Green Roofs - Living Architecture Monitor - Winter 2009 - (Page 33) tive systems that filter stormwater from parking lots and green roofs and retain stormwater onsite are also beginning to become more commonplace in Georgia. Examples of these include bioretention cells,engineered soil and landscape systems,vegetative swales, infiltration trenches,permeable pavers and cisterns to name a few. With green infrastructure comes a significant opportunity to employ an even wider range of vegetative stormwater practices. Working from the ground up (literally) are green walls and green roofs. These innovative green practices are expected to increase in numbers even more rapidly as they become included as part of the stormwater treatment train in the stormwater manual. D Wayne King Sr. is owner and CEO of ERTH Products, LLC. based in Tyrone, Georgia. He is the past chairman of the Georgia Green Industry Association and serves on the board of the United States Composting Council and the University of Georgia, Odom School of Ecology. He has also served on numerous state technical advisory committees most notably the Governor’s Stormwater advisory committee and the Water Council’s advisory committee responsible for developing the state’s comprehensive statewide water management plan. Atlanta, Georgia is the host of this year’s annual Green Roofs for Healthy Cities’ conference – the 7th Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities Conference,Awards and Trade Show – from June 3-5, 2009. http://www.LiveRoof.com http://www.LiveRoof.com
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