Green Roofs / Green Walls

75-Minute Education Session

MON-B03 - Green Roofs in California and Beyond: Marrying Economics, Performance, and Ecology

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, GBCI CE, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

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  Rohan Lilauwala

  Program Manager
  Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

Speaker(s)

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  Molly Meyer

  Founder & CEO
  Omni Ecosystems
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  Paul Kephart, ASLA

  Ecologist
  Rana Creek Habitat Restoration

Green roofs face challenges in California and beyond, but overcoming these can help landscape architects unlock their massive potential benefits. This session looks at building a stronger business case for green roofs, maximizing green roof performance, and creating thriving rooftop ecologies, all through the lens of high-profile and award-winning projects.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the challenges faced by green roofs in California and other locations, and how landscape architects can overcome them to unlock green roof benefits.
• Learn how to make a compelling business case for green roofs by monetizing multiple streams of revenue and savings.
• Identify strategies to maximize green roof performance, including stormwater retention, energy savings, food production, and roof longevity.
• Understand green roof ecology, and how to design green roofs to be functioning, diverse, and productive ecosystems that respect considerations such as site, context, and climate.