Green Roofs olympic park vancouver, Canada

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Green Roofs olympic park vancouver, Canada

Water Feature and Blue Roof 151 - 181 Athletes Way Rather than using up precious drinking water, the decorative water feature in this courtyard uses captured rainwater for its fountains and pools. The water is collected in cisterns and circulated through the water feature, killing bacteria and preventing stagnation through aeration and exposure to sunlight. This process keeps the water at a cleanliness level that’s safe for recreational uses and saves drinking water for other important uses, like drinking and cooking. This water feature is also built on top of the parking structure, making it one of very few local examples of a blue roof — structures which collect and store rainwater on rooftops without necessarily adding vegetation as a green roof would. All water features also help to provide passive air cooling for the surrounding area as they operate.

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Green Roofs olympic park vancouver, Canada

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