Green Roofs Design 101 Introductory Course
Green Roofs Design 101 Introductory Course
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (the North American trade association for the green roof industry) is bringing Green Roof Design 101 to Hartford on Aug 28, 2006. Education credits are available.
Space limited - sign up now. To register online go to www.greenroofs.org.
Monday, Aug 28, 2006
Holiday Inn Express Hotel Brainard/Board Room
185 Brainard Road
Hartford, Connecticut
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Green Roofs Can Contribute to up to 15 LEED Points
With the increasing use of the USGBC's LEED Green Building Rating system as a procurement standard by many governments green roof infrastructure promises to play an ever increasing role in achieving LEED credits for high performance buildings - delivering benefits at the development site, operation of the building and in the broader community.
Photo: Mashantucket Pequot Museum in Connecticut & 2006 Green Roof Award winner.
Course instructor: Haven Kiers is a landscape architect and environmental planner with a life long passion for green roofs. She has participated in the design and installation of 2 large green roof projects in California.
Tuition cost of $345 (US) includes:
At this one-day intensive introductory course, you will learn how to determine major functions and components of a green roof, identify the factors which influence costs, how to utilize an integrated design process in your project for maximum benefit and much more.
* Participant’s manual and course completion certificate
* Continental breakfast and lunch
* Complimentary one year GRHC individual membership in 2006 that includes:
o $25 discount on purchase of Conference CDs which contain over 50 technical papers on policy, design and research.
o Two line description on the searchable on-line membership database including contact information and member profile of participation in previous conferences, workshops and training courses
o Membership listing on our Members Directory in our Conference CD-ROM
o Bi-monthly electronic newsletter on green roof developments
o One Semi-annual hardcopy (or electronic version) of the Green Roof Infrastructure Monitor™ mailed to you
Posted on August 04, 2006