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22 Jan 2025
The City of Toronto welcomed more than 300 green infrastructure professionals on November 6 to 9 for the 20th anniversary of the CitiesAlive conference. The conference highlights green infrastructure design, policy and innovation from across the world.
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16 Jan 2025
Green roofs cover less than 2% of Vancouver’s roofscape, highlighting untapped potential for urban cooling and stormwater benefits. GRIN’s mapping technology can drive green infrastructure adoption across North America, fostering resilience and liveability
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13 Jan 2025
The article highlights GINKGO’s breakthrough air purification systems, Stomata and Aether. Combining engineered plants, advanced filtration, and efficient irrigation, these systems remove 99.99% of indoor pollutants.
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10 Jan 2025
Discover how 12 acres of native and sedum green roofs at Washington D.C.'s Munro Coast Guard Building exemplify sustainability. Learn about stormwater management, biodiversity, and economic benefits of green roofs thriving over a decade.
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8 Jan 2025
This feature explores rooftop agrivoltaics, combining food-producing green roofs and solar panels, highlighting research advancements at Colorado State University and their potential to address urban food, energy, and water challenges efficiently.
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6 Jan 2025
Revitalizing Houston's Barbara Jordan Post Office, the award-winning Skylawn by Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects transforms a historic site into a vibrant, sustainable rooftop park.
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5 Jan 2025
This episode of Sustainable Futures, features Dr. Kathleen Wolf, a social scientist insert who has spent 3 decades exploring how urban nature impacts human health.
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4 Jan 2025
Notable milestones in 2024 include new GRIMP certifications, expanded professional development, record event attendance, and key partnerships, culminating in the CitiesAlive 20th anniversary in Toronto.
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3 Jan 2025
Arup’s UHeat tool provides data-driven solutions to mitigate the Urban Heat Island effect, with case studies like Toronto showcasing strategies for resilience through green infrastructure, and equitable urban design for cooler, healthier cities
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2 Jan 2025
This course discusses practical applications of green roof and wall technologies that can be used to implement productive rooftop farming initiatives. Case studies focused on pioneering urban farming operations describe key factors for project success.
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1 Jan 2025
On behalf of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, we would like to thank you for a wonderful year in 2024! We look forward to continuing our work in 2025, Happy New Year! 🌱
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31 Dec 2024
In this episode, Mitchell Cohen, President of Daniels Corporation, discusses leading the $1.5 billion revitalization of Toronto’s Regent Park.
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30 Dec 2024
Discover how extensive green roofs at The Parks at Walter Reed in Washington, D.C., mitigate stormwater runoff, enhance urban sustainability, and provide aesthetic and environmental benefits.
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27 Dec 2024
This course will provide you with the latest information on green roof benefits, technical standards, product innovations, and design and installation best practice.
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26 Dec 2024
Explore Taiwan's pioneering Life Cycle Carbon Database for landscaping (L-LCC), integrating embodied carbon and construction emissions analysis.
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25 Dec 2024
This course provides an overview of some of the ways green roofs fail, what to do when failures occur, and how to avoid these mistakes to ensure long term success and the maximization of benefits derived from a green roof.
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24 Dec 2024
Pathfinder 3.0, the latest update to Climate Positive Design's LCA tool, helps designers measure project impacts with expanded carbon datasets, biodiversity and water use analysis, and equity assessments.
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23 Dec 2024
This course discusses design and construction best practices for green façades and living walls, including maintenance, irrigation requirements, and planting and site level considerations.
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22 Dec 2024
This article explores how cities like Portland can achieve Project Drawdown’s 9% green roof coverage target by 2050 through innovative economic strategies, public-private partnerships, and workforce development.
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16 Dec 2024
Learn how to create and maintain thriving ecosystems on green roofs through thoughtful design and maintenance strategies. This online course offers practical insights into supporting plant and animal communities in urban spaces.
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