2003 - Chicago

• Thermal Performance of Green Roofs Through Field Evaluation
  Dr. Karen Liu, National Research Council, Institute for Research in Construction.
• Thermal Benefits of Green Roofs in Singapore
  Dr. TAN Puay Yok, National Parks Board, Singapore.
• Modeling the Urban Heat Island Benefits of Green Roofs in Toronto
  Dr. Heather Auld, Environment Canada.
• The Influence of Substrate and Establishment Method on Plant Cover
  Tobias Emilsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Sweden.
• Plant Survival, Biodiversity and Stormwater: Neubrandenburg and Berlin
  Dr. Manfred Kohler, Landscape Architect, University of Applied Sciences, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Germany.
• The Benefits of Biodiversity from Green Roofs -Key Design Consequences
  Dr. Stephan Brenneisen, University of Applied Sciences, Wadenswil, Switzerland.
• Early Research Findings from Chicago and Toronto
  Drew Hart, Chicago Department of the Environment' North Park Village Center and Kaaren Pearce, Elevated Landscape Technologies.
• Native and Ornamental Plant Survival Research in Pennsylvania
  Dr. Robert Berghage, Penn State University.
• Plant Survival Findings in the Pacific Northwest
  Emily Hauth, Bureau of Environmental Services, City of Portland, Oregon.
• The Influence of Green Roof Slope, Substrate Depth and Vegetation on Runoff
  Dr. Bradley Rowe, Michigan State University.
• The Water Balance of Green Roofs: Effect and Orientation
  Jeroen Mentens, Laboratory of Forest, Nature and Landscape Research, Belgium.
• Stormwater Monitoring on Two Green Roofs in Portland, Oregon
  Ryan Retzlaff.
• Evaluating the Stormwater Management Benefits Through Water Balance Modeling
  Patrick Graham, CH2M HILL

2004 - Portland

• Overview of German Research and Related Design Principles
  Manfred Koehler, University of Applied Sciences, Neubrandenburg.
• Swedish Research and its Links to Policy Development
  Louise Lundberg, International Green Roof Institute.
• Green Roof Test Plots
  Pat Lando, Lando Associates Landscape Architecture.
• New Methods for Quantifying Runoff Reduction in Green Roofs
  Brian Taylor and Drew Ganges, Magnusson Klemencic Associates. (not on CD-ROM; click here for online version)
• Continuous Flow and Temperature Runoff Monitoring of a Green Roof in the Pacific Northwest
  Chris Johnston, Kathryn McCreary, and Cheryl Nelms, Kerr Wood Leidal Association Ltd.
• Design Criteria for a Green Roof Medium
  David Beattie and Robert Berghage, Pennsylvania State University.
• Use of Endotrophic Mycorhiza and Soil Microorganisms and Vegetation Establishment on Mineral Green Roof Substrate
  Jacques Meyer, GeoVerde Inc.
• Green Roof Design Utilizing a Bio-Stable Soil
  Hendrikus Schraven, Julian Durant, Tom Kinney, and Jillian Huentelman, The Hendrikus Group.
• Stormwater Performance of a Green Roof in Toronto
  Glen MacMillan, Toronto Region Conservation Authority.
• NC Green Roof Stormwater Quantity and Quality Field Evaluation
  Bill Hunt, Amy Moran, and Greg Jennings, North Carolina State University.
• Bugs, Bees and Spiders: Green Roof Design for Rare Invertebrates
  Dusty Gedge, Royal Holloway College and Gyongyver Kadas, London Biodiversity Partnership.
• From Biodiversity Strategies to Agricultural Productivity
  Stephan Brenneisen, University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil.
• The Sustainability of an Agricultural Roof Garden
  Reid Coffman and Jay Martin, The Ohio State University.
• Evaluation of Crassulaceae Species on Extensive Green Roofs
  Angie Durham, Nicholaus D. VanWoert, Bradley Rowe, Clayton L. Rugh, and Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University.
• Impact of Fertilization on Vegetation Development and Water Quality
  Tobias Emilsson, Department of Horticultural Technology.
• Mosses, a Necessary Step for Perennial Plant Dynamics
  Michel Chiaffredo, MCK Environment - BRYOTEC and Franck-Olivier Denayer, Institut Lillois D'Ingénierie Dela Santé.
• Stormwater and Prairie Plant Performance of Midwest Green Roofs
  Stephen McCarthy, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and Sandra McCullough, GreenGrid.
• A Green Roof Comparison Project: The Illinois EPA-CDF green roof
  Bruce Dvorak, Conservation Design Forum.

2005 - Washington

• Performance Evaluation of an Extensive Green Roof
  Dr. Karen Liu, National Research Council, Institute for Research in Construction and John D. Minor, City of Toronto City, Works and Emergency Services Department, Soil and Water Quality Improvement Unit.
• A Pilot Green Roof Research Project in Singapore
  Dr. Tan Puay Yok, National Parks Board, Singapore
• Re-Greening Washington, D.C.
  Barbara Deutsch, Casey Trees Endowment Fund, Co-Chair, Local Host Committee and Mike Sullivan, Limnotech, Inc. (not available on CD: click here to download .pdf - 502 Kb)
• Swedish Research on Green Roofs and Information Outreach
  Louise Lundberg, Scandanavian Green Roof Institute
• Green Roof Research in British Columbia - An Overview
  Maureen Connelly, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Co-chair, GRHC's Research Committee
• The Green Roof and Energy Performance - Rooftop Data Analyzed
  Tim Leonard, Prairie Technologies
• Green Roofs - Recapturing Urban Space for Wildlife - A Challenge for Urban Planning and Environmental Education
  Dr. Stephan Brenneisen, University of Applied Sciences, Wadenswil, Switzerland
• Evaluation of Sedum and Michigan Native Taxa for Green Roof Applications
  Dr. Bradley Rowe, Michigan State University
• Insect and Avian Fauna Presence on the Ford Assembly Plant Ecoroof
  Dr. Reid Coffman, University of Oklahoma
• Optimization of Green Roofs for Air Pollution Mitigation
  Corrie Clark, University of Michigan
• Estimate of Air Pollution Mitigation with Green Roofs Using the UFORE Model
  Beth Anne Currie, Environmental and Applied Science and Management, Ryerson University, Toronto
• Hydrologic and Water Quality Performance from Greenroofs in North Carolina
  William Hunt, North Carolina State University, et. al.
• Use of Green Roofs for Ultra-Urban Stream Restoration in the Georgia Piedmont
  Timothy Carter, University of Georgia
• The Seattle Green Roof Evaluation Project - An Introduction
  Brian Taylor, Magnusson Klemenic Association
• City of Chicago, Green Roof Test Plot Study: Stormwater and Temperature Results
  Peter Mulvaney, MWH and Kevin Laberge, City of Chicago, Department of Environment
• Energy Balance Modelling Applied to a Comparison of White and Green Roof Cooling Efficiency
  Stuart Gaffin, Columbia University
• Energy Performance of Green Roofs in a Multi-Storey Residential Building in Madrid
  Susana Saiz Alcazar, University of Toronto

2006 - Boston

• Assessment of Substrate Depth and Composition on Green Roof Plant Performance
  Dr. Bradley Rowe, Dept. of Horticulture, Michigan State University, Clayton L. Rugh, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University and Angela K. Durhman, Dept. of Horticulture, Michigan State University
• Green Roofs for Biodiversity: Reconciling Aesthetics with Ecology
  Dr. Nigel Dunnett, University of Sheffield
• Plant Responses to Drought on Extensive Green Roofs: The Effects of
  Temperature, Substrate Type, and Substrate Depth
  Ayako Nagase, University of Sheffield, and Christine Thuring, Penn State University
• Optimizing the Building Envelopes with Green Roofs: A Discussion of Architectural and Energy Performance Requirements
  Joseph Hagerman, 2005 Rafael Viñoly Research Fellow and Masters Candidate, Columbia University, and David Hodge, Rafael Viñoly Architects
• Roof-Envelope Ratio Impact on Green Roof Energy Performance
  Ryan Martens, MDA Corporation, & Dr. Brad Bass, Environment Canada's Adaptation and Impacts Research Group
• Quantifying Evaporative Cooling From Green Roofs and Comparison to Other Land Surfaces
  Dr. Stuart Gaffin et. al, Center for Climate Systems Research
• Choosing the Right Green Roof Media for Water Quality
  William F. Hunt, Amy M. Hathaway, Jonathan T. Smith, and Jon Calabria, North Carolina State University, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• Planning a Green Roof Storm Runoff Monitoring System
  Brian L. Taylor, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
• Earth Pledge's Green Roof Stormwater Modeling System
  Leslie Hoffman, Earth Pledge
• Native Coastal Plants for Northeastern Extensive and Semi-Intensive Green Roof Trays: Substrates, Fabrics and Plant Selection
  Jeff Licht, Green Roof Consultant, LLC, & Dr. Jeremy Lundholm, Saint Mary's University
• A Zero Discharge Green Roof System and Species Selection to Optimize Evapotranspiration and Water Retention
  Jeannette Compton and Thomas Whitlow, Urban Horticulture Institute, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University
• Research on the Scenic Meaning of Rooftop Greening with Semantic Differential Measure and Join-count Statistics
  Hyukjae Lee, Hajime Koshimiz, Graduate School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Japan
• The Evapotranspiration of Greened Roofs and Facades
  Marco Schmidt, University of Technology Berlin, Germany