Our inaugural Greenroofs & Walls of the World™ Virtual Summit 2011 is coming to a close tomorrow and it has been a wonderful experience! If you have already registered, you have until midnight EDT on Friday October 28, 2011 to view all the awesome presentations and download all the accompanying materials from speakers, our amazing Rare Earth Sponsor TREMCO, our Emerald Sponsor American Hydrotech, and all of our exhibitors and associates. You can actually still register through then for only $49 or $25 for students / faculty / government professionals, but you'd better be dedicated -you have 32 presentations to see and 19 exhibit booths!
Have you seen our Virtual Summit Highlights Video yet? It's really fun and gives you a great overview:
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Read the Sky Gardens Blog posts about the event here.
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2011 Greenroofs & Walls™ of the World Calendar
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 Last month we featured the October project instead of the September project in error, so this month we are featuring the September Project!
September features The High Line in New York City, NY - award winner of the GRHC's Award of Excellence. The High Line is an elevated railway originally designed in the 1930's to keep dangerous trains off the streets of an expanding New York City, but now invites the public to stroll its 1-and-a-half mile and growing boardwalk among natural plantings, benches, lighting and a host of special features. The ZinCo USA drainage system enabled the landscaped city park's diverse array of design and construction experts to seamlessly integrate plantings with hardscapes, allowing stormwater and irrigation runoff to drain while simultaneously retaining water to keep the vegetation vital and healthy.
The Greenroofs & Walls™ of the World Calendar series combines two of our most popular destinations on Greenroofs.com: The Greenroof & Greenwall Projects Database and Upcoming Events.
Look for our Greenroofs & Walls™ of the World 2012 Calendar coming soon, available for holiday shopping and sharing!
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Industry News
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 The next round of ecoroof incentives is now open, and the deadline for applications is December 1, 2011. Nearly all roofs in Portland are eligible to receive up to $5 / per square foot for an ecoroof. This is the seventh round of funding the incentive, and since 2008 the program has funded close to 150 projects across the City. If you have a roof that might be a good candidate, please submit an application or contact them to discuss. In addition, the City of Portland is again offering FREE technical workshops for anyone interested in learning more about ecoroof in Portland. There will be two separate one-day seminars: one for Professionals and one for Property Owners.[10.26.11]
 GRHC is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence. The Awards will be presented at CitiesAlive: 9th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel in Philadelphia, PA, on Friday, 12/2/11 at the Awards Luncheon. [10.25.11]
 The EPA asked ASLA to collect case studies on projects that successfully and sustainably manage stormwater. ASLA members responded with 479 case studies from 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. Not only do these projects showcase landscape architecture, they also demonstrate to policymakers the value of promoting green infrastructure policies. [10.20.11]
 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection reached a draft agreement to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSO) into area water bodies. The agreement modifies New York City's approach to improving harbor water quality, under which the city will invest an estimated $187 million in green infrastructure projects by 2015, part of a planned $2.4 billion public and private investment over the next 20 years. [10.19.11]
 The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it renewed the District's permit to discharge stormwater into local waterways, but only under the condition that it significantly reduce rainwater runoff and the huge amount of garbage that comes with it. Under the terms of the permit, the District is required to add a minimum of 350,000 square feet of green roofs on city properties, plant at least 4,150 trees yearly, and assure that new properties of 5,000 square feet soak up more than an inch of rainwater over a 24-hour rainfall to keep it from flowing into sewers and into rivers, streams and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay. [10.5.11]
 Want to create 1.9 million American jobs and add $265 billion to the economy? Upgrade our water infrastructure. That's the message of Water Works: Rebuilding Infrastructure, Creating Jobs, Greening the Environment, a report by Green For All, in partnership with American Rivers, Pacific Institute, and the Economic Policy Institute. The report looks at an investment of $188.4 billion in water infrastructure-the amount the EPA indicates would be required to manage stormwater and preserve water quality. That investment would inject a quarter of a trillion dollars into the economy, create nearly 1.3 million direct and indirect jobs and result in 568,000 additional jobs from increased spending. Here is the petition link: 25,000 signatures are needed before 11/3/11. [10.4.11]
For more information please visit our Industry News section of our website.
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NewsLinks
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Shelving the shingles: the costs and benefits of green roofs
Finance and Commerce, by Dan Emerson
Minneapolis. MN. "So-called green roofs have been hailed as one of the most effective tools to reduce the negative environmental effects of conventional buildings...According to a study in Germany, a "vegetated roof" on average can be expected to prolong the service life of a conventional roof by at least 20 years...The LiveRoof costs $15 to $20 per square foot compared with an average of about $8 for a conventional roof..." [10.25.11]
FedEx Express Hosts Largest "Green Roof" at Any US Airport
Business Wire, Press Release
Chicago, IL. "When it comes to "green" roofs at airports, nothing in the country tops the FedEx Express cargo facility at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world's largest express transportation company, recently opened the new package sorting center, which conducts operations under the largest continuous vegetated roof at an airport in the U.S.-or the size of three football fields..." [10.20.11]
Will leafy walls tackle London's pollution problems?
BBC News, by Tom Edwards
London, UK. "Pollution in London is amongst the worst in Europe and, as I've mentioned before, the mayor and Transport for London (TfL) are trialing all kinds of new technology to get the levels down...The Green Walls are specially designed to trap harmful particulate matter, known as PM10s. TfL believes the walls will help at hotspots that regularly exceed EU legal limits..." [10.17.11]
For more News, please visit Newslinks section of our website.
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Upcoming Events
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October 28-30: Green Roof / Green Wall Installer and Maintenance Technician Certification Training, Penfield, NY - The training program will be taught by GLTi CEO George Irwin, a published author & authority on green wall/roof technologies, and one of our contributing editor, the Green Wall Editor.
October 30 - November 2: ASLA 2011 Annual Meeting & EXPO, San Diego, CA - Support Greenroofs.com's advertisers by visiting them on the Trade Show floor this year.
October 31 - November 2: WGIN's International Green Technology Symposium 2011, Indore, India
October 29-30: Green Roofs Course, Brighton Permaculture Trust, Brighton, UK
November 9-12: Greening Cities Conference, Sydney, Australia
November 16: Vegetative Roofs - Making Buildings Come Alive Seminar, NCBE Construction Training Center, Santa Rosa, CA - presented by Kevin S. Falkerson & Kerrie Lee Cole of SYMBIOS and Haven Kiers, our Design Editor.
November 16-18: Build Boston 2011, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA
November 30 - December 3: CitiesAlive, Philadelphia, PA
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JobLinks
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C. M. Hobbs has a job opening for a Grower/Plant Propagator on the westside of Indianapolis, IN, USA. [10.5.11]
Furbish Company is looking for a Site Supervisor in Brooklyn, MD, USA. [2.10.11]
See other Jobs Available and Positions Wanted in our Joblinks page.
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BookStore
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The New American Landscape: Leading Voices on the Future of Sustainable Gardening, Hardcover (April 2011) by various authors.
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Retrofitting Office Buildings to Be Green and Energy-Efficient: Optimizing Building Performance, Tenant Satisfaction, and Financial Return, by Leanne Tobias, [Article by Ralph Velasquez], 2010
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A Selection of Plants for Green Roofs in Singapore, by Puay Yok Tan and Angelia Sia, 2008
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