This three-hour event features industry experts and local policy leaders presenting on green infrastructure design and policy within a Chicago context. Industry leaders will share best practices, new policy requirements, resilience planning with green infrastructure and social equity. With an extensive waterfront and a historical heatwave, green infrastructure is needed to protect vulnerable populations. Naomi Davis, President & Founder at BIG: Blacks in Green™ will help make sure this concept is top of mind in her presentation. This event will be entirely virtual and provide attendees with the opportunity to engage with experts through polling, interactive panels, and messaging.
1:00-4:30 CDT
Pending approval for 3 LU|HSW credits from AIA, ASLA, and GRP credits
Pending approval for 2.25 credits from APLD
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Agenda
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 1:05 | Anna Wolf, Center for Neighborhood Technology | Climate and Cultural Resilience in Chicago Presentation will highlight CNT's work on its Climate and Cultural Resilience initiative, through which the organization partners with community based groups, artists, green infrastructure designers, and installers to implement green stormwater infrastructure and public art in community spaces throughout the City. |
| 1:25 | Jason Wilen, Senior Associate II; Klein and Hoffman | Roofing Provisions of The New Chicago Building Code This Presentation will address the building code and energy code provisions relevant to roof system design with emphasis on what has changed from the old code. Many of these provisions are also relevant for reroofing. |
| 1:45 | Mike Selleck, Green Roofs Specialist and Sales Representative, LiveRoof, LLC, LiveRoof | 3 Case Studies of Chicago Based LiveWall Projects |
| 2:05 | David Yocca, FASLA, PLA, Consulting Landscape Architect/Ecological Planner | Integrative Design for Green Infrastructure The use of green infrastructure continues to expand substantially throughout North America. While green infrastructure elements and practices have evolved substantially since early adoption several decades ago, greater potential can be unleashed through holistic, integrative approaches and applications. This session is focused on the principles driving green infrastructure policies and how performance benefits can be better realized through integrative design. |
| 2:25 | Q&A | |
| 2:35 | Break | |
| 2:45 | Lois Vitt Sale, FAIA, LEED Fellow, Chief Sustainability Officer, Wight | Stevenson High School East Building Addition's Living Systems The first project to earn Platinum Certification in the Green Insfrastructure Foundation's pilot phase of the Living Architecture Performance Tool (LAPT), Stevenson High School's East Building Addition integrated living systems in multiple ways that enhanced the learning environment. Join Lois for a virtual tour of the building's living walls, rooftop urban agriculture installation and green roofs. This project has also earned LEED Platinum Certification and is in the performance period in pursuit of Net Zero Certification through the International Living Futures Institute (ILFI). |
| 3:05 | Peter Baker, Technical Sales Representative: SIKA Sarnafil Roofing | Chicago's City Hall grows "Green Skin".... The Green Roof on Chicago's City Hall, now 20 years old continues paying environmental and economic benefits to "The Windy City". It saves the City of Chicago over $10,000 in annual Energy Costs. During Summer & Winter months the roof exhibits superior insulation properties and requires as much as 30 percent less from City Hall's Heating & AC systems in just the first four years of being in place. Additionally, the green roof reduces storm water runoff by absorbin as much as 75 percent of the rainwater that falls on it, reducing the load of Chicago's Sewer system. Improved Air quality and a reduction in noise pollution by as much as 40 decibels compared to a traditional flat roof are also typical to green roofs like Chicago's City Hall.Waterproofing Contractor Bennett & Brosseau choose a Loose Laid, SIKA Sarnafil PVC Waterproofing membrane with Hot Air Welded Seams & Flashings due to the products 50 years of Proven Performance for Green Roof Waterproofing first in Europe and then North America. Over 20,000 plants of more than 100 species were planted on top in the Vegetative layer. City Hall was one of the first but not the last as Chicago followed up with the Peggy Notebart Nature Museum, Chicago's Center for Green Technology, Chicago Botanical Garden and Millennium Park's Green Roofs. |
| 3:25 | Naomi Davis, President & Founder at BIG: Blacks in Green™ | BIG, Chicago, and Building Better for Community Sustainability |
| 3:55 | Q&A | |
| 4:05 | Naomi Davis, President & Founder at BIG: Blacks in Green; Michael Howard, Eden Place Nature Center; David Yocca, FASLA, PLA, Consulting Landscape Architect/Ecological Planner,™ | Panel Discussion: Gentrification and Green Infrastructure Investment - Are They Inevitable? |
Learn About:
The benefits of green infrastructure including uses for social and environmental justice
Green infrastructure, social, and environmental best practices for the metro area
New opportunities to advance the local green infrastructure industry while protecting vulnerable communities
Examples of green infrastructure thriving in and around the city
Effective policies that encourage investment in green infrastructure while preventing gentrification
Cost:
30 USD Admission
Discounted from our regular price of $120
Sponsorship And Exhibitor Opportunities:
We offer a range of pre-fixe and custom sponsorship opportunities. Download our sponsorship and exhibitor package here, or contact Manpreet Sahota at msahota@greenroofs.org or 416-971-4494 x228