Green Roofs for the West Symposium

Running Time: 9 hours

This forward-thinking and informative event – co-hosted by the Gardens, U.S. Green Building Council and Colorado State University – will spotlight the innovative ways green roofs are leading us to a future of more sustainable cities in the challenging climate of the West. The symposium will feature a full day of in-depth sessions, presented by leading green roof experts and designers from across the U.S. and around the world. The event also delves beneath the surface to inform professionals about green roof viability and implications in the West, and lay the groundwork to influence policy in Denver and the Intermountain West.

Agenda:

7:30 a.m. Registration opens. Continental breakfast available.

8:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks by Brian Vogt, CEO, and Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator and Director of Outreach, Denver Botanic Gardens

8:15 a.m. Pictorial Meadows: The Planting and Design of Green Roofs with Nigel Dunnett, co-author of “Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls” and director of the graduate research school at the University of Sheffield, coordinator of the degree for landscape design with ecology.

9:30 a.m. Challenges when Constructing Green Roofs in Arid Climates with Susan Weiler, FASLA, Partner at the Landscape Architecture Firm, Olin Studio. Susan is co-author of "Green Roof Systems: A Guide to the Planning, Design, and Construction of Landscapes over Structure.

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Policy and Green Roofs Panel Discussion:

Scott Morrissey (Greenprint Denver), Kyle Zeppelin (Developer), Stacey Eriksen (Urban Watershed Revitalization Coordinator, EPA), and Senator Chris Romer. Moderated by Tina Bishop, Principal, Mundis Bishop Design.

12 p.m. Lunch buffet located in the Trade Show

1 p.m. The Future and Use of Green Infrastructure, including Green Roofs, in Building Technology with Jeffrey Bruce, of Jeffrey L. Bruce and Company (Landscape Architects and Planners).

2 p.m. Green Roofs in Hot, Dry Climates with Claudia Harari, a landscape architect Principal of Harari Arquitectos from the Monterrey Area of Mexico.

3 p.m. Break and Book Signing

3:15 p.m. Regional Case Studies: Karla Dakin, Jennifer Bousselot, Mark Fusco, Leila Tolderlund, Andy Creath, Lisa Lee Benjamin.

4 p.m. Grasses for Green Roofs with John Greenlee, a renowned specialist in growing ornamental grasses and grasslike plants. Owner of Greenlee Nursery, John Greenlee Associates, and author of The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses and The American Meadow Garden.

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS:

Co-Hosts

US Green Build Council, Colorado Chapter

Colorado State University

UC/Denver College of Architecture and Planning

Platinum Level:

Tecta America

International Leak Detection

Gold Level:

Green Roof Solutions

Colorado Green Roofs and Walls

Weston Solutions, Inc

Piccadilly Nursery/Sempergreen

Hunter

IWT America/KISSS

Willshire Design

Silver Level:

CETCO Building Materials

Douglass Colony Group

American Hydrotech

Bison Deck Supports

Please visit all of our supporters in the trade show in Gates Hall.

Registration:

Before June 1: $100

After June 1: $125.

$30 for students with valid ID.

Includes continental breakfast, box lunch and beverages.

NOTE:

As an approved USGBC Education Provider, USGBC Colorado is excited to offer a total of 6 Continuing Education (CE) Hours through GBCI³ Credential Maintenance Program at the Green Roofs for the West Symposium.

If you are a LEED Professional enrolled in CMP, please pick up a tracking form at registration and record the name of each session you attend during the symposium. When you are finished with all of your sessions (please write each session you attend on form), take your form to the registration desk. A certificate of attendance will be sent to you via email.

You must self-report your CE hours through My Credentials at www.gbci.org. Please note that the 6 CE hrs available at Green Roofs for the West are all general CE hours, none of them are LEED specific.

Symposium Location:

Mitchell and Gates Halls