The EPA announced Tuesday it will provide over $500,000 in technical assistance for 16 Brownfields Sustainability Pilots. The grants will support sustainable activities such as the reuse and recycling of construction and demolition materials, green building and infrastructure design, energy efficiency, water conservation, renewable energy development, and native landscaping. 

The agency said it will work with communities to incorporate sustainable redevelopment into the planning, design, and implementation of their brownfields projects. Each pilot project will receive between $20,000 and $50,000 in assistance. Pilot examples include:

• Analysis of green roof systems for a brownfields project in Roxbury, Mass.
• Feasibility analysis of reusing and recycling materials from closed textile mills in Valley, Ala.
• Green building and green infrastructure design at a former smelter in San Juan County, Colo
• Assistance with applying green building principles and providing community training at a former gas station being converted into a community center in Portland, Ore.