Green Roofs - Living Architecture Monitor - Summer 2017 - 1

FROM THE FOUNDER

ALT-FACTS, BEER,
STORMWATER &
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

C

holera swept through London,
England killing tens of thousands
of people from the 1820's to the
1850's. The prevailing belief at that
time was that Cholera was caused by
miasma, or noxious airborne particles.
The truth of the matter was discovered
by physician John Snow, who used a
dot map in the Soho district to tract
Cholera fatalities in an 1854 outbreak.
He determined that the majority of
deaths centered around a particular
water pump. His research into Cholera deaths found that employees of the
nearby Broad Street Brewery, all of
whom were given a daily allowance of
beer and didn't drink from the well did
not contract the disease. With this revelation, he discovered that the well was
responsible for spreading the disease
through the water, rather than the air.
With this discovery he ushered in a new
industry - the waste water industry. City
engineers, now understanding that disease is carried by water, and the damage
caused by flooding, have worked tirelessy ever since to develop infrastructure
to manage waste water and carry stormwater away from buildings and roads.

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Their work makes life in cities possible.
The logic of removing water is embedded
deeply into codes of practice for buildings
and communities used by civil engineers
and planners, even today. Tens of billions
of dollars have been, and continue to be,
invested in schemes that separate us from
stormwater. Despite these efforts, intense
storms, never before experienced, are
increasingly overwhelming the carrying
capacity of these systems and new solutions
are needed.
The solution: we need to capture as
much stormwater on site as possible and
use it to grow plants in, on and around
buildings! If we establish policies that
promote this practice, we will help to
address our current stormwater infrastructure crises, and solve a number of additional problems.
In this issue of the LAM on Stormwater,
we interview award winning green roof
designers Charlie Miller and Monica Kuhn
about their perspectives on stormwater
management and project work. William
Foley also provides us with a case study
of how stormwater incentives tipped the
scales in favor of an innovative multiunit
green roof retrofit solution in Philadelphia.

We also learn about stormwater quality and green roofs through the research
of Mike Hardin, and find out how green
infrastructure has significantly cut the costs
of stormwater management in Portland,
Oregon by Tom Liptan.
John Snow's discovery of water borne
illness changed the landscape on public
health and water management in the 19th
century. Here in the 21st, we are working
yet again to change the landscape on
how we deal with stormwater. I hope
you join us in Seattle for CitiesAlive: 15th
Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference,
where we will continue to work at turning
what once contributed largely to death,
into a wellspring of life, health and
resilience through green infrastructure.
We may also celebrate with a little beer!
Sincerely yours,

Steven W. Peck,
Founder and President

LIVING ARCHITECTURE MONITOR / SUMMER 2017 / 1


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