These features alone make pervious parking lots safer in winter for drivers and pedestrians. Pervious concrete is a structural concrete pavement with a large volume (15 percent to 35 percent) of ...

Gaining momentum in the Midwest, pervious concrete is viewed as an effective means to address key environmental issues and support green, sustainable growth. By capturing stormwater and allowing it to ...

How much water can pass through? Brand-new pervious concrete can handle anywhere from 200 inches to 400 inches of rain per hour. That assumes, of course, that the water has somewhere to go after it ...

Don't be. Properly placed pervious takes water at more than 200 inches per hour. From every viewpoint--dollars, aesthetics, environment and performance--pervious concrete makes good sense.

The Pervious Concrete Market offers significant opportunities as urbanization accelerates and sustainable stormwater management becomes crucial. Its use in low-traffic projects, fostered by green ...

Among the suggestions for pervious surfaces were gravel, natural stone pavers and aggregate, made from crushed concrete. Interlocking concrete pavers can also be laid to allow percolation.

I was pleased to read the city of Bellevue was testing pervious concrete as a means to mitigate storm water runoff. This is overdue. In 2005 (using data from 2003), an environmental consultant ...

The porous panels are installed at the curb line over a layer of soil, soaking up rainwater to reduce flooding.

Pervious concrete -- a mix of coarse aggregate, cement, water, and little to no sand -- creates a porous, open-celled structure that allows rainwater to filter through into the ground. This concrete ...

Pervious concrete, also referred to as porous or no-fines concrete, is increasingly recognized as a sustainable construction material that supports efficient stormwater management and urban ...