Homeowners can install permeable pavers or pervious pavement on driveways, patios, hot tub pads, and walkways. There are a number of factors besides the installation location that impact the final ...

The primary function of porous or permeable pavement is to allow water to run rapidly through the surface to a sub-layer, which allows general or directed drainage. Permeable asphalt and concrete are ...

Homeowners love concrete, for both interior and exterior use. Outdoors, large expanses of concrete can create environmental problems, though, as they block stormwater from draining off into the soil.

Permeable Pavements, billed as “the first comprehensive handbook for the proper design, construction, and maintenance of permeable pavement systems,” is now available. Permeable pavements enable ...

Permeable pavement allows rainfall to pass through, reducing stormwater runoff and pollution. The most common cause of permeable pavement failure is clogging from sediment and organic debris. Regular ...

Sometimes, when it rains, it floods. But a solution to help prevent flooding issues, especially in urban areas, could be right under our feet. Permeable pavement is a type of porous surface made up of ...

To make cities more resilient to flooding caused by climate change, researchers are developing more permeable pavements to allow water to flow through streets instead of running off the surface and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The concrete oozed rather than poured out of the mixer truck, almost as if reluctant to cover the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI--(Marketwired - May 13, 2015) - Porous Pave, Inc. has introduced eight custom colors for Porous Pave. An eco-friendly green building product made in the U.S.A., Porous Pave is a ...

Although concrete lasts a long time — creating durable patios, driveways, roads, and foundations for houses — the production of concrete takes a lot of energy. And that’s not the only problem with ...

The concrete oozed rather than poured out of the mixer truck, almost as if reluctant to cover the ground — partly because it won’t, entirely. Laborers shoveled pebbly gobs around to form a new ...