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February 10-11: Better Buildings By
Design Conference 2010, Burlington, VT February 12: Vegetative Roof Systems for Roofing Contractors: Your Rewards, Responsibilities and Risks by NRCA, Atlantic City, NJ February 18 - April 30: AIA San Francisco Hosts Vertical Gardens Exhibition, San Francisco, CA February 21-24: Green Cities 2010 - People, Places & Performance Conference, Melbourne, Australia February 22-23: Sustainable City Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE February 22-24: NRCA Convention and International Roofing Expo, New Orleans, LA February 22-24: RESNET Building Performance Conference, Raleigh, NC February 24-26: Urban Aquaponics Conference, Brisbane, Australia
February 25-26: MiaGreen 2010 Expo &
Conference, Miami, FL March 1-2: Greenprints Conference & Trade Show, Atlanta, GA
March 2-4: Ecobuild & Futurebuild
2010, London, England
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Building of green spaces continues
WEG Part Of 'Cool Rexdale' Program
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Fact Sheet: News on the Recovery Act
Vermonters shape space, better and better
County stormwater shift to promote more 'green'
Building's secret garden top idea
A High School For Green Teens
'Green' building in Hempfield now tells its story on the screen
The urban Ewok village
Over the Top: Data Shows "Green" Roofs Could Cool Urban Heat
Islands and Boost Water Conservation
LEED Gold Certification for Cape Cod Green Home Achieved by Cape
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Where in the Greenroof World?
2009 Top 10 List of Milestones and
Accomplishments
As
we continue to ring in 2010 we hope you
enjoyed warm holidays with family and
friends and celebrated the New Year with
renewed hope for the future. Can you believe
we've entered a new decade? Shall we call
it 2K10, Twenty Ten, or just good old
fashioned 2,010? In any case, we're finally
out of the 0's, now we're into the 10's.
The Green Roof Guy
Green
Roof Wind & Fire Design Guidelines: Hello once again green roof fans, As many of you know, the Green Roof Guy has been waste deep in the efforts to get design guidelines for minimizing risks of fire and wind uplift for green roof systems inserted into the International Building Code. The journey that started nearly three years ago has been one with many starts and stops and has been a continuous learning process. You may recall the initial discussions throughout the industry as to whether testing was necessary or even possible. The decision was made to develop design guidelines that would govern how we build green roofs rather than attempting to test seemingly infinite green roof variations. However, as we coursed down this winding road, the wind design guide called Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI) / Green Roofs for Healthy Cities RP-14 met with some resistance that we could not overcome without conducting some testing. Though the testing... >>more
Empowerment with
Vertical Agriculture, Edible Walls
& Urban Farming Food Chains
If you ever have an opportunity to talk with my family you'll see there are very few things I am obsessed with except for my fascination with food. Fortunately when I am home and not traveling, I have the means to provide nutritious food such as fresh berries, raw vegetables and other non processed edibles. I do 90% of the cooking; I make three meals a day for my family - breakfast before school, homemade lunches, and dinner. For me it is not just about making the food - I am obsessed with cooking high quality nutritious meals... >>more
industry news: company/organization/ american hydrotech
American
Hydrotech is offering a free waterproofing and
roofing resource handbook for all architects and design
community professionals. Topics include sustainable
design, waterproof product specification, and proper
installation tech-niques for use by building
professionals in designing and waterproofing roof decks,
plazas, vertical foundations, reflecting pools, and
green roof applications.
asla
On
November 5, 2009, the Sustainable Sites Initiative™ -
the first national rating system for sustainable
landscapes - was released. The first voluntary,
scientifically researched rating system and guidelines
for design, construction, and maintenance of sustainable
landscapes, with or without buildings, is a partnership
of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA),
the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the U.S.
Botanic Garden. The rating system works on a 250-point
scale, with levels of achievement for obtaining 40, 50,
60, or 80 percent of available points, recognized with
one through four stars, respectively. Read more at:
www.sustainablesites.org. The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) is inviting units of government, organizations, school districts, and businesses within the 28 communities it serves to participate in a 2010 Regional Green Roof Initiative Program. Participation in the program will require interested parties to respond to a Request for Proposal (RFP) following standard procedure. Proposals are due by 10 a.m. on Feb. 12, 2010. The MMSD’s interest in green roofs is in capturing rainwater on our region’s rooftops and keeping it out of our regional sewer system. Doing so will help reduce polluted stormwater runoff and combined and sepa-rated sewer overflows to Lake Michigan. For more information you can download the press release from we energies regarding the Initiative along with a Green Roof Program Notice and RFP from MMSD. Read more in Industry Support. city of portland The City of Portland is sponsoring Ecoroof Portland on March 12-13, 2010. Learn how ecoroofs work, why they're important, and what's next for Portland's rooftops and skyline. The City has nearly 200 ecoroofs and an incentive available to help with the costs - if you own property in Portland, manage or own development projects, aspire to work in the ecoroof industry, or just support things sustainable, Ecoroof Portland is the event to get involved with this alternative roofing approach. Activities will include Portland ecoroof tours, live ecoroof installations, presentations by local and national experts, and workshops to help you get started on your own project. Fair attendance is free and vendors can reserve booth space very economically. In addition to Dr. David Sailor of Portland State University, Ed Snodgrass and Linda Velazquez will be speaking! Learn more here. Part of Portland's Grey to Green initiative to increase sustainable stormwater manage-ment practices, control non-native, invasive plants, and protect sensitive natural areas, over $800,000 will be spent on the incentive in this fiscal year, and will make funds availa-ble over the next three years. You could receive $5 per square foot to build your ecoroof! Applications of incentive appli-cations will be available in April 2010 for the next cycle that begins in the summer of 2010. Read more under Industry Support. city of toronto Toronto City Council Adopts Mandatory Green Roof Requirements: the City passed a new greenroof by-law with overwhelming support on May 26, 2009, consisting of a greenroof construction standard and a mandatory requirement for greenroofs on all classes of new buildings. The by-law re-quires up to 60% greenroof coverage on multi-unit residential dwellings over six stories, schools, non-profit housing, co-mmercial and industrial buildings. Larger residential projects require greater greenroof coverage, ranging anywhere from 20 to 50% of the roof area. Read more here. The City will provide incentives of $50 (Canadian) per square meter up to $100,000 for building owners who install greenroofs, on a one-year pilot basis. The next application session deadline is for Spring, which opens February 1 and the Application Deadline is April 2, 2010. Read more in Industry Support. epa EPA Guides Federal Facilities to Greener Stormwater Solutions: A new technical guide to help federal agencies minimize the impact of federal development projects on nearby water bodies was issued on December 10, 2009 by the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency. Under the new requirements, federal agencies must minimize stormwater runoff from federal development projects to protect water resources. Agencies can comply using a variety of green infrastructure or low impact development practices, including reducing impervious surfaces, using vegetative practices, porous pavements, cisterns and green roofs. Click here to view or download the new guidance document - "Technical Guidance on Implementing the Storm-water Runoff Requirements for Federal Projects under Section 438 of the Energy Independence and Security Act." green roofs for healthy cities GRHC issues Call for Papers & Posters for the CitiesAlive! 8th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference on Nov. 30, Dec. 1 & 2, 2010 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Conference streams fall under Policy, Design & Case Studies, and Research and GRHC is particularly interested in presentations that emphasize the themes of integration and climate change. Of interest also are projects that reflect the unique climate based challenges of the Pacific coast. Submission requirements: Completion of the call for papers submission form that includes a 300-word abstract and 50-100 word biography by March 15, 2010. Visit vancouver.citiesalive.org to download the form or for more information. nyc department of buildings The Department launched a new process for Green Roofs and Solar Electric Generating Systems tax abatements. This process will involve new job filing and abatement application filing procedures in the New York City boroughs for 2010 thru 2013. The Green Roof and Solar Tax Abatement Program Team have revised the PC1 form to reflect new required items - PTA3 and PTA4 Abatement Eligibility Approval. To learn more and for prompt and current updates about this, and other department initiatives, visit Industry Support. ssbx Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx) is a non-profit organization that champions hope and opportunity for their community and other urban communities with innovative programs that improve both the economy and our environment. They seek to combat climate change and urban disinvestment through green collar job creation. Their nationally-recognized Bronx Environmental Steward-ship Training (BEST) celebrated their 175th graduate at the end of 2009, nearly doubling the scope of SSBx's training from the past year. SSBx continues to seek employer partners who are looking for the right employee trained from their BEST Academy program, which is currently recruiting for 2010 training sessions. Learn more here. wgin The World Green Roof Infrastructure Network (WGRIN) changed the name of the association from WGRIN to the World Green Infrastructure Network - WGIN - and added the slogan "Vegetation makes it possible." The name change was decided in Toronto last October for the first CitiesAlive! World Green Roof Infrastructure Congress. |
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students
on green roofs
Over Thanksgiving this
year, I found myself in a discussion about the choices we make
on behalf of the environment and planet. It started before
dinner over a beautiful glass of wine, when an uncle asked why I
choose not to eat meat. Keen on learning more about his
organic garden and wishing to keep the conversation pleasant and
simple, I opted for the simplest answer: “I just don’t like it.”
It seemed like he’d accepted this answer, but before I could
launch into my curiosities he queried, “So you’re not one of
those people who abstain from meat on behalf of the
environment?” Ach. A French Green Roof Research & Development Program
By Maxime Darnis and
Philippe Faucon
Compared
to Germany, green roof total surface in France is small but the annual
market is getting more and more important. In 2008, more than half
a million square meters of rooftops were vegetated here. This shows the
increasing interest for this technique, but market expansion is still
slowed down by lack of knowledge: contactors are still questioning green
roof benefits and techniques. To give answers and fill the lack of
research, we launched a research program in 2007. The eThekwini Municipality Green Roof Pilot Project
By Clive Greenstone
During
this millennium Durban, South Africa, like
other cities around the world, will be
challenged to provide sufficient food,
shelter, basic services and jobs for all its
urban residents. This challenge is
compounded by the necessarily to fulfill
these needs whilst simultaneously building
more sustainable cities that mitigate,
rather than add to, climate change.
There is growing consensus that the future
is in cities and the drive to change these
urban forms into more sustainable ecological
spaces is a necessity. Sustainable Roofing Technologies Column
In the Year 2020
For all of those who read my New Year’s article, all my resolutions have been broken, so I have decided to look forward to a new year, the year 2020 in fact. I have chosen 2020 because all my grandchildren that have been born to date will be either in college or about ready to enter college and I will have reached the normal retirement age of 65. What will their sustainable future look like and mine in retirement?... >>more
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How to Secede on Green Roofs Without Really Trying What happens on a green roof without intervention? Ecological succession is at work in all climates at all times turning areas scrubbed clean from fires or lava flows into meadows then shrub lands to primary forests to secondary forests to climax forests. All human-designed gardening and agriculture fights this natural succession to keep the intended plants from... >>more
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