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 ...

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 ...

Rainwater running off of a concrete or asphalt parking lot carries oil and other contaminants into storm drains, fouling waterways. New “permeable pavement” designs from North Carolina State ...

Union Ridge Elementary District 86 will install a new main parking lot with permeable pavers that will prevent rainwater from flooding into streets and the school’s basement, Superintendent Mike ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Jennifer Heagle opened the new location for food specialty shop Red Apron, she didn't expect the parking lot to be a main talking point. "We have this beautiful space that we've created to cook ...