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STANDARDS

Photo courtesy of Green Infrastructure Foundation

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
FOUNDATION POISED TO
RELEASE LIVING ARCHITECTURE
PERFORMANCE TOOL
HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE PERFORMANCE TOOL
WORKSHOP AT CITIESALIVE IN SEATTLE
BY ROHAN LILAUWALA, GRP

The Green Infrastructure
Foundation (GIF) continues to
develop the Living Architecture
Performance Tool (LAPT),
a program designed to set
performance criteria and metrics
for living architecture such as green
roofs and green walls. The goal is
to ensure that living architecture
projects will achieve the maximum
performance benefits, so they can
be funded, designed, implemented,
maintained and incented with
greater confidence.
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he LAPT has been undergoing development based on a
series of white papers and subject matter expert meetings
for several years. GIF is hosting a workshop Wednesday,
September 20 in Seattle, in conjunction with CitiesAlive,
to solicit feedback and continue to develop this standard. GIF's
objective is to release the first full version of the standard in
2018 and invite designers and regulators to join in the pilot
project stage over 2018 and 2019. GIF is looking for input from
key stakeholders and subject matter experts on the performance
of green roofs and walls, including metrics, weighting of credits,
validation approaches, and strategies to achieve performance.
If you are interested in participating in this free workshop and
consultation please contact the author at rlilauwala@greenroofs.org.

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CHARRETTES TO BRING
GREEN VISIONS AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TO
SEATTLE AND THREE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN 2017

GIF's innovative Green Infrastructure Charrette program
continues to bring together teams of interdisciplinary experts
with local stakeholders to develop conceptual plans for the
application of green stormwater infrastructure on actual sites.
These plans are then subjected to a customized cost-benefit
matrix developed by GIF. The goal of this project is to combine
visuals with economic analysis to create a compelling vision for
green infrastructure, while engaging policy and decision makers.
GIF recently completed a successful charrette at Grey to Green
for the cities of Toronto and Mississauga.
GIF is currently partnering with IoT Impact LABS on a
unique Charrette in New Bedford, MA (August 11), where teams
will explore the application of green infrastructure, enhanced by
internet of things technologies like sensors, controls, analytics,
and network-connected devices. Other upcoming Charrettes
include Seattle, WA (September 21), Barrie, ON (October 11),
and Richmond Hill, ON (October 26). Ontario Charrettes are
supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, while the Seattle
Charrette is supported by King County, CollinsWoerman and
MIG|SvR. For participation or sponsorship opportunities,
contact the author at rlilauwala@greenroofs.org.

Rohan Lilauwala is Program Manager at the Green Infrastructure
Foundation and Senior Researcher at Green Roofs for Healthy Cities.
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