Rain, Rain Slowly Go Away:

Managing Stormwater, Low Impact Development & LEED

Stormwater runoff has been pegged with much of the responsibility for recent evidence of stream channel degradation, adversely impacting wildlife habitat and threatening water quality. As a response, stormwater management has been evolving over the past decade from a conventional one size fits all approach to a more sustainable integrated approach.

Otherwise known as Low Impact Development, sustainable design techniques are becoming the rule instead of the exception. The integrated approach has been adopted by municipalities and organizations targeting a higher degree of sustainability within land developmentactivities.

David Hilgers and Michael Moody of Triad Associates’ Sustainable Design Team will present an introduction in designing rain gardens and permeable pavements with a focus on how these LID elements integrate into the LEED® for New Construction certificationprogram.

David Hilgers, ASLA, LEED-AP David is a registered Landscape Architect in Washington and Oregon and currently leads the Sustainable Design Team at Triad Associates, a multidiscipline consulting firm in Kirkland. As a LEED-Accredited Professional, Mr. Hilgers has been involved in many sustainable design projects and is presently the Landscape Architect for the Zero Energy Idea House in Bellevue.

Michael A. Moody, PE, LEED-AP, CESCL Michael is experienced in site grading, temporary erosion and sedimentation control, water system, sanitary sewer system, roadway and stormwater management design of various land development projects throughout the Seattle/Bellevue Metropolitan area. Mr. Moody is a Certified Erosion and Sedimentation Control Lead, and an active member of the Sustainable Design Team at Triad Associates having presentedhis experience and expertise on designing and implementing Low Impact Developmenttechniques.