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Ten Solutions for Sustainability

2. Reduce Site Disturbance

Concrete parking garagesDecrease pressure on undeveloped land by rehabilitating contaminated land.

Solution: Concrete parking garages on lower floors of a building can limit site disturbance, including earthwork and clearing vegetation.

Benefit: Parking garages within buildings help maintain existing natural areas that would be consumed by paved parking. They reduce the building footprint by reducing paved parking areas.

Sustainable Sites Credit 5.1 and 5.2

Reduced Site Disturbance: Protect or Restore Open Space

 

 

 

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