{"id":132,"date":"2015-07-02T14:33:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2017-03-08T17:18:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T22:18:15","slug":"grass-cells","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/grass-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Grass Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/files\/Grass-Cells-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-382\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-382\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/files\/Grass-Cells-1-1024x479.jpg\" alt=\"Grass Cells 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/files\/Grass-Cells-1-1024x479.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/files\/Grass-Cells-1-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/files\/Grass-Cells-1.jpg 1673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Marshall University has used Grass Cells and other porous paving technologies on campus at sites that have had a path worn due to students. You can see an example of this at the\u00a0West corner of the Freshman South Residence Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Dirt paths have developed because the soil becomes compacted causing the roots of grass to die. Grass Cells have been installed on campus to prevent soil compaction and allow the grass to continue to grow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/files\/Grass-Cells-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-381\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-381\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/files\/Grass-Cells-2-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Grass Cells 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/files\/Grass-Cells-2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/files\/Grass-Cells-2.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Concrete in the areas of these foot trails has been past practices for the university but now that Marshall University is under a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit we must attempt to decrease the amount of impervious surfaces we have on campus. Marshall has installed Grass Cells as a demonstration project to see if this material can withstand the foot traffic of students.\u00a0 It was installed in October 2014.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/greentrail\/\"><span style=\"\">RETURN TO <strong>GREEN TRAIL<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University has used Grass Cells and other porous paving technologies on campus at sites that have had a path worn due to students. You can see an example of this at the\u00a0West corner of the Freshman South Residence Hall. Dirt paths have developed because the soil becomes compacted causing the roots of grass to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-132","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/leedgreen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}