Green Infrastructural Mitigation Strategies

This project is about selecting a project/building in Boston and study the site's Storm water run-off rate and propose mitigation strategies for it to control the storm water run-off rate and treat the water from first flush going to the Charles. Aim is to lower the run off rate by implementation of sustainable designs in the selected project/building.

In this design, it was assumed that 70% of the storm water is treated by the green roof and for the remaining 30%, a bio-swale is designed that satisfies the requirements for treatment.

This leads to slower storm water run-off. Also, cleaner and lesser amount of water goes to the river which prevents pollution and flood risks in the river.

Status: School Project
Location: Boston, MA, US

It is located near the Charles and the Muddy River.

Since the building occupies the entire site, the run-off rate is faster from the roof to the pedestrian to the catch basin.

Green roofs and Bioswales below the building are proposed to control and treat the storm water run-off as there is no space in and around the site of the building.