Mod­ern urban plan­ning faces many chal­lenges. An increas­ing num­ber of paved sur­faces, an increase in the num­ber of vehi­cles and prob­lems with rain­wa­ter drainage make it nec­es­sary to look for new, more sus­tain­able solu­tions. One of these is park­ing gratewhich com­bines the func­tion­al­i­ty of tra­di­tion­al paving with eco­log­i­cal ben­e­fits, improv­ing both the aes­thet­ics of the space and its sus­tain­abil­i­ty.

Why are traditional pavements not a good option?

For many years, the most pop­u­lar mate­ri­als used for car parks were con­crete, asphalt and paving stones. Despite their undoubt­ed advan­tages, such as dura­bil­i­ty and resis­tance to heavy traf­fic, they have some sig­nif­i­cant draw­backs that mean their use may not be the best option.

1. No per­me­abil­i­ty — Tra­di­tion­al pave­ments seal the ground, pre­vent­ing rain­wa­ter from seep­ing in. This leads to the for­ma­tion of pud­dles and the over­load­ing of stormwa­ter drains, espe­cial­ly dur­ing heavy rain­fall.
2. Urban heat island effect — Asphalt and con­crete heat up strong­ly on hot days, which rais­es the ambi­ent tem­per­a­ture, espe­cial­ly in cities. This can cause dis­com­fort for res­i­dents and adverse­ly affect the local micro­cli­mate.
3. Increase in soil ero­sion — Excess imper­vi­ous sur­faces con­tribute to accel­er­at­ed soil ero­sion, which affects the qual­i­ty of green spaces and the sta­bil­i­ty of the land.
4. Cost of main­te­nance and repairs — asphalt and con­crete pave­ments require cost­ly repairs over time as they are prone to crack­ing and can be dam­aged by frost in win­ter.

In the face of these chal­lenges, it is worth explor­ing alter­na­tives to make space man­age­ment more sus­tain­able. Park­ing gratessuch as mod­el RecRoad offered by our com­pa­ny, is an inno­v­a­tive approach to paving.

Sammler — what is the RecRoad parking grid?

The park­ing grid is a mod­u­lar pan­el made of durable plas­tic that allows the pave­ment to be sta­bilised while remain­ing per­me­able. In appear­ance, it resem­bles an open­work struc­ture that can be filled with var­i­ous mate­ri­als such as grass, grav­el or aggre­gate.

It is dis­tin­guished by a num­ber of func­tion­al and envi­ron­men­tal ben­e­fits that make it an increas­ing­ly pop­u­lar choice for investors and pri­vate prop­er­ty own­ers.

Environmental advantages of RecRoad parking gratings

1. Sustainable rainwater management

One of the key advan­tages of park­ing grilles is their per­me­abil­i­ty. Thanks to their open struc­ture, they allow water to seep nat­u­ral­ly into the soil, reduc­ing the risk of pud­dles and over­load­ing rain­wa­ter drains. This is par­tic­u­lar­ly impor­tant in cities, where the prob­lem of exces­sive sur­face seal­ing caus­es numer­ous hydro­log­i­cal dif­fi­cul­ties.

2. soil and green space protection

The use of park­ing grilles allows main­te­nance of bio­log­i­cal­ly active area. Unlike con­crete or asphalt, grass-filled park­ing grids allow veg­e­ta­tion to grow, which improves the micro­cli­mate and ben­e­fits the envi­ron­ment.

3. Reducing the urban heat island effect

As men­tioned ear­li­er, the heat­ing of asphalt and con­crete in hot weath­er leads to high­er tem­per­a­tures in cities. Grass-filled park­ing grates help main­tain a low­er tem­per­a­ture in the sur­round­ing area, which is par­tic­u­lar­ly impor­tant in large conur­ba­tions.

4. use of recycled materials

Mod­ern park­ing grilles such as RecRoadare made of recy­cled plas­ticswhich con­tributes to the reduc­tion of plas­tic waste. Choos­ing such solu­tions sup­ports a closed loop econ­o­my and min­imis­es the car­bon foot­print.

Functionality and application of RecRoad by Sammler parking grilles

The park­ing grate is extreme­ly ver­sa­tile and can be used in many places. It can be used for, among oth­er things:

• the cre­ation of green park­ing areas for cars and vans,
• soil sta­bil­i­sa­tion in green spaces, parks or gar­dens,
• con­struc­tion of cycle and pedes­tri­an paths,
• hard­en­ing of dri­ve­ways on pri­vate prop­er­ty,
• strength­en­ing road­sides and alleys in urban areas,
• prepa­ra­tion of paving for recre­ation­al sites, camp­ing areas and manoeu­vring areas.

Their wide range of appli­ca­tions means that they can be used in small, domes­tic devel­op­ments as well as in large infra­struc­ture projects.

Summary — why use RecRoad by Sammler parking grilles?

Park­ing grates are a mod­ern, envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly solu­tion that ensures pave­ment sta­bil­i­ty, improves water man­age­ment and reduces the envi­ron­men­tal impact of infra­struc­ture. Thanks to prod­ucts such as RecRoad, it is pos­si­ble to cre­ate durable and aes­thet­i­cal­ly pleas­ing pave­ments with­out the need for imper­me­able mate­ri­als.

In sum­ma­ry, if you care about:

✔️ Durable and func­tion­al paving,
✔️ Bet­ter water man­age­ment and soil con­ser­va­tion,
✔️ Eco­log­i­cal and aes­thet­ic appear­ance of the area,
✔️ Reduc­ing the urban heat island effect,

… park­ing grat­ings are the ide­al solu­tion. With them you can cre­ate a space that is both user and envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly.