The LEED v4.1 guidance says that conventional grey infrastructure devices and hard runoff conveyance systems can be used as a component of LID/GI systems. What would this look like in practice for a retention pond? Would a project be able to retain a certain percentage of rainwater in a retention pond while the rest is retained through GI/LID practices?
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Jasmin Rajak
FluorSeptember 2, 2022 - 10:02 am
Interested to know if retention ponds together with other LID and GIF messures will be accepted to manage 100% rainfall onsite. Have any other projects achieved this credit in this manner?
Catarina Costa Goncalves
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November 14, 2023 - 4:33 am
Any update on the use of retention pond? We have a project that will retain water in wetland..
A&L SUSTENTABILIDADE
A&L SUSTENTABILIDADE1 thumbs up
July 10, 2024 - 2:02 pm
Any update on this issue?
Dave Hubka
Practice Leader - SustainabilityEUA
LEEDuser Expert
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July 10, 2024 - 2:19 pm
It is my understanding that ponds which are designed to infiltrate the water are considered to be Low Impact Development (LID) strategies. The pond itself is the structural means to capture the water while the method of infiltration (or reuse) is the LID strategy.