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February's sometimes wicked weather has many of us staying indoors and going into planning mode. Now is a great time to revisit maintenance schedules and create checklists for upcoming projects or ramp up your marketing initiatives for 2011. We're doing the same with website work - cleaning up a bit - video editing, and adding lots of profiles to The Greenroof & Greenwall Projects Database.
 Speaking of which, if you know of any airport greenroofs not listed, please send the info our way - read about it in Linda's latest Sky Gardens Blog post, at right.
And make sure you check out This Week in Review video for February 18, 2011 from Anjuli Velazquez.
By the way, we are currently averaging about 5,400 unique visitors per day that are looking at our site for news, events, projects, jobs, and to learn more about products and services that the companies listed in our Greenroof Directory have to offer - is your company listed? If it's not and you want to know more, click here.
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2011 Greenroofs & Walls of the World™ Calendar
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 February features Baptist Eastpoint Hospital. Baptist Eastpoint is a new $63 million outpatient services, surgery center and urgent care facility (2009). Baptist Hospital East's "green" practices include a living green façade, an active employee recycling program, and a 6,000 sf greenroof, designed as part of a new addition to the hospital's cancer center. The greenroof employs a Garland Green Shield Build Up System, a 4-inch extensive growing medium blown in by a Express Blower pneumatic blower truck, and a Sempergreen pre-vegetative Sedum mat.
The 2011 Greenroofs & Walls of the World™ is available for purchase! The Greenroofs & Walls of the World™ series combines two of our most popular destinations on Greenroofs.com: The Greenroof & Greenwall Projects Database and Upcoming Events.
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Projects of the Week
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Istanbul University
Green Roof Research Project
Istanbul, Turkey
129 sf. Green Roof
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Covenant House Toronto
Toronto, Canada
7,200 sf. Rooftop Garden
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Selinsgrove Area
Elementary School
Selinsgrove, PA, USA
3,500 sf. Green Roof
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Conservation Technology
at Icehouse Center
Baltimore, MD, USA
7,000 sf. Rooftop Garden
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Industry News
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 Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Living Architecture Academy (LAA), an online portal to green roof and wall educational content from conferences and events, including the recent CitiesAlive, Green Roof and Wall Conference in Vancouver, BC. [2.16.11]
 DEP announces $3 Million in community-based Green Infrastructure Program grants this year for green infrastructure projects within combined sewer overflow drainage areas in New York City as part of the NYC Green Infrastructure Plan. The grants can be used for green roofs, enhanced tree pits, and other measures to reduce and manage stormwater on private property and public sidewalks. [2.2.11]
For more information please visit our Industry News section of our website.
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NewsLinks
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An Interview with Bob Peck, GSA's Public Buildings Commissioner SustainableCitiesCollective, by Staff Now there are more than one million square feet of green roofs across all federal government buildings. A roof on the building of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is more than 100,000 square feet alone. [2.18.11] Forensics Team Seeks Cause Of Midwest Green Roof Collapse Engineering News Record, by Johanna Knapschaefer While a demolition contractor clears debris and stabilizes the site of what the owner claimed was the largest sloped green roof in North America, a forensics team is investigating why the structure suddenly collapsed on the afternoon of Feb. 13. [2.17.11] Canada's Most Sustainable Cities Rankings ECO/Huff Strategy, Press Release Victoria and Vancouver top list of Canada's most sustainable cities. Toronto takes top spot in large city category. This year Western Canada proves to be the leader in urban sustainability, with Vancouver and Victoria tying for first place in the overall standings as Canada's most sustainable cities. [2.9.11] Solving Urbanization Challenges by Design - The Science of Green Roofs State of the Planet Blog, by Lakis Polycarpou In this interview, Patricia J. Culligan discusses her work with the Columbia University Green Roof Consortium to quantify the benefits of green roofs - a new approach to roofing in dense urban environments that has been heralded as a way to insulate buildings, manage sewer overflows from stormwater and mitigate the urban heat island effect. [2.2.11] For more News, please visit Newslinks section of our website. |
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Upcoming Events
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March 1-3: Ecobuild 2011, London, England March 8-10: NESEA BuildingEnergy 11 Conference, Boston, MA March 13-16: Cost-Effective Sustainable Design and Construction Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 14-15: GREENPRINTS Conference & Trade Show, Atlanta, GA March 18: Ecoroof Portland 2011, Portland, OR March 18-21: World Green Roof Conference (WGRC), Hainan, China March 26: Earth Hour at 8:30 p.m. local time, Worldwide 
For a complete listing, visit Upcoming Events and Educational Courses.
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Read what we've been blogging about in our latest Sky Gardens posts:
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Linda Velazquez presented "An Overview of Greenroofs at Airports - Greening Rooftops as Sustainable Design" to the members of the Atlanta Aero Club during their regular bi-monthly meeting. The Atlanta Aero Club is dedicated to providing a forum for matters affecting aviation in the Atlanta area. Read Linda's A Look (Again) at Airport Greenroofs to see how greenroofs have come a long way since 2005. See Linda's Final Reflections of Fall 2010 Greenroof Conferences: Vancouver, B.C., Part 3 where she recounts the majestic beauty of this lovely harbor city and the 8th Annual CitiesAlive! Green Roof and Wall Conference & Trade Show. Held at the stunning LEED® Platinum NC Vancouver Convention Centre, it was co-hosted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and the British Columbia Institute of Technology and was quite an event! Guest:  Be sure to check out "Portland Celebrates Ecoroof Month in March," our latest Sky Gardens Guest blog post by Matt Burlin, Outreach Coordinator for Sustainable Stormwater Management with the City of Portland Environmental Services.
Contributing Editor:  Student Editor Christine Thuring, and PhD candidate at the University of Sheffield, blogs about an exciting and innovative venue for students in the UK and across the world coming this May. Read her post "The 1st National Green Roof Student Conference @ The Green Roof Centre" in Sky Gardens. By the way, abstract submissions are due by February 25.
Contributing Editor Column: 
Our former Sustainable Roofing Technologies Editor, Ralph Velasquez, agreed to stay on as a Guest Contributing Editor to share his experiences as Executive Director for Sustainability in the Roofing and Building Maintenance Division with Tremco. In his new role for the company, he's responsible for implementing their sustainability initiatives, company-wide. Read his first column "Sustainability, The Journey Forward," where he shares the beginnings of this process, how he's already met some great people along the way, faced challenges, had a few defeats, and savored small victories.
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