Past Guest Feature Articles:

2010:

july - Coupling Rainwater Collection with Living Roofs: A Water Quality Review - By David Williams and Jon Kinder, Prairie Designs LLC

july - Green Roofs at Boston GreenFest 2010 - By Demetria Spinrad, Foundation for a Green Future, Inc.

may - Expanding Green Jobs, Upgrading Skills and Seizing New Opportunity Are Focal Points At Our First Regional Conference and Training - By Steven W. Peck, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

april - Perennial Peanut: Gold for Green Roofs in the Humid Tropics - By Patrick J. O’Connor, Green Roof Manager, ICS Group, Inc.

march - Top Down Greening: Green Roofs on the Rise - By Adam Henige, Web Consultant

february - International Summit in Shanghai: The Green Roof Solution to the Impending Drinking Water Crisis in India, Western China and Neighboring Countries - By Dr. Karen L. Weber, Earth Our Only Home, Inc.

2009:

october - A French Green Roof Research & Development Program - By Maxime Darnis and Philippe Faucon, ARRDHOR CRITT Horticole Green Roof Research

october - The eThekwini Municipality Green Roof Pilot Project - By Clive Greenstone, Principal of Green Roof Designs

august - In the Shadow of the Vertical Garden - By Lars Kronborg Bak, Landscape Architect

june - The Eco-villa at Soneva Kiri - By Louis Thompson, Six Senses Permaculturist

may - Climate protection, naturally – green roofs in Düsseldorf: financial support and quantitative analysis of aerial photographs - By Katja Holzmüller, Environmental Department of Düsseldorf

march - Green Buildings in India - By Christine Thüring, Greenroofs.com Student Editor

january - INTERNATIONAL GREEN ROOF CONGRESS 2009: “Bringing Nature Back to Town” - By Wolfgang Ansel, International Green Roof Association

2008:

november - Modern Green Roof Technology Literally Shipped from Germany! - By Jörg Breuning, Green Roof Expert and Consultant

october - Sustainable Head-Quarters: The West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority - By Frances Carroll, Chartered Landscape Architect

october - Relaxing Villa Santai, the First Greenroof in Bali - By Victor Sinclair, Owner/Designer

june - Penstemons for Green Roofs in the Midwest - By Brent Horvath, Nursery President and Grower

april - A green roofing resource - By James R. Kirby, AIA, NRCA associate executive director of technical communications

march - An Intro to Green Walls and Green Roofs: Living Architecture at its Best - By George Irwin, Industry CEO and President

2007:

december - New Stormwater Regulations Promote Green Roofing and Waterproofing - By William F. Foley, CSI, CCPR, Waterproofing and Greenroof Design Consultant

november - Stormwater Runoff Issues - By Jim Lindell, Marketing Manager

april/may - The Green Roof Centre - Sheffield, UK - By Jeff Sorrill, the Green Roof Centre Project Manager

2006:

december - The Green Roof Stormwater Management Tool ~ a Free Community Resource -  By Kelly Luckett, LEED AP, President of Green Roof Blocks

october - The world’s green roofs could be Australia’s market because: There’s “green gold” across our harsh landscapes - By Geoff Wilson, President of Green Roofs for Healthy Australian Cities

september - ENVISIONING A “GREENROOF” POLICY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Implementing Strategies to Encourage Alternative Stormwater Best Management Practices - By Gregory C. Long, R.L.A.

august - DIY Modular Green Roof Systems - By Sandra McCullough, LEED AP

july - Green Roof Industry Meets in Boston for Biggest Green Roof Conference Yet! - By Jennifer Sprout, Director, Conferences and Special Events, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

july - Compost Utilization Goes Through the Roof: Center for Green Roof Research at Penn State University uses compost in its media studies and plans to explore microbial communities - By Drew Mather, Soil Scientist

may - Perlite on Green Roofs - By Jennifer Appel, ASLA, Registered Landscape Architect and Licensed Irrigator

april - National Landscape Architecture Month - By Dennis Carmichael, FASLA, President, American Society of Landscape Architects

2005:

november/december - The next profit frontier for green roof companies is…FOOD FROM THE ROOF - By Geoff Wilson, President of the Urban Agriculture Network – Western Pacific, and Convenor of Green Roofs for Healthy Australian Cities

october - A Bold Plan for New Orleans - By Alex Wilson and the Editors of Environmental Building News

september - German Ecology and a Regenerative Design Tour - By Roland Oehme, Landscape Architect

august - The World Green Roof Congress & Green Roof Week, Basel, Switzerland 2005 - By
Dr. Stephan Brenneisen

may - Shouting from the Rooftops! Chicago’s Green Champions Share Techniques for Growing More Green Roofs on More Buildings - By Vuk Vujovic, LEED AP, and Douglas J. Ogurek, Architects

april - At Night All Cows are Black, or In the Land of the Blind the One-Eyed Man is King - By Patrick Carey, Designer

march - The Filter, Drain, and Water Holding Components of Green Roof Design - By Allan Wingfield, AIA

february - Replacing the Roof on Your Facility? How to Get What You Paid for and Avoid Unexpected Problems and Cost - By Ken Apicella, Project Manager

january - Horticulture Therapy: Rooftop Garden Creates An Oasis For Wellness & Rehabilitation - By Ed Jarger, Regional Greenroof Product Manager

2004:

december - Birds on a Cool Green Roof ~ Can the roof of Chicago's City Hall take urban nature to a higher level? - By Katherine Millett, Freelance Writer

november - A New Independent Green Roof Organisation for the UK - By Dusty Gedge, Greenroof Consultant

october - The GaLaBau 2004: 16th International Fair for Urban Green and Open Spaces in Nuremberg, Germany, September 15-18 - By Janet Faust, Environmental Horticulturalist & Greenroof Product Manager

september - The Times They are A-Changing: Trends and Challenges for the Green Roof Market of the Future - By Wolfgang Ansel, DDV, IGRC

august - Growing Green Roofs in the United States - By Wendy Willow Wark, Green Roof Consultant

july - Don’t Call It Dirt! - By Chuck Friedrich, RLA, ASLA, Landscape Architect and Growth Media Consultant

june - How to Build an Intensive Residential Green Roof - By Jennifer Appel, Registered Landscape Architect and Licensed Irrigator

may - Greenroofs - From the Classroom to the Boardroom - By Janet Faust, Environmental Horticulturalist & Greenroof Product Manager

april - Green Roof Demonstration and Research Center – Developing Further - By Louise Lundberg, International Green Roof Institute, Malmö, Sweden

march - A Cool Roof in a Hot City:  The Southeast's First Municipal Greenroof - By Benjamin Taube and Janet Ward,  Atlanta City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

february - When Mosses Recreate the Landscape on the Roof - By Michel R. Chiaffredo, MCK Environnement & BRYOTEC Technology

january - 2004 Will Be A Year of Laying the Foundations for Unprecedented Growth in the Green Roof Industry - By Steven Peck, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

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