerous bird and insect species on the site. [[Filter strips]], were added a year after construction of the site, which successfully stabilized the
edge and eliminated most of the erosion issues occurring around the edge of the bioretention facility.
{{Clickable button|[[File:Unitarian congregation.PNG|130 px|link=https://cvc.ca/wp-content/uploads//2021/07/CaseStudy_Unitarian_Final.pdf]]}}
The Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga (UCM) is located on South Service Road within the Cooksville Creek Watershed. that drains into Lake Ontario. The site sits on sandy soils, which are ideal conditions for low impact development practices that infiltrate stormwater. A large [[Bioretention]] cell was constructed in the center of the parking lot. The bioretention cell filters and absorbs rainwater running off the parking lot. The bioretention cell is also landscaped with many native plants that create habitat for the numerous bird and insect species on the site. [[Filter strips]], were added a year after construction of the site, which successfully stabilized the
edge and eliminated most of the erosion issues occurring around the edge of the bioretention facility.
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An Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) carpool parking lot was constructed in 2010 in the community of Beamsville. The site included, four [[Bioretention]] cells to manage stormwater runoff. The site also incorporates a test strip of special [[Permeable pavement]] containing recycled material, referred to as “rubber modified asphalt”. The bioretention cells were installed to add aesthetic value while offering an enhanced level of stormwater management compared to a conventional parking lot. The project received the 2011 Recognition Award from the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario. To learn more about the performance of the bioretention cells and the permeable concrete paver strip click the button above.
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An Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) carpool parking lot was constructed in 2010 in the community of Beamsville. The site included, four [[Bioretention]] cells to manage stormwater runoff. The site also incorporates a test strip of special [[Permeable pavement]] containing recycled material, referred to as “rubber modified asphalt”. The bioretention cells were installed to add aesthetic value while offering an enhanced level of stormwater management compared to a conventional parking lot. The project received the 2011 Recognition Award from the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario. To learn more about the performance of the bioretention cells and the permeable concrete paver strip click the button above.
Read more about [[Bioretention]] here.
Read more about [[Bioretention]] here.