Join Green Roofs for Healthy Cities at the Denver Mile High Symposium
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is excited to announce the Denver Mile High Symposium on Friday, July 29 from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The Symposium will feature regionally appropriate green roof design projects and the latest research for the semiarid west. Register for admission, only US $159, and earn 6 GRP CEUS, 6 AIA LU|HSW CEUS, 7 LA CES CEUS. Lunch and a green roof tour will be available at the Terra Building at the Colorado State University Spur campus in Denver, Colorado.
Jennifer Bousselot, Assistant Professor at Colorado State University says that “This symposium will be a great opportunity for urban designers to see what is going on in the Denver market and share ideas on where green roofing should go in the future.”
Expert speakers include:
Keynote speaker Bruce Dvorak, MLA, Associate Professor at Texas A&M University, speaking on the topic of selecting appropriate green roof plants from his recent book Ecoregional Green Roofs. To purchase Ecoregional Green Roofs please fill in this form.
Jennifer Bousselot, Ph.D., GRP, Assistant Professor of Horticulture, Colorado State University, presenting on research of green roof plant-pollinator interactions, green roof system stormwater capture, rooftop agriculture, and rooftop agrivoltaics
Christy Collins, Green Building Projects Specialist, City and County of Denver Community Planning and Development, presenting what’s been achieved to date with the Green Buildings Ordinance, and some additional complementary initiatives underway
Panel Discussion
Stacy Passmore, Senior Partner/Co-Founder of Superbloom - Populus
Jeff Stoecklein, Senior Associate - Landscape Architect of Davis Partnerships - Project: One River North
JC Culwell, Senior Associate of Wenk - Project: 1900 Lawrence
The symposium is cohosted jointly by Colorado State University and the University of Colorado Denver as the Colorado Living Architecture Regional Academic Center of Excellence.
Register for the symposium today, and see the full agenda here.
Thank you to our sponsors:
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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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