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Sika Sarnafil Wins Green Roofs for Healthy Cities’ Corporate Member Legacy Award for Their Support for the Green Roof Industry
Sika Sarnafil has won a new award for companies that have generously provided support for the development of the green roof and wall industry
American Hydrotech Wins Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Corporate Member Legacy Award - Presented at CitiesAlive on October 18, 2022
Honoring companies which have supported the advancement of the green roof and wall industry across North America.
Devens Enterprise Commission Wins GRHC Corporate Member Legacy Award For Its Outstanding Support of the Green Roof and Wall Industry
Devens has been a pioneer in the development of innovative policies that support green roofs and walls.
Ben Flanner, CEO of Brooklyn Grange to Speak at CitiesAlive 2022
Ben will be speaking about the new Javits Center Rooftop Farm and Orchard in New York City
Sustainable Futures: Designing Green Communities and Buildings Launches Episode 3, Water, The Universal Connector
Episode three features Howard Neukrug, Executive Director at the Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania
Introducing Sustainable Futures Podcast 2: Cutting Edge Research on Rooftop Agrivoltaics
The episode features Dr. Jennifer Bousselot, assistant professor at Colorado State University in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.
Community-Scale Green Infrastructure: Bringing the Green Infrastructure Charette Program to CitiesAlive in Philadelphia
Working with the City of Philadelphia, the Charrete will offer a participants the opportunity to re-design several sites in Philadelphia with living green infrastructure.
GRHC Launches Fall 2022 Water Issue of the Living Architecture Monitor
The Fall Issue explores multiple facets of water with articles and our new podcasts.
SOPREMA® Announces the Acquisition of Furbish
Green roof system supplier to join SOPREMA USA
12 Outstanding Reasons to Attend CitiesAlive 2022 This Fall
After two years of virtual meetings, we are finally getting together in person to network, learn and celebrate. Here are twelve great reasons why you should attend CitiesAlive this year:
Urban Farming Pioneer Ben Flanner to Present their Latest Rooftop Farm at CitiesAlive 2022
Ben Flanner, co-founder and CEO of Brooklyn Grange, will be speaking about the new food producing green roof at the Javits Center during CitiesAlive, in Philadelphia
CitiesAlive 2022: Keynote Speaker Naomi Davis Creating Change Through Energy Justice
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is happy to announce that Naomi Davis, founder and CEO of Blacks in Green (BIG), creators of Chicago’s Sustainable Square Mile, will be a keynote speaker at CitiesAlive 2022.
Introducing the Sustainable Futures: Designing Green Communities and Buildings Podcast
Sustainable Futures: Designing Green Communities and Buildings is a brand new Living Architecture Monitor podcast from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Learn How to Kickstart Green Infrastructure at the Virtual Policy Symposium
Join us to learn from policy makers about how to implement transformative policy on September 7 from 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
CitiesAlive 2022: The Homecoming - Registration Now Open!
In person CitiesAlive is back! Register before Friday September 9th to secure the early bird registration rate!
Grey to Green Conference Recordings Now Available!
Conference recordings are now available on the Living Architecture Academy, for only $99 USD for 1 day, and $149 USD for both days
Join Green Roofs for Healthy Cities at the Denver Mile High Symposium
The Symposium on July 29th will feature regionally appropriate green roof design projects and the latest research for the semiarid west
Toronto Fire Services Officially Opens New Fire Station in Downsview Park
The new station allows for natural light, uses robust materials for longer service life and includes a green roof.
GRHC Launches Summer 2022 Biodiversity Issue of the Living Architecture Monitor
The Summer Issue explores the various aspects of biodiversity including design principles, case studies and new policy developments.
Omni Ecosystems® Releases Omni Meadow™ - The Next Logical Step and Proven Future of Green Roofs
Created in the true spirit of green infrastructure and customized by geographical region, Omni Meadow reintroduces nature into the built environment.