Resources
Kansas City Green Infrastructure Story Map
What happens to stormwater after it falls from the sky, and why is green stormwater infrastructure an integral part of the cities of tomorrow? Find these answers and more by exploring the Green Stormwater Infrastructure Story Map. You’ll also find a Kansas City watershed look-up tool and a tour of highlighted green infrastructure sites.
Brownfields Marketability Scoring Tool
A structured scoring framework to prioritize brownfield redevelopment by evaluating ownership, site use, land traits, community context, incentives, infrastructure, environmental risk, and building characteristics.
Kansas City Smart Sewer Adaptive Management Plan
The Smart Sewer Adaptive Management Plan outlines green infrastructure opportunities throughout Kansas City’s combined sewer system.
Rain Garden CAD Files Open Source Download
Please utilize Delta’s open source CAD files for Green Infrastructure Designs used to reduce flooding, manage stormwater, expand access to greenspace, and achieve other quality of life indicators. Municipalities have provided their engineers and/or landscape designers with these CAD files to streamline the design and installation process–thus reducing costs and time.
Michigan Environmental Council Publications
In 2022, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer unveiled her MI Healthy Climate Plan, a commitment and roadmap to getting Michigan toward carbon neutrality by 2050. The plan, made possible by numerous expert working groups, was big in its vision but lacking in some spaces on the methods of getting there. Enter this policy report by the Michigan […]
Organizations
Metropolitan Energy Center
Nonprofit implementing energy efficiency and weatherization programs across the Midwest.
Focus on Energy
Wisconsin statewide energy efficiency and renewable energy program providing incentives and consumer education.
American Institute of Architects (Indiana chapter)
Can connect you to local architects who have signed the AIA 2030 net-zero commitment.
City of Chicago
Municipal government implementing large-scale building decarbonization and climate equity policy.
City of Ann Arbor
Municipal government leading climate mitigation and adaptation efforts through the A2ZERO carbon neutrality framework and housing decarbonization initiatives.