Green Infrastructure

Green infrastructure uses vegetation, soils, and natural processes to manage water and create healthier urban environments. The school ground is the perfect place to implement green initiatives, simultaneously creating a more sustainable environment and a great educational opportunity. Many green infrastructure elements such as rain gardens and green roofs can be retrofitted on existing school grounds.

Green roofs are a great addition to your school – whether you’re retrofitting an existing roof, or putting up a new school building. These...

Green Roofs
Individual pavers with spaces between them allow water to infiltrateReducing runoff, eliminating puddles, and helping with stormwater management, permeable paving is a great addition to any sustainable school ground....

Permeable Paving
A rain chain connects the roof to a rain garden belowRain chains and channels can be used to convey runoff from roofs or other surfaces into rain gardens, swales, and retention ponds.

Rain Chains & Channels
A variety of methods can be used for rainwater capture on the school grounds. Capturing runoff will create a variety of exciting opportunities for...

Rain Collectors
A rain garden is an excellent way to deal with stormwater on the school grounds, while also creating an aesthetic pleasing space. What is a rain...

Rain Gardens
This retention pond fills with water on a rainy day - a chain link fence surrounds the water for safetyRetention ponds are an excellent tool for stormwater management, providing a way to collect a larger volume of water in one place. During a storm...

Retention Ponds
How can you make your school more sustainable? Solar panels are a great addition to a school roof, whether they are retrofitted or a part of new...

Solar Panels
A key part of any sustainable school ground design, swales are an essential element of effective storm water management. A swale is a depression or...

Swales