1) Green Roof Design 101: Introductory Course
2) Green Roof Infrastructure: Design and Installation  201

3) Green Roof Infrastructure: Waterproofing and Drainage 301

4) Green Wall Design 101: Introductory Course
5) ASTM and FLL Standards Workshop
6) green Roof Ecological Design Workshop
7) Green Roof Policy Development Workshop

8) Conducting Green Roof Site Research Workshop 

1) Green Roof Design 101: Introductory Course

Design 101 will be offered at the following times:
1. Sunday, April 29th, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
2. Wednesday, May 2nd, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

This newly updated introductory training course on green roof infrastructure design presents many of the tools and techniques needed to meet your green roof project objectives on schedule, to specification, and within budget. The focus of the training will be on enhancing your skills in:

• Identifying the costs and benefits of green roofs to reach your green roof performance goals;
• Identifying a variety of green roof products and understanding the performance criteria of different green roof elements, and their relevance to your design intent;
• Understanding the major design principles for a successful green roof project and the causes for error which might lead to an unsuccessful green roof project;
• Determining the various professions and competencies required to optimally implement your successful green roof project.

What You Will Learn:

This course provides information that you can put to work immediately, including details and exercises on how to:

• Determine major functions and components of a green roof;
• Describe characteristics and assess various advantages of different green roof systems;
• Utilize an integrated design process in your project for maximum benefit;
• Evaluate the major market drivers encouraging the green roof industry in North America;
• Obtain maximum points by integrating a green roof into the US Green Building Council LEED Accreditation point system.

April 29, 2007

Room:  Lake Superior A, 5th Floor

Trainer: Haven Kiers, ASLA

May 2, 2007

Room:  Lake Superior A, 5th Floor

Trainer: Patrick Carey, hadj Design 

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2) Green Roof Infrastructure Design & Installation 201

Design and Installation 201 will be offered at the following times:
1. Sunday, April 29th, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
2. Wednesday, May 2nd, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

This is GRHC’s second course in the Accredited Green Roof Professional Program. Registrants should have already taken the Green Roof Design 101 Introductory Course or have a solid understanding of green roof design and available technology.

This course covers a multitude of implementation issues and what cannot be taught in one day will be available as supporting documentation in the participant’s manual. Covering material dealing with green roof actors' roles and responsibilities, construction contracts & administration and material implementation, Green Roof Infrastructure Design and Installation 201 has it all!

What You Will Learn:

This course provides the necessary information that will equip you to project manage the design and installation of a green roof. You will learn:

• Essential qualifications for your project team.
• Critical questions you need to ask your client (matching their ecological requirements to design practicalities).
• Identifying building code/municipal permit issues.
• Liability issues (including insurance, waivers, guarantees etc.).
• Design and implementation issues for new and retrofit buildings (including structural loading concerns, drainage, erosion control, storm water retention, etc.).
• Sub contracting and scheduling concerns.
• And much more

April 29, 2007

Room:  Lake Superior B, 5th Floor

Trainer: Virginia Russell, University of Cincinnati

May 2, 2007

Room:  Lake Superior B, 5th Floor

Trainer: Jeffrey Bruce, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company

Click here to register now for Design and Installation 201!

3) Green Roof Infrastructure Waterproofing and Drainage 301

Waterproofing and Drainage 301 will be offered at the following times:
1. Wednesday, May 2nd, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

This course will provide participants with an overview of waterproofing and drainage construction and maintenance for green roof assemblies. It lays out technical vocabulary and materials and presents detailed design solutions and implementation best management practices for waterproofing and drainage in green roofs.

What You Will Learn:

This course provides information that you can put to work immediately, allowing you to:

• Understand the principles of waterproofing and drainage as they apply to green roofs;
• Identify appropriate materials for waterproofing and drainage of your green roof project;
• Understand the technical design requirements for waterproofing and drainage in green roofs; and,

May 2, 2007

Room:  Greenway BC

Trainer: Dave Honza, Honza Group Inc.

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Green Walls 101 will be offered at the following times:
1. Wednesday, May 2nd, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Green roofs and green walls are complementary technologies and fulfill similar environmental functions.  Through a series of case studies, this course aims to familiarize participants with exiting green wall technologies, their environmental benefits and issues related to their design and construction through.

What You Will Learn:

This course provides information that you can put to work immediately, including details and exercises on how to:

• Determine major functions and components of a green walls;
• Describe characteristics and assess various advantages of different green wall systems;
• Understand market drivers encouraging the green wall implementation in North America;
• Understand how to design green walls for maximum benefits and LEED™ points.

May 2, 2007

Room:  Greenway DE

Trainer: Randy Sharp, Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture & Planning 

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The ASTM and FLL Standards Workshop will be offered at the following time:
1. Sunday, April 29th, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Until recently the only accepted guidelines for green roof construction were those developed by Forschungsgesellschaft Landschaftentwicklung Landschaftsbau. e.V. (FLL), in Germany. Although many green roof products available in North America have been tested in Europe and meet FLL standards or have FLL certification, there have been no guidelines specific to the North American marketplace.

The rapidly developing green roof market in North America needs a comprehensive set of green roof standards which recognize the FLL standards but also adapt them to avoid unnecessary risk and provide the opportunity for consistent profitability and success.

The ASTM (American Standards for the Testing of Materials) Green Roof Task Force (E.06.71.07) chaired by Michael Gibbons (Architectural Systems Inc.) is addressing this need by developing guidelines and testing procedures specifically for green roof products. The good news is, that while development continues, four standards have already been completed and published. These four standards establish a common basis for comparing fundamental green roof properties, such as maximum weight and moisture retention potential. 

In this half-day workshop leading researchers currently using ASTM and FLL standards will share the results of their research and will discuss anticipated future ASTM standards based on the FLL model.

What you will learn:

• How to interpret the four ASTM standards and other FLL tests currently being used in North American testing laboratories
• How these standardized tests will affect the North American industry as their use becomes more widespread
• Why they are important to designers, specifiers and manufacturers
• Why you should consider testing your products
• Costs of conducting performance tests
• New standards and test procedures under development/adapted from FLL

• Manufacturers of green roof systems and components
• Researchers
• Specifiers
• Architects
• Landscape architects

Instructors:
Dr. Robert Berghage, Center for Green Roof Research, Pennsylvania State University

Manfred Köhler, University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg

Room:  Lake Calhoun,  5th Floor

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the Ecological Design Workshop will be offered at the following time:
1. Wednesday, May 2nd, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm

"Most people feel connected to nature, often for reasons that can be
hard to explain. Some feel a strong spiritual bond that may be rooted
in our common biological ancestry. Others are inspired by its
beauty. Human cultures around the world profoundly reflect our
visceral attachment to the natural world. Thus cultural diversity is
inextricably linked to Earth’s biodiversity." David Suzuki

Learn...

* Why Biodiversity is Important
* Advanced Green Roof Design
* Case Studies
* Sustainable Landscaping Principles
* Methods and Techniques of Urban Ecology

Experience...

* The Bio Diversity Green Roof Design Charrette
* The Integration of Nature and Architecture
* A Fun and Stimulating Workshop with Two World Leaders in Natural
Green Roof Design

Create...

Create Your Own Ecological Models for Green Roofs!

Room:  Cedar Lake, 5th Floor

Presenters: Dusty Gedge, Livingroofs.org & Paul Kephart, Rana Creek Living Architecture

Click here to register now for Green Roof Ecological Design Workshop.

7) Green Roof Policy Development Workshop

The Green Roof Policy Development Workshop will be offered at the following time:
1. Sunday, April 29th, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm 

Planners across North America are becoming increasingly interested in green roofs and their potential to mitigate some of the damaging environmental effects of new and existing development in an urban setting.

Green roofs provide a wide range of benefits, which include helping to implement low impact development objectives such as storm water management, air quality improvement, the provision of additional useable green spaces and energy savings.

However, many developers and building owners will argue that green roofs add to the cost of construction and do not often provide sufficient short-term payback. Given the public as well as private benefits that green roofs offer, it has become increasingly important for policy makers to develop the types of incentives that will encourage or require new developments and retrofits to include green roofs.

This half-day workshop will examine what kind of incentives currently exist in other jurisdictions, how the incentives are tied to performance standards and how policy makers can assess what types of incentive programs will work best in their areas. It will also provide a framework for planners and governmental agencies to gain an understanding of the multi-faceted impacts of green roofs and areas of consideration for implementing green roof policy.

What you will learn:

Case studies of municipalities that are implementing green roof policies/programs e.g. Chicago, Portland, Minneapolis, and New York
Ideas that lead to the eventual creation of green roof policy such as education, outreach to green roof industry, demonstration projects, research, removal of barriers to green roofs
Green roof policy framework

Who should attend:

• Planners
• Policy makers
• NGOs concerned with issues such as storm water management, urban heat island, energy conservation etc.

Room:  Cedar Lake, 5th Floor

Presenters: Karen Moyer, City of Waterloo

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the Conducting Green Roof Site Research Workshop will be offered at the following time:
1. Sunday, April 29th, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

This new workshop highlights presentations by experienced green roof researchers on research site set up, data collection and options for instrumentation.  Topics include stormwater quantity and quality, roof thermal properties, plant evaluations, biodiversity and more. This is an excellent opportunity for both new and experienced researchers to exchange ideas and share information with others on conducting a variety of green roof research.

Who should attend:

• Those new to green roof research

• Green roof researchers who wish to expand into other areas

• Researchers who want to network with other researchers to improve their current research

Speakers & Facilitators:

Brad Rowe, Michigan State University.

Reid Coffman, University of Oklahoma

Nigel Dunnett, University of Sheffield

James Li, Ryerson University

Greg Loosvelt, Earth Pledge

Paul Mankiewicz, The Gaia Institute

Kerry Ross, IBI Group/Studio T Design Ltd

Graig Spolek, Portland State University 

Room:  Greenway FG

Click here to register now for Conducting Green Roof Site Research Workshop.

Those collecting AIA, RCI, or ASLA credits for application toward local and/or regional associations or for license renewal can acquire education credits by participating in this conference. Specific information on each course and workshop will be provided at a later date.

Specific information about each institute/association will be forthcoming to this website shortly.  AIA credits may be used towards the HWS requirements.