'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' in Prince George's County

A company from the Washington, D.C., area put its pervious paving in the spotlight earlier this month on ABC’s popular Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Filming took place over the summer, according to a Bay-region blog, and the cumulative cost of concrete (not all pervious) between the two featured projects totaled about $100,000.

One project, a home in Hyattsville, received a patio built with pervious concrete, thanks to the construction of Chaney Enterprises, out of Waldorf, Md. The company also laid down a pervious sidewalk at the second project, the Fishing School community center in Brentwood.

This prime-time display is a step forward for reducing impervious surfaces –perhaps it will spark more paving of this kind throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Chaney Enterprises features pervious pavement and a “Go Green” section to their web site.

For more on the benefits of pervious pavement, here’s a video with graphics that help illustrate the sponge-like effects of the pavement.