Rain Garden and Bioswale
REEP Green Solutions performed an assessment on our head office site on storm water management. To address some of these problem’s AET worked with REEP on a rain garden and bioswale.
A bioswale is a planter box used to lower storm water being directed into the storm sewer. Water is directed through a 500L stone forebay and into the bioswale. Water is taken up by native plants in the box, and percolates through into the groundwater. Excess water overflows into the newly constructed rain garden. REEP estimates a 70% reduction in water entering the storm sewer.
For more information about the project, please see The Record’s article about our bioswale and rain garden..
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Construction of a bioswale at AET's head office in Kitchener. -
Construction of a bioswale at AET's head office in Kitchener. -
AET employees planting a rain garden at the head office in Kitchener. -
AET employees planting a rain garden at the head office located in Kitchener. -
Large bumble bee pollinating plants in bioswale located at AET's head office in Kitchener.
1% For The Trees
As a company committed to being green and giving back, AET is planting trees throughout the local communities to make the world a greener place for all of us to live.
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11,979
Trees Planted
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753,719
Kilograms of CO2 Absorbed
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1,036,363
Kilograms of O2 Produced
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23,958
People Can Breathe Clean Air