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 GRHC Media Release
Kansas City Landscape Architect Named Chairman of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Jeffrey L. Bruce, FASLA, LEED, ASIC, Owner & Managing Member of Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company, LLC, a Kansas City, Missouri-based landscape architecture firm, has been named Chair of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC). GRHC was founded in 1999 as a small network of public and private organizations, and is now a rapidly growing association for green roof experts in North America. Its mission is to increase the awareness of the economic, social and environmental benefits of green roofs and green walls, and other forms of living architecture through education, advocacy, professionalism and celebrations of excellence.
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GRHC Media Release
Green Roofs Professional Designation Launched
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC), the North American Green Roof Industry
Association, is pleased to announce the launch of the new Green Roof Professional (GRP) Accreditation Program on
June 5, 2009 at the 7th Annual International Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities Conference in Atlanta,
GA hosted by GRHC.
130 Conference Delegates were the first to complete the newly launched Green Roof Professional (GRP)
Accreditation Exam. The test covered the key areas of knowledge expected of a Green Roof Professional and
encompassed five areas of concentration including pre-design, design, contract management, quality assurance and
support, and maintenance. GRP accreditation will verify the designated GRP has attained a level of the
interdisciplinary knowledge needed in the design, installation and maintenance of green roof systems. GRP
accreditation also provides continuing education credits for AIA, ASLA, APA and LEED.
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GRHC Media Release
Toronto City Council Adopts Mandatory Green Roof Requirements
Toronto leads North America by requiring green roofs on new buildings!
TORONTO, ON – May 27, 2009 – Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, (GRHC) the North American green roof industry association, is pleased to announce that the City of Toronto passed a new green roof by-law with overwhelming support yesterday. The green roof by-law consists of a green roof construction standard and a mandatory requirement for green roofs on all classes of new buildings. The by-law requires up to 50 per cent green roof coverage on multi-unit residential dwellings over six storeys, schools, non-profit housing, commercial and industrial buildings. Larger residential projects require greater green roof coverage, ranging anywhere from 20 to 50 per cent of the roof area.
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greenbuildingpress.co.uk - Green Roofs Become Mandatory In Toronto
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GRHC Media Release
US Green Roof Industry Grows By 35 Percent in 2008!
Chicago Tops North America for Most Green Roof Installed!
Toronto, Canada – May 20, 2009 – Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, the green roof industry association is pleased to announce the results from its Fourth Annual Industry Survey of Corporate Members completed green roof projects in 2008. The survey indicates a US growth rate of more than 35 per cent over 2007, representing more than 3.1 million square feet installed in 2008.
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livingarchitecturedaily.blogspot.com - Toronto: Our First Annual Green Roof Giveaway!
To celebrate the spring and also all things green we are giving away a green roof garden. This year is just a giveaway for Toronto, if this goes well, next year we'll do one in the US and Mexico. Below the line are the details!!! Pass the word along and good luck!
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Press Release - Parker Design Architect Barry Lehrman Highlights the Firm’s Green History at National Conference
Barry Lehrman of Parker Design International (PDI) was well received as a speaker at the 7th annual Green Roofs for Healthy Cities conference in Atlanta on June 4. Mr. Lehrman’s subject was “30 Years of Green Roofs in Minnesota” and his talk explored the pioneering work done in this field by The Leonard Parker Associates, which became Parker Design International in 2006.
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capegazette.com - Bethany Blues goes green with new roof garden - By Ron MacArthur
Restaurant owners began installing a green roof over a large portion of the restaurant Tuesday, June 16. Owners Dick Heidenberger, Steve Montgomery, Kevin Roberts and Jim Weisgerber have been interested in green-roof technology since seeing one at Black Ankle Vineyards in Mt Airy, Md. Weisgerber and Roberts assisted in installing a green roof at the Black Ankle tasting room building in 2008.
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metronews.ca - T.O. takes going green plan through the roof - JON TATTRIE
Putting a garden on your roof is a great way to make better use of city space, protect the environment and save money in the long term.
While Canada lags behind world-leading cities like Chicago for developing green roofs, Toronto recently vaulted into first place with laws requiring a portion of green roofs on a range of new buildings from Jan. 31 next year
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nytimes.com - Urban Farming, a Bit Closer to the Sun - By MARIAN BURROS
Aeries are cropping up on America’s skylines, filled with the promise of juicy tomatoes, tiny Alpine strawberries and the heady perfume of basil and lavender. High above the noise and grime of urban streets, gardeners are raising fruits and vegetables. Some are simply finding the joys of backyard gardens several stories up, others are doing it for the environment and some because they know local food sells well.
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reuters.com - Toronto developers see red over "green" roof law
Toronto last month became the first major city in North America to pass a bylaw requiring that any new development with floorspace of more than 2,000 square meters devote between 20 and 60 percent of its roof to vegetation. The rule applies to residential, commercial, industrial and institutional structures.
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jamblemag.com - Green Connecticut Science Center opens its doors
The center was also designed to achieve LEED accreditation. Eco-friendly features include a green roof, which is accessible by visitors; energy saving glass; low-flow water fixtures and a café serving local, organic food. In addition, 95% of the steel used during construction was sourced from recycled cars, and provisions have also been made to add a 60-foot wall of solar panels and a 200kw fuel cell to help power the building.
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examiner.com - Growing a green roof at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium: Part One - Rose Field
examiner.com - Growing a green roof at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium: Part Two - Rose Field
Susan Pierce, one of three gardeners on the staff of the The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, is responsible for creating and maintaining a green roof atop the Water's Edge/Polar Bear Building. Recently she talked to us about the project and explained how it came about. Sue has chronicled the whole process of building, planting and tending the green roof in photographs and she generously allowed us to show many of them here.
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thenewstribune.com - Tacoma building so green it needs to be mowed - C.R. ROBERTS
Flowers will bloom and the rain that falls in the autumn will be collected in a cistern located below street level. Grass will grow and flowers will colorfully awaken, all to the delight of the workers who inhabit the higher floors of nearby office buildings.
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DDOE Helps Pay for Green Roofs on District Buildings
The owners of District buildings may once again apply for green roof subsidies from the District Department of the Environment (DDOE). A green roof is a roof planted with special vegetation to help cool the building and reduce the amount of stormwater that runs off into the District’s waterways.
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two.archiseek.com - Broadway Tech Centre wins Green Roofs Award of Excellence
The ground-breaking Broadway Tech Centre, owned by British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, (bcIMC), and developed by Bentall Limited Partnership, (Bentall), has won a 2009 Green Roofs Award of Excellence for ‘Best Commercial Intensive Rooftop Garden’. These prestigious awards, which recognize excellence in innovative and integrated green roof design, were established in 2003 by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, (GRHC), the not-for-profit North American association of green roof and wall experts and professionals. The award winners are selected by a seven-member, multi-disciplinary team of judges, including architects, landscape architects, engineers and horticulturists. Submissions are evaluated according to aesthetic, economic, functional and ecological criteria.
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gaasla.org - Beyond Boundaries: (Re)Generating Space - Registration open
"Beyond Boundaries: (Re)Generating Space" is a unique, forward-thinking and backward-reflecting educational conference offered exclusively by the Georgia Chapter of ASLA in efforts to broaden the professional reach and expand on the overlaps between landscape architecture, engineering, green building, architecture, urban planning, and the environmental design applications of bioscience, forestry, agriculture and horticulture. This affordable, must-attend event addresses the increasing opportunities for interdisciplinary visioning and collaboration and the inevitable business transformations of design, environmental, and quality-of-life industries for our future.
Click here to download Meeting Schedule and Registration Form (.pdf, ~661 kb)
Click here to register online
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GRHC Media Release
Annual awards feature edible green walls and floating green roofs!
TORONTO, ON - May 27 2009 – Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC), the rapidly growing not-for-profit
industry association of green roof and wall experts in North America, is pleased to announce the winners of
its 2009 Green Roof Awards of Excellence!
Steven W. Peck, GRHC President and Founder, announced the winners in the lead-up to the 7th annual
International green roof and wall conference, ‘Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities’ taking
place June 3 – 5 in Atlanta GA. Said Peck, “Since 2003, it has been our honor to grant Awards of
Excellence to leaders in the growing field of living architecture. With the economic and environmental
benefits of holistic design practices becoming more and more evident, this year’s winning projects display
outstanding characteristics that lead the way in the development of healthy and restorative buildings”.
Click here to read the complete press release (.pdf)
Click here to see this year's award winners in more detail
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wickedlocal.com - Somerville leads the way with new green affordable housing at St. Polycarp - By Auditi Guha
A green roof, triple-paned windows that block out highway noise and the creative revitalization of an underused lot made Somerville’s newest affordable housing project a poster child for the state.
State and federal officials congratulated Somerville for its commitment to affordable housing at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Saint Polycarp Village apartments on Monday June 8, 2009.
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ctv.ca - Canada a leader in greening the concrete jungle - Andy Johnson
From the air, the roof of a sprawling compound in Manitoba is almost indistinguishable from the marsh that surrounds it.
The long grasses, reeds and bulrushes that populate the nearby ponds and wetlands appear almost to have reclaimed the 2,600 square-metre roof of the building.
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jsonline.com - Things are looking up for yards - By Kathleen Gallagher
Caruso is among the growing number of people in Milwaukee who've decided to plant their roofs. She put her "green" roof on top of a garage/apartment addition to her home.
"The point for me was if I was going to build something, I wanted to put the green space back," Caruso said.
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nytimes.com - Up on the Roof - By FRANCIS X. CLINES
From the 15th floor you can see all manner of Manhattan eccentricities on the street below. But how did the humdrum rooftop of a nearby apartment house suddenly become covered with a blanket of suburban grass? “No, not grass — you don’t want grass,” explains Stuart Gaffin, a research scientist tracked down at Columbia University who turns out to be the city’s rooftop Johnny Appleseed.
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World Green Roof Infrastructure Conference Toronto - Oct 19-21, 2009
