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Images courtesy of L. Tolderlund

UCD GREEN ROOF AT THE COLLEGE
OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
AND PLANNING

inherited a 2,500 sf re-purposed
green roof by assisting with
green roof guidance on the
community HUB building
for the Solar Decathlon Swizz
winning team of 2018. Masters
of Landscape Architecture
students volunteered with
Leila to install the now current
(temporary) green roof garden
on the 4th floor at the College
of Architecture and Planning
building at UCD. The green
roof is open to the public, and
students and visitors can now
enjoy the gardens stunning
views of Pikes Peak and the
Rocky Mountains to the West.
We are excited about our new
CLA Regional Center of Excellence and the fact that UCD and
CSU together can help take the
lead in the important research,
design, and implementation
areas of green roofs and green
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wall technologies in our region. Jennifer and Leila are organizing GRHC training sessions and a green
infrastructure seminar hosted by CLA with Green Roofs for Healthy Cities on Aug 9th 2019.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Leila Tolderlund, LEED AP, GRP is an Assistant Professor (CTT) and Associate Chair in the Landscape
Architecture program at CU Denver. Leila has taught technical and advanced design, implementation,
and maintenance classes related to green roofs, green walls, living buildings, and ecological architectures
at UCD since 2006. She has been a green roof accredited landscape architect and designer since 2006
and was a technical advisor for the 2017 Green Roof Initiative Task Force.
Jennifer Bousselot, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape
Architecture at Colorado State University (CSU). Jen has spent the last fifteen years studying green roofs
in Colorado, including her doctoral research on species and substrates at the green roof on the EPA Region
8 building in downtown Denver, Colorado. Jen was a technical advisor for the 2017 Denver Green Roof
Initiative and then served on the Denver Green Roof Task Force as the 'plant' person.
CLA Regional Center of Excellence website https://www1.ucdenver.edu/centers/colorado-living-architecture/about
CSU Campus at the National Western Center https://vimeo.com/322926163 nwc.colostate.edu
CUonTheAir Podcast: Denver's rooftops are going green: What does it mean?: http://cuontheair.blubrry.
net/2018/04/02/denvers-rooftops-are-going-green-what-does-it-mean/
MSU panel discussion: Green Building Panel, Denver, Colorado. https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=nr32z87JPkQ&t=1s
Map of green roofs in Denver, Colorado: https://leilatolderlund.com/green-roofs-denver/denver-greenroof-map/
To register for the Green Infrastructure Seminar on August 9: www.greenroofs.org/events
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https://www1.ucdenver.edu/centers/colorado-living-architecture/about https://www.vimeo.com/322926163CUonTheAir http://nwc.colostate.edu http://www.cuontheair.blubrry.net/2018/04/02/denvers-rooftops-are-going-green-what-does-it-mean/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr32z877PkQ https://leilatolderlund.com/green-roofs-denver/denver-green-roof-map/ http://www.greenroofs.org/events http://www.LIVINGARCHITECTUREMONITOR.COM

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