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Are Sponge Cities the Future of Urban Resilience?

imogene green — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 08:11:07 +0000

The concept of the sponge city has emerged as a sustainable way to tackle the mounting challenges of climate change, including the mitigation of urban flooding and offsetting the increasing difficulty of living in urban areas. By enabling the flow of natural water cycles through the use of sustainable drainage solutions (SuDS) installed on a […]

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2025: The Year of Green-Blue Innovation

imogene green — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 11:00:36 +0000

Last year, 2024, was meant to be a threshold moment for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), with the long-awaited implementation of Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 in England poised to transform how new developments manage surface water. The year began with optimism, fuelled by rising awareness of (and urgency around) climate […]

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Research Data Proves ArborFlow Tree Pit Efficacy

Chris Gower — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:07:40 +0000

There’s a strong case for including trees in urban streetscapes, thanks to a wide variety of community wellbeing advantages, from providing shade to pollution reduction. In addition, attenuation and water treatment benefits can be maximised by using tree pits to improve tree health, within a SuDS. But is it really worth specifying tree pits? Our […]

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COP29: The Critical Role of Water Management in Climate Resilience

imogene green — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:42:45 +0000

The COP29 Declaration on Water for Climate Action, signed by 57 countries at the recent UN Climate Summit in Baku, highlights the essential role of water management in tackling climate change. As SuDS specialists, we’re encouraged by its strong alignment with the principles of Sustainable Drainage Systems. Here’s how we feel the Declaration’s key themes […]

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The Hidden Costs Of Flooding

imogene green — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:52:26 +0000

There can be few people in the UK unaware of the risk of flooding rising year on year. The effects of climate change, the fact that more homes are being built for a growing population, and the pressure on green spaces are all causal factors that have been highlighted in the news for years. But […]

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Raingardens: SuDS for flood prevention and community wellbeing

Chris Gower — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:47:36 +0000

Raingardens have been gaining a much higher profile, lately. They’re not just talked about by local authorities, water companies and professionals working in relevant fields, but by the public, too, and especially by gardeners and garden designers. This sustainable method of stormwater management is now reaching a tipping point, where the driving factors for installation […]

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The Challenge of SuDs on Small Sites

imogene green — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:38:04 +0000

It’s the developer’s nightmare: a small site and the local authority wants Biodiversity net gain, plenty of green space, tree lined streets and now is looking for SuDs. Where are they going to put the buildings? GreenBlue Urban are used to these difficulties; in fact we look at them as opportunities to showcase best collaborative […]

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Rooting for resilience: trees in stormwater management

Chris Gower — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:58:36 +0000

This week is National Tree Week (23rd November – 1st December), which has always marked the start of the planting season, but this year there’s been another timely reason to give particular thought to tree planting: flood mitigation. Flooding has been in the news again in recent days, with Storm Bert resulting in more than […]

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Comprehensive Testing of RootSpace, Enhancing our Urban Infrastructure

Louise Page — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:45:28 +0000

As part of GreenBlue Urban’s commitment to continually improve products and solutions, we recently commissioned Lucideon, an independent materials testing and analysis laboratory, to investigate the structural properties of the RootSpace soil cell system. Highways engineers are particularly concerned about the ability to withstand vertical, lateral, and dynamic loading. For testing, Lucideon was supplied with RootSpace […]

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Proud Sponsors of the SuDS in New Developments Conference

Louise Page — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 08:52:40 +0000

GreenBlue Urban was thrilled to have sponsored the Collaborative Conversations East Midlands 2024 event in partnership with RIBA, CIOB, ICE, RICS, RTPI, and the Landscape Institute. This engaging conference, “Sustainable Water Management in New Developments,” was an unparalleled success, fostering insightful dialogue on innovative practices and sustainable solutions for the built environment. A Day of […]

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