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Green Infrastructure for the “Blue Commons”

World Water Day 2017

•  Sharing cultural value of water

•  Solving urban problems

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Business Knowledge

Focus areas

•  Network Development •  G2G and K2K •  Research •  Communications

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collaboration and projects

Government

Dutch Consulate, NYC Water and Climate program

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Nature (including the Glaciers) carved out the Hudson Raritan Estuary

Rivers

Ocean

Estuary

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•  Lots of Impervious Surfaces

•  Hard Edges designed to funnel water

•  Inclination towards hardware

= MASSIVE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW PROBLEM

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Knowledge

Focus areas

•  Network Development •  G2G and K2K •  Research •  Communications

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collaboration and projects

Dutch Consulate, NYC Water and Climate program

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Source: Topsector Water

Water Themes Knowledge & Innovation

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1. Built Environment 2. Integration and Scale 3. Knowledge and Innovation

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Blue Commons Focus areas

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Focus areas for new technologies

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Blue Commons

Policy

Coastal & Maritime

Estuary & Delta

Water

Water

Northeastern Water Innovation Network 17-03-2017

Elements of the Dutch Innovation Agenda

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Blue Commons

Policy

Data Social Benefits

Data

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Amsterdam

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Blue Commons Green Infrastructure

Amsterdam Rainproof

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•  Finance by crowdsourcing •  Professional advice •  Neigbourhood helpers

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Amsterdam Cloudburst 2014

every drop counts

paulien.hartog@waternet.nlpaulien@rainproof.nl

www.rainproof.nl (in Dutch)

Amsterdam “Polder roof”

•  Green and Blue roof

•  Layer of rainwater

•  Cooling effect

•  Holds up to 50% of rain events per year

some up to 6” of water

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Blue Commons Green Infrastructure

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Waternet’s “Rainproof Amsterdam” Subsidies •  30 m2 minimum project size - can be shared with neighboring

buildings •  Minimum of 5 years operation & maintenance required •  Maximum of 100.000 euros per project

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Blue Commons Green Infrastructure

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Digital platform

1 Aware

2 Like

3 Capable

4 Act

5 Persevere

Argonautenstraat Zuidas, Building P15 Ravel Tuin aan Zee

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Rotterdam Blue Commons

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Rotterdam 2008 – 2015: Green Roof Program

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Blue Commons Green Infrastructure

•  5 program pillars •  Lead by example •  Subsidy •  Communication & Information •  Knowledge Development

by Research •  Policy Development

•  Results •  220.000 m2 green roofs

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Public Space Blue Commons

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Many public purposes… Blue Commons

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Many public purposes… Blue Commons

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Many public purposes… Blue Commons

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2016 - moving forward

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Blue Commons Green Infrastructure

•  Different types of sustainable roofs

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Thank you!

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