Workshop group project I participated in during a Sustainability Workshop I took at UIUC

1. Luke Bailey, Rebecca Carroll, Paul Cheng, Vinod Kadu,
Allison McSherry, Toni Pestillo, Michael Rizzitiello

2. About the project
 Purpose
 Why it’s important

3. Goals
 Stormwater

4. Goals
 Potable water

5. Goals
 Energy

6. Goals
 Transportation

7. Goals
 Social systems and demographics

8. Goals
 Buildings

9. Results from
charrette

10. About the portal
http://www.leam.illinois.edu/1streetcorridor/

11. Overall
site design

12. North district
 Retrofit Existing
Neighborhoods.
 New Construction (Infill
Development)
 Green Infrastructure

13. North District
 Rain Barrels  Bioswales
 Green Roofs (Police  Storm water Planters
Dept)  Promote micro-level
 Rain Gardens sustainable practices
(low flow fixtures,
occupancy sensors, etc)

14. North District: New Construction
 Single-Family Residential
- Promote Infill Single-Family Residential
Housing in the neighborhood located
northeast of First and University. New
Construction based on sustainable urbanism
concepts.
 Commercial
- Commercial uses will be along University
Avenue corridor. Additional light commercial
opportunities will be highlighted along North
First Street. (i.e. Storage Units, etc.)
 Cul-de-Sacs

15. North District-Green Infrastructure
 Green Alleyways
 Permeable Pavements
for Parking
 Energy Efficient Lighting
 Boneyard Creek
Greenway Extension
 Railroad ROW Greenway

16. Middle district

17. South district
 Retrofitting
Existing
Neighborhoods
FIRST STREET
 New
Construction
GREEN STREET
 Green
Infrastructure

18. South district:
Retrofitting Existing Neighborhoods
 Rain Barrels  Low flow fixtures
 Green Roofs  Energy star appliances
 Rain gardens  Occupancy sensors

19. South district:
New Construction
 Mixed Use – Retail
 New mixed use construction will be located along Green Street and First
Street, to connect the campus town and downtown Champaign retail
districts.
 Residential
 The new residential neighborhood will be located south of Green Street.
This will occupy the former concrete plant site. The neighbor design will be
based around ideas of community and sustainable urbanism.

20. South district:
Green Infrastructure
 Green Alleyways
 Permeable Pavement for Parking
 Efficient Lighting

21. South district:
Green Infrastructure - Alleyways
 Technique 1:
Alley Drainage
 All alleys will be
properly graded and
pitched to allow water to
run to the center of the
alley and then flow to
the street.
 This prevents the need
for additional sewer
infrastructure and
prevents adjacent
properties from
flooding.

22. South district:
Green Infrastructure - Alleyways
 Technique 2:
Permeable Pavement
 Reduces the rate and quantity
of stormwater runoff
 Reduces stress on the sewer
system
 Recharges ground water
Impermeable Pavement Permeable Pavement
 Filters silt, pollutants and
debris

23. South district:
Green Infrastructure - Alleyways
 Technique 3: High
Albedo Pavement
 A pavement material that is light in
color and reflects sunlight away
from the surface.
 Less heat is radiated by the
pavement.
 Reduces the urban heat island effect.
High Albedo Pavement Conventional Pavement
 This reduces cooling costs, helps the
survival of urban vegetation, and
improves air quality.

24. South district:
Green Infrastructure - Alleyways
 Technique 4: Recycled
Construction Materials Pavement produced
 Recycled concrete aggregate can be using slag, recycled
used in the concrete mix and as a concrete and/or ground
tire rubber
base beneath surface paving.
 Slag, a by-product of steel
production, can be used as a
component of the concrete mix,
reducing industrial waste.
 Ground tire rubber can be used in
porous asphalt and reclaimed asphalt
pavement in nonporous asphalt.
 Benefits:
 Reduces waste hauled to landfills
 Reduces the need to extract natural
resources
Sub-base containing
 Develops new technologies and saves
recycled concrete
money

25. South district:
Green Infrastructure - Alleyways
 Technique 5: Dark Sky
Compliant Light Fixtures
 Light fixtures are specially designed to
direct light downward, focusing light where
it’s needed.
 These fixtures can also incorporate the
latest technologies in energy efficiency
while maintaining adequate light levels.
Conventional Lighting Dark Sky Compliant Fixture

26. South district:
Green Infrastructure – Alleyway Example

27. South district:
Green Infrastructure – Existing Example

28. Healey Basin

29. Proforma
 General info (mix of uses, etc.)
 Phases
 “Green TIF” district

30. A Day in the Life…

31. Questions?