Green Roof Success Virtual Symposium April 29-30, 2022
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) in partnership with Green Roof Info Think Thank (GRiT) is excited to announce the Green Roof Success: From Design Through Maintenance Virtual Symposium to be held virtually on April 29 10am - 4 pm PT and April 30 in person with self-guided tours from 10am - 3pm and a happy hour from 3:30 - 5:50pm at Shine Distillery & Grill in Portland Oregon! This event will dive into best practices for long-term, thriving green roofs along the west coast. This event is only $125 CND for non-members, and $99 CND (about $100 US and $75 USD) for GRHC members. It is pending approval for 2 credits from AIA CES, and GRP credits, and is approved for 2 credits from ASLA CES credits. Register here, or read the complete agenda here.
“This green roof symposium is widely-applicable to designers, installers, researchers and policy makers at any level of green roof knowledge. The expert-packed event and green roof tours will demonstrate what design and maintenance strategies have led to the most long-term thriving and watertight green roofs,” said Elizabeth Morris, GRP, Board of Directors GRiT and GRHC.
Expert presenters will be focusing on designing the roof for maintenance, and discussing what is typically seen during maintenance on existing Portland green roofs of all ages and types. Speakers will also address issues around inequity in green infrastructure, how to survive the value engineering process. There will be multiple short-videos on a variety of unique approaches to green roof design from local practitioners.
Expert speakers include:
Vivek Shandas, Professor of Climate Transformation and Director of the Sustaining Urban Places Research Lab (SUPR Lab) at Portland State University, will present on environmental justice and the opportunity for integrating social equity into ecological design, environmental conservation, and urban green efforts.
Jean von Bargen Root, Principal and Director of Sustainability, MWA Architects, Inc. How to assess when a green roof is beneficial to a project, communicate the benefits and drawbacks to the building owner, and help the green roof survive value engineering.
Jon Eisner, Project Architect, Carleton Hart Architecture. Design considerations for long-term, thriving green roofs including structural weight capacity, access for maintenance crews, drainage and waterproofing protection.
Tim Strand, Conventional Ecoroofs. The local approach to simple and effective EcoRoof design.
Kevin Bower, Columbia Green Technologies, Director of Sales West Coast. Explore the ROI that a green roof can bring to a project, and how to communicate that value to a Contractor, Architect or Building Owner.
Register here, or read the complete agenda here.
Thank you to our sponsors LiveRoof, Ema Architecture, Pacific Landscape Management, and Green Up Roofing!
About Us
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC)is a non-profit 501(c)(6) professional industry association working to grow the green roof and wall industry throughout North America since 1999. Our mission is to develop and protect the market by increasing the awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of green roofs, green walls, and other forms of living architecture through education, advocacy, professional development, and celebrations of excellence.
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Our next Virtual Symposium is the Vancouver Green Roof Symposium and it will be held on May 2, 2022 from 9am to 4pm PT.
Call for papers and presentations for CitiesAlive Homecoming 2022 are due April 30, 2022. www.citiesalive.org
From the Living Architecture Monitor
