I just received a note regarding a course being offered at the end of September in Montreal. Hosted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities it will involve the following topics:
Identifying the costs and benefits of green roofs to reach your green roof performance goals;
Identifying a variety of green roof products and understanding the performance criteria […]
Tags: Education · Green Roof · Montreal
We took part in Montreal’s Urban Ecology Centre sponsored event a few weeks ago and attended a few great workshops like:
Heat island effect and how to cool the city
Cote-St-Luc’s pilot (now going full steam ahead) compost program
Green roof design
Eco Habitation presentation on building greener
Part of the Heat island effect workshop involved a little tour of […]
Tags: Compost · Cote St Luc · Green Roof · Heat Island · Milton Park · Montreal · Urban Ecology Centre
Since I’m going to be rebuilding my mom’s cabano/shed this summer (shhh I haven’t told her yet) I’ve been searching for inspiration on green roofs, water catchment etc. Here is a little inspirational couple in Chicago demonstrating that it’s not always about the payback period, sometimes you just make choices because that’s the way you […]
Tags: Chicago · Green Roof