Green Roofs - Living Architecture Monitor - Winter 2009 - (Page S3) CONFERENCE AGENDA Tuesday, June 2, 2009 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm Golf Tournament – Bobby Jones Golf Course -- Mark your calendars now, and plan to participate in the FIRST annual GRHC Golf Tournament at the Bobby Jones Golf Course. We are offering the opportunity to play at one of Atlanta’s top rated golf courses. Open to all GRHC members, their employees, guests, spouses and prospective members. Create your own foursome or let us assign you to one. This is a great networking event! (Ticketed Event – Pre-Registration Required) Green Roof Tours - Depart from Hotel Lobby -- Discover Atlanta through a series of six tours featuring more than 15 green roofs demonstrating the most innovative,efficient,celebrated projects in the south. Access green roofs rarely open to the public and meet with the architects and landscape architects who created these outstanding projects and learn the secrets of their success.(Ticketed Event – Pre-Registration Required) 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Wednesday, June 3, 2009 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Conference Training Sessions -Available At Preferred Rates for Conference Attendees (Ticketed Events – Pre-Registration Required) Green Roof Design 101: Introductory Course Green Roof Design 101 introduces participants to the numerous public and private benefits of green roofs and presents many of the tools and techniques needed to meet your green roof project objectives. Participants will learn about major design principles, types of green roof products and systems and their relevance, and the professions and competencies that are necessary for a successful green roof project. Room: Hanover C Green Roof Infrastructure: Design and Installation 201 Green Roof Design and Installation 201 is an immensely practical course that provides participants with an in-depth information on the multitude of green roof implementation issues from the first client meetings through scheduling, insurance and permit issues, site analysis, construction considerations, sub contracting, building a qualified project team, post construction maintenance and more. Room: Hanover D Green Roof Infrastructure: Waterproofing and Drainage 301 Green Roof Waterproofing and Drainage 301 presents an overview of the many tools and techniques needed to meet green roof waterproofing and drainage project objectives. This includes: understanding waterproofing and drainage terminology for better communication with the various professions involved, understanding waterproofing and drainage assemblies and systems, an overview of major design principles, Best Management Practices and a review of the professions and competencies required for delivering a successful green roof project. Room: Hanover E Green Roof Infrastructure: Plants and Growing Medium 401 Green Roof Plants and Growing Media 401 provides participants with an overview of plants and growing media design considerations and maintenance for green roof assemblies. In addition to establishing design and implementation best management practices, the course covers the principles of plant physiology and soil sciences as they apply to green roofs, identifies applications of various plant and growing media, teaches the technical requirements for growing media and plant life and gives an understanding of the potential implementation issues related to plant care and growing media contamination. Room: Hanover F 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Policy Roundtable – Exploring Opportunities to Use the New Green Roof Professional (GRP) Designation – Room: Baker Peter Lowitt, Chair, GRHC, and Dr Hamid Karimi, Ph.D., Deputy Director, District Department of the Environment (DDOE) – Natural Resources, Washington D.C. Moderator: Hitesh Doshi , Professor, Ryerson University Research Roundtable – Establishing Priorities for Green Roof and Wall Research – Room: Fairlie Chair: Dr. Brad Bass, Environment Canada, Chair, Research Committee Moderator: Richard Cote, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Green Infrastructure Workshop – Room: Hanover G The Green Infrastructure Foundation is proud to present the Green Infrastructure Workshop, a half day seminar that will provide attendees with a review of various vegetative technologies in urban areas (i.e., green walls, roofs, urban forests, rain gardens) present the latest research on their many performance benefits and show case a variety of leading edge policy and program developments in cities such as Chicago, Seattle, New York and Toronto that support the greening of our cities. Ideal for policy makers and other advocates of urban greenery. GreenSave Calculator Training Workshop – Room: Hanover G This half day training session is invaluable to those who are seeking to understand the cost-benefit methodology utilized in GHRC’s GREENSAVE CALCULATOR. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Corporate Members Sub-Committee Meetings (members only) 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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