Tree Skydrants 5 & 6 will bookend new Atlanta BeltLine trail

Trees Atlanta has shown outstanding environmental leadership with their Skydrant Initiative. Through partnerships with property owners they are establishing rainwater collection points throughout the city. Skydrants 4 and 5 were installed last week at Ride On Auto Repair and 824 Memorial Drive. Muchas gracias to these property owners for adopting Skydrants and donating the rain that falls on their property.

Now we're really excited to announce locations for Skydrants 5 and 6. They will be located at Park Tavern and Irwin Street Market. These locations are significant because they essentially bookend the coming Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail. Construction on this multi-use trail begins this October. The 14-foot-wide path will stretch from just north of Dekalb Avenue all the way to Piedmont Park.

Trees Atlanta is a key stakeholder in the Atlanta BeltLine with a commitment to establish the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum, the world's longest linear tree museum, as the corridor is developed. High quality rainwater collected where it falls on the Atlanta BeltLine is an obvious asset for establishing the arboretum and for on-going irrigation of the landscape.

Atlanta BeltLine design objectives for the corridor have included rainwater harvesting as a sustainability strategy from the get-go. No two ways about it, The Park Tavern and Irwin Street Market Skydrants set a good precedent. They also provide an example of how other property owners adjacent to the Atlanta BeltLine can convert their stormwater run-off from a liability into a community asset.

High fives to Paul at Park Tavern and Jake of Irwin Street Properties for partnering with Trees Atlanta and RainCatchers on Skydrants 5 and 6!

Update on Friday, September 24, 2010 at 11:03AM by [Burke Sisco]

 

Skydrant #5 installed at Irwin Street Market, immediately adjacent to the BeltLine at Irwin St./Lake Ave. crossing.

Update on Friday, September 24, 2010 at 12:37PM by [Burke Sisco]

Skydrant #6 at Park Tavern at the Southeast corner of Piedmont Park and immediately adjacent to the coming Eastside BeltLine Trail.

Update on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 1:04PM by [Burke Sisco]

Park Tavern skydrant with new Trees Atlanta signage:

i-raincatcher flier ready to fly

The i-raincatcher flier is complete and ready to be sent to Clayton Homes sales centers that currently have an i-house on-site:

• Knoxville, TN
• Seattle, WA
• Sacramento, CA
• Albuquerque, NM
• Springfield, MO
• Fredericksburg, VA
• Little Rock, AR
• Atlanta, GA
• Crestview, FL

Read the flier for all the good stuff about our special rainwater harvesting system custom designed for the i-house. [A lower priced, non-potable version is also available].

The financing bit warrants a little further elaboration:

With Vanderbilt Mortgage [Clayton Homes' financial division] it is possible for Buyers of the i-house to finance the i-raincatcher with the purchase of the home. This can be a sound financial decision. For example, amortizing the purchase price of the system at 6% interest over 30 years equals approximately $50 per month. The Buyer can be cash flow positive from day one in places like Atlanta where water bills can be higher!

Clayton i-house + RainCatchers = i-raincatcher

We confess to love at first sight when we saw the Clayton i-house. The metal butterfly roof with strategically placed downspouts is a thing of beauty to the eyes of a raincatcher.

Rainwater harvesting is only the beginning of the story where this ground-breaking sustainable ecohome is concerned. With optional solar panels this home can be operated for $1 per day in energy costs!

The home comes equipped with low flow water fixtures throughout. Add a whole-house rainwater harvesting system and off-the-grid living is well within reach.

So we got busy doing what we do best. The result is the i-raincatcherTM, a rainwater harvesting system customed designed for the i-house.

i-house + i-raincatcher illustration courtesy of himynameisjoe.com

The i-raincatcherTM employs our 4 step collection and storage system, allowing the i-house owner to harvest water that typically meets or is just beneath federal drinking water standards. When the water is pumped from the cistern into the house it passes through our three stage purification system rendering the water supremely drinkable.

An EPA spokesperson has suggested, "a properly designed rainwater system could easily exceed all national standards for what comes out of any municipal tap, anywhere in the country." This is the case with the i-raincatcherTM. We are proud to partner with Clayton Homes and offer whole-house rainwater harvesting systems to their i-house clients nationwide.

We are scheduled to install the first system next month for an i-house client in New Mexico. This home will be 100% off-the-grid. Stay tuned for updates!