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Underground Bioretention in Calgary City Center Silva Cell Case Study
2nd Avenue NW in Calgary, Alberta is a mixed-use street that runs through the Kensington neighborhood of the city. One section across the river from central downtown Calgary, between 10th Street NW and...
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Venice Island Silva Cell Project Enters Final Phase
In April last year we shared some news about a Silva Cell project in Philadelphia – the Venice Island Recreation Center, in the Manayunk neighborhood. Venice Island sits between the Manayunk Canal and...
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Volunteers and Tigers and Gamecocks, Oh My!
Mr. and Mrs. Coach. College football is back! It makes the prospect of cooler days, longer nights, and back-to-school time much easier to handle. Speaking of college football, we’ve been excited for...
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The Extraordinary Trees of Toronto’s Sugar Beach
A rendering of Sugar Beach prior to construction. Image courtesy of Claude Cormier + Associes. A few weeks ago I attended the International Society of Arboriculture tradeshow and expo in Toronto. It...
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Five Recent Canadian Silva Cell Installations
Mississauga Civic Square in 2010, at the time of installation I like to periodically share information about recent Silva Cell installations, and today’s roundup is all Canadian projects – many for...
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Five Recent UK Silva Cell Installations
London Plane trees in Westminster. Flickr credit: tomylees Every so often I like to highlight recent Silva Cell installations clustered around a specific theme so that readers have a sense of the...
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Calgary Light Rail Station Gets Green UpgradeSilva Cell Case Study
The design of urban hardscape installations is challenging at the best of times in that it must address a host of concerns related to surrounding land uses or facilities, different and adjoining...
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Healing With Nature From the Outside InSilva Cell Case Study
The new VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL sits on 65 acres of land and encompasses a total of 1.2 million square feet. This brand new facility will provide inpatient care for veterans in central...
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Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Approves Silva Cell as Water Quality BMP
Flickr credit: JPHoesch As of November 8th, the Silva Cell is officially approved for use as a stormwater best management practice (BMP) by the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. According to the...
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Bainbridge Island’s Redone Downtown Corridor Silva Cell Case Study
Bainbridge Island is a small city located a 35-minute ferry ride from downtown Seattle in the heart of the Puget Sound. The island’s rural character and small town feel support a variety of land- and...
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Washington State Department of Ecology: Silva Cell Functionally Equivalent to...
For the last two weeks in December I’m be re-posting some of my favorite blog posts from this year. Today’s shares some of the most exciting news we got in 2013, when the Washington State Department of...
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Time Lapse Video of a Silva Cell Installation
For the last two weeks in December I’m be re-posting some of my favorite blog posts from this year. Today’s post – which shares my favorite video project that we worked on this year – concludes this...
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Final Results of NCSU Stormwater Treatment Performance Monitoring
How do the stormwater benefits of Silva Cell suspended pavement tree/soil systems compare to the stormwater benefits of traditional bioretention systems? Since the mechanisms by which the tree and soil...
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Cities Where the Silva Cell Is Approved for Use
In the seven years that the Silva Cell has been on the market, a number of cities have designated it as an approved technology for their sustainability goals, whether for tree growth, on-site...
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Silva Cell Practitioner’s Field Checklist
Today we’re sharing a Silva Cell practitioner’s field checklist that we created to help designers determine the most appropriate and high-priority locations for Silva Cells based on site considerations...
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Retrofit SUDS Scheme Alleviates Flooding On-Site Silva Cell Case Study
In 2012 Dŵr Cymru (Welsh Water) committed a £15 million investment in Llanelli and Gowerton to help alleviate the risk of flooding in the area through the adoption of retrofit SUDS, or sustainable...
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Old West Brings New Technology to Historic Downtown Silva Cell Case Study
Downtown Fort Worth, Texas was a popular hangout for outlaws, cattleman, gamblers, cowboys, and many legendary names from the glory days of the Old West. The site’s historic architecture and rich...
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Every Which Way of Integrating Silva Cells and Utilities
“What about utilities?” This is probably the most frequently asked question I hear on projects where the Silva Cell is being used. And I get it! Utilities are an extremely important consideration. As...
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Two New Trees Replace Poisoned PredecessorsAuburn University: Toomer’s Oaks
In January 2011, two live oak trees on the Auburn University campus were deliberately applied with an herbicide used to kill trees (Spike 80DF, also called tebuthiuron) in lethal amounts. The trees,...
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Transforming the Character of St. Mary’s Way Silva Cell Case Study
In 2008 the City of Sunderland released their comprehensive Central Area urban design strategy, outlining their vision for revitalizing the city centre by improving pedestrian accessibility, creating a...
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