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Blue-Green Building

  Building Cities that Protect Streams, Bay, and Ocean

BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL

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Alameda: Peet’s Coffee and Tea Roastery

Arbor and plantings in runoff basin at JC Penney store, AntiochAntioch, J.C. Penney
bioretention area surrounded by McDonald's drive-though lanes
Berkeley: McDonald’s


Clayton:
Longs Drugs,
flow-through planters

Rushes give a natural look to plantings designed to slow and filter runoff.Concord: Lowe’s Home Improvement


Concord: North Point Business Park
Swale at Rose Garden shopping center, Danville
Danville:
Rose Garden
shopping center

Plants for green roof in biodegradable traysEmeryville: West Elm green roof

Fremont: Pacific Commons retail

Livermore offices and industry


Oakland: Zhone Technologies
Runoff is treated with both landscaping and a buried sand filter.
Office Buildings, Berkeley, Fremont

San Leandro Business Center
Rain garden colors harmonize with building color scheme
San Pablo: El Portal shopping area
Large rain garden planted with bands of differently-hued vegetation
Walnut Creek: AAA and Varian Headquarters

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