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Green roof design 101

August 28th, 2009 6 Comments

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 […]

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urban test lab

May 18th, 2008 3 Comments

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 […]

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rooftops in chicago

March 13th, 2008 No Comments

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 […]

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