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REVIEW BOARD
Editor-in-chief: Dr. Reid Coffman
(Kent State University)
Associate Editor: Dr. Jennifer Bousselot
(Colorado State University)
Associate Editor: Dr. Tobias Emilsson
(Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Dr. Brad Bass
(Environment Canada)
Dr. Robert Berghage
(Penn State University)
Dr. Maureen Connelly
(British Columbia Institute of Technology)
Dr. Nigel Dunnett
(University of Sheffield)
Bruce Dvorak, MLA
(Texas A&M University)
Barry Lehrman, MArch/MLA
(California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona)
Dr. J. Scott MacIvor
(University of Toronto)
Thomas O'Connor, MSE
(US Environmental Protection Agency)
Dr. Bill Retzlaff
(Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
Dr. Bradley Rowe
(Michigan State University)
Virginia Russell, GRP, MLA
(University of Cincinnati)
Dr. Sabina Shaikh
(University of Chicago)
Dr. Richard Sutton
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Dr. David Tilley
(University of Maryland)
Dr. Youbin Zheng
(University of Guelph)
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manuscript, with a link to the full paper online. Visit greeninfrastructurefoundation.org/jliv

Volume 7 Number 1

GREEN ROOF RESEARCH IN NORTH AMERICA:
A RECENT HISTORY AND FUTURE STRATEGIES
Jennifer Bousselot1, Virginia Russell2, Leila Tolderlund3, Serdar Celik4, Bill Retzlaff5, Susan Morgan6, Ishi Buffam7,
Reid Coffman8, Jason Williams9, Mark E Mitchell10, Jen Backer11, Jessica DeSpain12
Regional Centers of Excellence (RACE) in Living Architecture
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and Green Infrastructure Foundation
Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Jennifer.
Bousselot@colostate.edu; 2Professor, School of Planning, University of Cincinnati; 3Assistant Professor, College of
Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver; 4Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville; 5Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville; 6Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; 7Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati and Department of Landscape Architecture,
Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; 8Associate Professor, College of Architecture
and Environmental Design, Kent State University; 9Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; 10Director of Professional Outreach, Greater Ohio Living Architecture Center of Excellence,
University of Cincinnati; 11Ph.D. Student in Environmental Resources and Policy Program, Department of Environmental
Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; 12Professor, Department of English Language and Literature,
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. *corresponding author: michael.sanchez@wsu.edu
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Since the year 2000, green roof and living architecture research has progressed significantly in North America. For future growth in the implementation of living architecture,
there is still a great need for additional and expanded research on green roofs and as yet
undefined innovative green infrastructure. This paper provides an overview of priority
topics that have been critical to past success in green roofs, and those that are promising
but need future investment, including urban heat island (UHI), energy savings, stormwater (quantity and quality), substrates, carbon budgets, plants, biodiversity, ecomimicry,
biodispersal, long-term dynamics, urban food production, synergy with solar panels and
financing green solutions.
Keywords: Living Architecture, Green Roof, Green Infrastructure, UHI, Substrate,
Stormwater, Carbon Budgets, Biodiversity, Ecomimicry

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