Did you know that roads and parking lots in the United States cover more than 61 million square miles of the Earth’s surface? TerraFirm Enterprises is working to combat the problem of over-paving with ...

Professors will examine the use of permeable pavements such as interlocking concrete pavers and permeable asphalt to help San Antonio adopt better water infiltration systems and reduce the urban heat ...

Last year, the installation of a concrete driveway became a major spectacle in Victoria, Canada. “It was a real big thing,” said Ron Manuel, the owner of the driveway in the coastal capital city of ...

Located in the expansive Novant Cotswold Medical district on Randolph Rd. in Charlotte, N.C., a new office building designed to support a variety of medical services had some special considerations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red Apron co-owner Jennifer Heagle insisted on an ecologically sound alternative to asphalt for her parking lot, choosing to ...

The depaving movement has become something of a national sport in the Netherlands, with municipalities competing to see who can remove the most paving from their town each year. Stateside the crusade ...

Permeable parking lots being tested by researchers at North Carolina State University could cut down on water and soil contamination by allowing storm water to drain naturally through the soil rather ...

SALISBURY, Md. - Parishioners poured out of Salisbury's Saint Peter's Episcopal Church on Sunday, but they weren't going home. They gathered for the unveiling of the church's new pervious or permeable ...

A majority of Park Ridge aldermen say they are still interested in building a so-called “green” parking lot on city-owned property in Uptown, but would like to wait another year to take on the project ...

New Orleans is a city often inundated by water and, just as often, a city frustrated in its attempts to deal with it. Now, joining a movement that supporters say will help mitigate flooding and soil ...