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imix EcoPave reduces or eliminates the need for retention ponds and saves excavation costs.
Are you looking for ways to maximize land usage and keep your building costs in check? Consider imix Eco Pave. This pervious concrete allows water to run through the hard surface through aggregate voids in the concrete. With up to 25% void, water can be retained just under the pavement until it naturally percolates back into the soil. This greatly reduces, and in some situations, eliminates the need for retention ponds. Banking parking lots and driveways to a drain is unnecessary with imix Eco Pave. Click here to use our Eco Pave water retention calculator.

Eco Pave and LEED credits
One of the advantages of using imix Eco Pave is its ability to clean pollutants out of storm water as it passes through the concrete. Oil, grease, fertilizers and de-icing salts run off of impervious pavement and end up in water systems. Pervious pavement actually traps these pollutants and help them break down naturally. For this reason, pervious concrete earns LEED credits (SS 6.2) for storm water quality. It is also possible to earn LEED credits for the quantity of water handled by Eco Pave (SS 6.1) and its light, reflective color qualifies for non-roof, heat-island-effect reduction (SS 7.1). Pervious concrete is also routinely used to filter storm water before it is captured for reuse with non-potable watering systems.

Landscape Architecture and Eco Pave
Beyond the retention and cleaning of water, imix Eco Pave is a great product for landscapes. Since water passes through the pavement, you have a more even saturation of water throughout your soil. This helps promote better root growth. It also helps you use less fertilizers. Since a portion of topical fertilizers have a tendency to wash away prior to being absorbed by the root systems, overuse of fertilizers becomes a common occurrence. Eco Pave actually traps these fertilizers and break them down, returning them to the soil where they will do their job.