This
competition is over. This web site is meant to serve as a resource
for Low Impact Development and student design competitions. Winning
entries can be found here.
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National Low Impact Development Student Design Competition
This
national competition invites students and academic programs to submit
design and planning problems and solutions that respond to the innovative
and creative use of low impact development techniques in the built
environment. Students, in groups or as individuals, and the academic
programs in which they are enrolled, are eligible to receive monetary
awards if selected. Winning entries, consisting
of three boards, will be displayed at the
National Low Impact Development Conference in Washington, D.C.
September 21-23, 2004.
- Register
by August 17, 2004,
- Submitted
work must be received by September 17, 2004
What
is LID? Top
Low Impact Development (LID) is a integrated site design approach
for addressing hydrologic and environmental impacts often associated
with conventional land development. Developers and builders can
save money and reduce environmental impacts in a practical manner
utilizing LID techniques and practices (some of which are listed
here). LID practices include grading minimization, impervious area
disconnections, preservation of landscaping and topography, increasing
flow lengths, lengthening the time of concentration, and increasing
opportunities to mimic pre-existing hydrology. Explore the links
below for more information on LID.
Website
Resources
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Rain
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Green
swales |
Rain
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Bioretention |
LID
Design Manuals
Objectives
— National Low Impact Development Student Design Competition
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The competition, drawing on the theme of the
National Low Impact Development Conference in Washington, D.C.
September 21-23, 2004, is an opportunity for students to engage
in Low Impact Development design and planning. The competition goals
are to:
- engage
in environmental stewardship
- investigate
integrative technologies in sustainable design
- compete
for scholarships and
- learn
about innovative sustainable techniques.
Winning
entries will be displayed at the
National Low Impact Development Conference |
