Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) recommends changes to LEED-ND Stormwater Credit to protect watershed health
LEED for Neighborhood Development
The LEED for Neighborhood Development Rating System integrates the principles of smart growth, urbanism and green building into the first national system for neighborhood design. It resulted from a collaboration of the United States Green Building Council, the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Recognize the Watershed Scale
The CNU’s Rainwater-in-Context Initiative has weighed in on changes proposed to the stormwater credit — now titled Rainwater Management.
“The credit currently applies the same storage requirements to every site regardless of its regional context or density of development,” states Nora Beck of the CNU. “This is getting in the way of good placemaking as well as reducing the potential for net improvements in overall watershed health.”
The View from British Columbia
“In placing the priority on the watershed and the stream, the CNU’s Rainwater-in-Context Initiative mirrors the Beyond the Guidebook 2010 process that is being advanced in Britsh Columbia,” observes Tim Pringle, President of the Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia.
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Posted January 2011