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Green Walls 101: Introduction to Systems and Design E-mail

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reen Walls 101 is the first green walls course presented by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Inc. (North America).

This introductory training course on green wall infrastructure design presents an overview of the many tools and techniques needed to satisfy your green wall project objectives. The course will focus on:

 

  • Identifying the costs and benefis of green walls to reach your green wall performance goals;
  • Identifying the costs and benefits of green walls to reach your green wall performance goals;
  • Identifying a variety of reen wall products and understanding the performance criteria of different green wall elements, and their relevance to your design intent; and
  • Introducing the major design principles of a successful green wall project and discussin causes for error, which might lead to an unsuccessful project.

What You Will Learn:

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

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

Who Should Attend:

This course is targeted to the following professions:

  • Architects
  • landscape architects
  • engineers
  • horticulturists
  • landscape contractors
  • specifiers
  • developers
  • planners and
  • policy makers.

Tuition:

Tuition for this one-day course is $449 per person and includes course materials and lunch.
Click here for a full list of courses.

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8:30am Introductions

9:00am Overview of Green Walls


9: 45am The Benefits of Green Walls


11:00am Break

11:15am Pre Design


Planning Process


Scope


Researching Green Wall Components


Budget Development

12:30pm Lunch

1:00pm Design


Green Facades


Living Walls

3:00pm Break

3:15pm Case Studies

4:00pm Final Exercise

5:00pm End

More Information

For more information contact Jordan Richie at 416-971-4494 ext. 221 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 December 2009 19:50
 
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