Green Roofs - Living Architecture Monitor - Summer 2017 - 22

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
9:00 am - 10:30 am

Morning Plenary & Keynotes

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am - 12:45 pm

PROGRAMMING SESSION 5

Pushing Social and Ecological Limits: Massive West Coast Living Architecture Projects
Chris Guillard, PLA, Founding Partner of CMG Landscape Architects, on the Facebook Roofpark and more.
Paul Kephart, GRP, ASLA, CPSE, CEO, Principal Ecologist & Designer, Rana Creek Design, on the Transbay
Terminal and more.

Ravena A, B & C

Metropolitan Prefunction

RAVENA A, B & C

CAPITOL HILL

ISSAQUAH A & B

BALLARD

DESIGN TRACK (D)

RESEARCH TRACK (R)

POLICY TRACK (P)

ON THE ROOF WITH (O)

GREENWOOD
IN THE DESIGN STUDIO WITH (S)

Diverse green roof applications:
food, healing, unusual climates,
and more

Cutting edge green roof research

Research and case studies for
healthy plants and high performance stormwater management

Best Practices in the
Maintenance of Green
Roofs in the Cascadia
Region

Learn the tricks of the trade
first-hand from award-winning
master design professionals,
with these intimate sessions

KPU SkyFarm: Food Production on
a Shallow Soil Roof
Dr. Katherine Dunster, MBCSLA,
RPBio, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
School of Horticulture

Developing a Regional Green Roof
System for Hot Climates
John Hart Asher, MLA, Environmental
Designer, Project Manager, Department of
Ecological Research & Design, Lady Bird
Johnson Wildflower Center
Michelle Bertelsen, Ecologist, Lady Bird
Johnson Wildflower Center

Choosing Sedum Species for Survivability on Extensive Greenroofs
Robert Long, President/Owner,
Carolina Stonecrops Inc.

Session Chair:
Michael Wisshack,
Etera National Sales
Manager

Jeffrey L. Bruce, GRP, FASLA,
LEED, ASIC, Jeffrey L. Bruce &
Company; Chair, Green Roofs for
Healthy Cities

2017 Top 10 List of Hot Trends in
Greenroof & Greenwall Design
Linda Velazquez, GRP, ASLA, LEED AP,
Founder & Publisher, Greenroofs.com

Monitoring Two Large-Scale PrairieLike Green Roofs in Manhattan, Kansas
Jeffrey L. Bruce, GRP, FASLA, LEED,
ASIC, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company, Chair,
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Lee R. Skabelund, PLA, ASLA, Associate Professor, Department of Landscape
Architecture and Regional & Community
Planning College of Architecture, Planning and Design Kansas State University

Biological Research on Extensive
Green Roof on Calgary's Municipal Hall
Kerry Ross, Principal, Green T
Design Inc.
Sasha Liston, Green Wall Sales, Estimator, Research and Development,
Ginkgo Sustainability Inc.

Panelists:
Lynda Wightman,
Industry Relations Manager, Hunter Industries
Andy Creath, President,
Green Roofs of Colorado,
LLC
Ron Schwenger, GRP,
President at Architek
Sustainable & Rope +
Cable Canada
Jon Crumrine, RRO,
GRP, A-Tech/Northwest,
Inc.

Jeffery is the owner of Jeffrey L.
Bruce & Company (JBC) founded in
1986. Jeff has received over 120
separate design and leadership
awards, and has worked on over
100 green roofs encompassing
over 6 million square feet.

Bay State Medical Center: A Healing Rooftop Garden with Complex
Design Features
Nicholas Smith, National Sales
Manager, ZinCo USA, Inc.

Effect of Microniches on Plant
Growth Found On the Millennium
Science Complex Green Roofs at
University Park, PA
Julie Razryadov, Graduate Student,
Pennsylvania State University

Green Stormwater Infrastructure:
How Well Do These Techniques
Stand the Test of Time
Tom Liptan, Green Infrastructure
Specialist and Researcher, LIVE
Center

A New Model of Urban Re-Generation: Making Resilient, Sustainable
and Socially Just Neighborhoods
Eric Corey Freed, LEED, Chief Community Officer, EcoDistricts, Founding
Principal, organicARCHITECT

Evaluation of Green Roofs from
the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Perspective
Mooyoung Han, Professor, Seoul
National University

Architectural Systems for ZERO
Potable Water and Stormwater
Runoff
Paul Kephart, GRP, ASLA, CPSE,
CEO, Principal Ecologist & Designer,
Rana Creek Design

1:00 pm - 2:45 pm

Awards of Excellence Luncheon Ticketed; included in the GRP & Emerging Professional Pass, Advanced Delegate Pass, and Basic Delegate Pass.

Metropolitan Ballroom A & B

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Living Architecture Performance Tool/Standard - Workshop (Green Infrastructure Foundation)

Greenwood

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Tours (Ticketed)

Various Locations

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Tours (Ticketed)

Various Locations

8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Green Infrastructure Charrette (Green Infrastructure Foundation) (By Invitation)

Ballard

TRAINING COURSES
Design and Installation
Monday, September 18 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Price: $399 (GRHC Member) // $449 (Non-Member)

Introduction to Rooftop Urban Agriculture
Monday, September 18 from 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Price: $225 (GRHC Member) // $299 (Non-Member)

Stormwater Training - NEW!!
Monday, September 18 from 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Price: $225 (GRHC Member) // $299 (Non-Member)

Green Walls (New Edition)
Monday, September 18 from 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Price: $225 (GRHC Member) // $299 (Non-Member)

Full-day course. Provides detailed information on green
roof benefits and technical standards, as well best
practices for design, installation and maintenance.

Learn about  multiple approaches to growing food on
rooftops through design and maintenance principles,
and case studies drawn from across North America.

Tuition includes the course, a 300-page Resource Manual. 
Led by Rohan Lilauwala, GRP, Project Manager, Green
Infrastructure Foundation.

Tuition includes the course, an 85-page Resource Manual. 

Half-day training course. Teaches you how to design for
maximum stormwater performance, comply with stormwater regulations, and how to make the business case
for using a green roof as a stormwater BMP.

This course discusses design and construction
best practices for green facades and living walls,
as well as the latest research findings on the
environmental benefits of these technologies.

GRP Business Skills Development Session
Monday, September 18 from 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Free for GRPs!

Biophilic Design Workshop
Monday September 18 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Price: $50

Advanced Green Roof Maintenance
Monday September 18 from 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Price: $225 (GRHC Member) // $299 (Non-Member)

Available to all GRPs, the first half of the workshop
demonstrates how to deliver the green roof lunch n'
learn presentation; the second half is an introduction
to the green save calculator and explanation of how
to use it.

Review the patterns of biophilic design and the
supporting science.. Participants will then be charged
with collaborating to design the most biophilic green
roof and wall projects, with a goal of producing a set
of design principles for each. 

Half-day course. Explores green roof maintenance
considerations. Learn how to: design and budget to
facilitate maintenance; develop maintenance plans and
inspection reports that work in concert with warranty
requirements; perform common maintenance procedures; and rehabilitate green roofs.

Led by Melissa Daniels, Vice President & Horticultural
Specialist Plant Connection, Inc.

Led biophilic design leaders, Bill Browning of Terrapin Bright
Green and Judith Heerwagen of GSA.

LIVING ARCHITECTURE MONITOR / SUMMER 2017 / 22

Green Roof Professional (GRP)
Accreditation Exam
Monday September 18 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Price: $495
Earn North America's only green roof specific
designation for professionals.
All exam registrations must be completed by October 18th,
2016 at noon. Registrations will not be accepted after that
date. On-site registration will not be available.

Led by Christian Mahlstedt, GRP, LEED AP, President, Ginkgo
Sustainability. 

CITIESALIVE.ORG

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