Resources
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.
Green Infrastructure Impact Measurement and Modeling Dataset Report
Here, Delta presents measurements of baseline stormwater retention, biodiversity, and economic conditions prior to GI installation as well as modeled future outcomes for two vacant lots at different stages of GI implementation. [In collaboration with Blacks in Green and South Merrill Community Garden.]
St. Louis Deconstruction Market Assessment
The City of St. Louis and surrounding region has a tremendous opportunity to scale up deconstruction programs and strengthen building material reuse markets, supported by Mayor Lyda Krewson’s Plan to Reduce Vacant Lots and Buildings. This program can provide opportunities for local economic and environmental benefits.
Building Energy Resource Hub
The Hub serves Chicago and Northeastern Illinois area stakeholders with critical training and resources, ensuring that the region can meet aggressive climate action goals within the buildings sector, while building an inclusive green economy.
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.
Organizations
Environmental Resilience Institute Indiana University
Confronting environmental change through research, education, and community collaboration
Carleton College
Academic institution producing campus sustainability/utility planning documents.
Renew Missouri
Renew Missouri was founded in 2006 to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency in the state of Missouri.
ATMOS Research and Consulting
This film address a wide range of topics: emissions, historical climate trends, future changes, and their impacts on infrastructure, water resources, air quality, health, tourism, energy, ecosystems, agriculture, and long-range planning.
Building Energy Exchange Kansas City (BE-Ex KC)
Dedicated to advancing energy performance for our regional community and planet