Sustainable Development Guide

Section 5: Pilot Studies

Clay-Towns Joint Industrial Park

This 800,000-square-foot industrial park is a joint effort of Clay County, North Carolina, and Towns County, Georgia. The best-management practices used include:

Dry swales
Vegetative channels
Infiltration basin
Constructed wetland
Stream buffer
Landscape screen.

Clay Towns Joint Industrial Park Site Plan (PDF, 115 kb)

Clay Towns Joint Industrial Park Analysis using WinSLAMM Model (PDF, 888 kb)

Golden Triangle Regional Airport

This campus-style development has one million square feet. It's the site of American Eurocopter, producer of commercial and military helicopters. Best management practices used include:

Vegetative channel
Polishing ponds
Existing wetlands
Preservation of natural areas
Community open space.

Golden Triangle Site Plan (PDF, 902 kb)
Golden Triangle Analysis using CH2MHill LIFE Model (PDF, 421 kb)
CH2MHill LIFE Model Description (PDF, 896 kb)
Golden Triangle MS State Model and Analysis (PDF, 3.48 mb)

North Huntsville Industrial Park

The planned park is adjacent to and north of the new Toyota plant on Pulaski Pike in North Huntsville. Acquired by the City of Huntsville, the several-hundred-acre-property will eventually accommodate additional industrial properties that will support the automotive plant. The best management practices used include:

Building material choices that reduce pollutants
Bioretention areas
Grass swales
Sinkhole buffers
Storm-water ponds.

North Huntsville Site Plan (PDF, 251 kb)
North Huntsville Analysis using WinSLAMM Model (PDF, 1.18 mb)
WinSLAMM Model Description (PDF, 598 kb)

Monitoring Protocol for Industrial Site Pilots

This protocol outlines procedures for sampling chemical and biological agents in streams. It describes the tools needed, locations to be sampled, procedures, and methods of analysis.

Cumberland River Compact BOB Instream Protocol (PDF, 292 kb)

Other Notable Examples

Case studies for 16 conservation design industrial parks came from participants in an Eco-Industrial Park Workshop at Cape Charles, Va., October 17-18, 1996. The workshop was co-sponsored by the President's Council on Sustainable Development and the Port of Cape Charles Sustainable Technologies Industrial Park.

Smart Growth Eco-Industrial Case Studies