The document discusses the triple bottom line benefits of green infrastructure which includes environmental, social, and economic benefits beyond just stormwater management. A panel will present case studies on how to quantify costs and benefits of green infrastructure projects and how to add social and economic value. Green infrastructure manages stormwater locally unlike centralized stormwater systems and can provide benefits even in different economic environments like Washington D.C. and Detroit.

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The Triple-Bottom-Line Beauty of Green Infrastructure
The Triple-Bottom-Line Beauty of Green
Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure is about stormwater management first and foremost, but its
broader environmental, societal and economic benefits also are powerful.
Panelists will present case studies and professional perspectives that shed light
on costs and benefits, how to manage innovation risk and how to add social and
economic value to the stormwater-management value of green infrastructure
Eric Rothman, President, HR&A Advisors (Moderator)
Michele Adams, PE, President, Meliora Design
Russ D. Dudley PE LEED AP, Environmental Engineer, Tetra Tech
Christopher Franklin, Director of Construction, Brandywine Realty Trust
Matthew Testa LEEP AP, Director of Construction, Bijou Properties
New Jersey Future: Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure

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HR&A is a real estate and economic development consulting firm working at the
intersection of the public and private sector. Our work transforms communities
and revitalizes urban environments in the United States and abroad.

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Stormwater is the fastest growing source of water pollution in the world.
Centralized stormwater systems demand significant capital investment.

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Green infrastructure systems manage stormwater locally.

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Washington, D.C. Detroit
The different economic and regulatory environments in Washington, D.C. and
Detroit provide unique challenges to implementing green infrastructure.

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Washington, D.C. Detroit
D.C.’s development boom is market-driven; new development in Detroit
requires subsidy.

8. Regardless of local real estate market health, investment in green
stormwater systems has a relatively minimal impact on development
economics.
Barriers are largely logistical, institutional, and cultural.

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