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Washington Regional Conference & Training:
Jun 1 & 2, 2010
Washington, D.C.
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CitiesAlive! 8th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference: Nov 30 - Dec 3, 2010
Vancouver, BC, CANADA

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World Green Roof Infrastructure Network.

More about WGRIN's launch.

More about the Transforming the Face of Buildings Student Design Challenge at the World Green Roof Infrastructure Congress in Toronto, in October, 2009

Order new Award Winning Green Roof Design Book (a collection of material on previous winners of our Green Roof Awards of Excellence).

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Awards of Excellence 2008

There were ten award categories this year. The first seven apply to all types of buildings and installed green roof and green wall designs:

Extensive Institutional
Project: California Academy of Sciences
Award Recipient: Rana Creek Living Architecture

Extensive Industrial / Commercial
Project: TWA Corporate Headquarters Building
Award Recipient: el dorado inc.

Extensive Residential
Project: 909 Walnut Street
Award Recipient: Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company

Green Wall Design
Project: Vancouver Aquarium
Award Recipient: Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture Inc.

Intensive Institutional
Project: Austin City Hall
Award Recipient: McKinney Kelley JV Landscape Architects

Intensive Industrial/Commercial
Project: West Podium Park, Boston World Trade Center
Award Recipient: Roofscapes, Inc.

Intensive Residential
Project: The Residences at 900
Award Recipient: Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, LLC

Civic Award of Excellence: Non-Government Award Winner: Nancy Somerville, Executive Vice President, ASLA

Civic Award of Excellence: Government
Award Winner: Government of the District of Columbia

Research Award of Excellence
Award Winner: Dr. Brad Rowe, Associate Professor, Michigan State University

About The Awards

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities established the Green Roof Awards of Excellence in 2003 to recognize green roof projects which exhibit extraordinary leadership in integrated design and implementation. The awards also increase general awareness of green roof and green wall infrastructure and its associated public and private benefits, while recognizing the valuable contributions of green roof and green wall design professionals.

Thank You to Our Judges
Jim Kraft, City Councillor, City of Baltimore
Lisa Goodman, City Councillor, City of Minneapolis
Jeffrey L. Bruce, FASLA, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company and GRHC Board Member (Awards of Excellence Winner 2006)
Michael Gibbons, P.E., FCSI, CCPR, President, Architectural Systems Inc., Chair, ASTM Green Roof Task Group
Monica Kuhn, BES, B. Arch, OAA - Architect
Ed Snodgrass, Green Roof Plants

Click here to see awards from previous years.

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