Presentation for 2018 Massachusetts Sustainable Communities & Campuses Conference in Plymouth, MA

1. The Pinehills –A Sustainability Story
Tony Green & Scott Horsley

4. Environmental/Low Impact Development (LID)
at The Pinehills
• Preserve Open Space (70%)
• Cluster Development
– 10 to 100X Underlying Density
– 1/3 Homes within walking distance of Village Green
– Separate Walking Trail System
• Mixed Use
– Walkability
– Internal traffic capture (vehicle trip reduction)
• Disturb Less Natural Landscape & Reduce Impervious Areas
– Smaller Lots with Frontage as little as 19 feet
– Narrower Roads (18-24ft width and contour)
– Use Natural Landscape for Stormwater Management
• Integrated Water Management
– Wastewater Re-use for Irrigation
– Nutrient Management
– Water Balance
• Preserve Historic Resources
– Unpaved Old Sandwich Road
– 1792 Rye Tavern

5. The Pinehills Master Plan

6. Avalon Apartments in the Village Green

8. Walking Trail Network

9. Horsley Witten

10. Disturb Less Natural Landscape

11. Road and Walking trail converge at Stonebridge Road

14. Water Table Map
With Groundwater
Flow Arrows
Horsley Witten

15. Zone II

16. WWTP
Zone II

17. WWTP
Zone II
Interceptor/Irrigation
Wells

18. Hydrologic Balance
Eel River

19. Water Balance Pinehills OS Golf Course
Eel River
Watershed
Irrigation Well Water Withdrawal (Permit) 42 MG/year
Actual
Pumping 21 MG/year
Offsets:
20% Return flow from Nicklaus Course 3.2 MG/year
20% Return flow from OS Course 8.4 MG/year
Wastewater return flows 35 homes 1.3 MG/year
Stormwater recharge Roof/Driveway runoff 557 homes 12.9 MG/year
Stormwater recharge OS Course Clubhouse roof & parking lot 5.3 MG/year
Stormwater recharge road 10.1 MG/year
Total Offsets 41.2 MG/year

20. Preserved Historic Old Sandwich Road

21. Historic Rye Field
1792 Rye Tavern

22. Awards for The Pinehills
• MassDEP
– Top Score - 2018 Public Water Systems Award Program
• Governor’s Citation for Dedicated Service to Sustainable
Development 2015
• National Association of Home Builders
– “Community of the Year” for 2015
– Platinum Award – Best Mixed-Use Community 2015
– Gold Award - Best Rural/Exurban Smart Growth Community
2010
• HGTV Green Home 2010
– Awarded Best Green Built Home, NAHB 2010
• Mass.gov Smartgrowth Tool Kit
• Environmental Business Council of New England (EBEE)
– 2002 Environmental Award for Outstanding Innovation

23.
Thank you!
Tony Green – Managing Partner, The Pinehills
508-209-9000
Scott Horsley – Principal, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.
508-364-7818