OakWalk is “Clean and Green”

Have you ever seen this?

I know it might look like a few rocks and bamboo in a planter box, but looks can be deceiving.  This is actually a “save the bay” water cleansing system in disguise.  At OakWalk, which is a hop, skip and a two mile jump to San Francisco Bay, we felt the need to do our part to keep the Bay clean.   So we incorporated cutting edge water cleansing systems throughout the OakWalk housing community.  These disguised water filters catch the rainwater from the drain pipes and cleanse it before it gets to the storm drains and heads to the Bay.

It’s our own state of the art storm water cleansing, storage and run off system.   Now if we can only get every city around the Bay to do the same!

We’ve also incorporated lots of other “green” features at OakWalk, all in an effort to help lead the way for environmental change with home building.  We carefully preserved the beautiful heritage trees in the area, used recycled old building materials, and low VOC paint.   For water conservation, we installed low-flow toilets, satellite weather stations, and tankless water heaters.

But for one of our most prized “green” features, I have a quiz for you.  Who can tell me what this is?

I’ll give you a hint.  You’ll find it in our parking garage.

Article by Stuart Gruendl.  Stuart is the developer of OakWalk, and an Oakland native.