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Workshops

GR 101 - Green Roof Design & Installation

THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL

Friday 25th September
9.00am - 5.00pm
Full Day Workshop
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus
Presenter: Sidonie Carpenter, President Green Roofs Australia
Cost: $395 (Includes GST)

This course will:

• Identify the different types of greenroofs
• Identify the benefits of greenroofs
• Identify the factors that influence the cost of green roofs
• Design opportunities and best practice
• Overview of the many different professionals required for green roof success.

Currently the tangible pubic and private benefits of green roofs are under valued.
Green roof technologies need to be brought to the forefront of high performance, restorative green building design, implementation and maintenance. Given the many benefits of green roof technology the Australian green roof industry is poised for rapid growth over the next decade. It is on this basis that a need has been clearly identified to increase awareness of the economic, social and environmental benefits of green roof infrastructure across Australia and advance the development of the market for green roof products and services.

About the Presenter - Sidonie Carpenter

• Currently the President of Green Roofs Australia Inc.
• Principle designer for her own Landscape Design Company – Green Canopy.
• ISSI / Pratt Foundation Fellowship 06,  to study the design, implementation & benefits of green roofs and living walls in US, Canada, St East Asia
• Certified in all greenroof courses presented by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (US green roof assoc) 

Specifying substrates and plants for Australian green roofs

THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL

Friday 25th September
Half Day Workshop
8.30am - 12.30pm
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus
Presenter:  John Rayner, Nick Williams and Kirsten Raynor, University of Melbourne
Cost: $150 (Includes GST)

This workshop will enable participants to better specify substrate and planting design options for green roofs in Australia. The first half of the workshop will cover green roof substrates including materials and mixes, links to system, site and performance considerations and issues of testing and assessment. The second half will look at plant materials for green roofs, including design strategies and outcomes, plant types and properties, water and irrigation considerations and different planting options.

The workshop will use demonstration materials, case studies and examples and testing facilities on site. The workshop will be limited to 30 particpants.

Ground Up Planning: Transforming Urban Brownfields in Green Roof Infrastructure

Friday 25th September
Half Day Workshop
2pm - 4.00pm
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus
Presenter: Benjamin Nicholson, VIC-TAS Coordinator, Green Roofs Australia
Cost: $150 (Includes GST)

Topics Covered:

• The Green Collar Worker
• The City of Layers
• The City of Systems
• The City of Planners
• The City of Toronto
• The City of Tomorrow

This workshop provides strategic and statutory planners with a methodology for increasing their understanding of the interactions between cities and their host environments and examines the ways in which town planning seeks to express and regulate these interactions.

Participants will then be presented with a case study of the journey taken by planning staff at the City of Toronto during the development of North America’s first large-scale green roof by-law. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be better equipped to identify and coordinate resources within their own workplace to assist in the development of planning provisions and policies that promote green roof infrastructure in Australia.

The Green Roofs Australia 2009 gathering was a great success, with excellent displays produced by commercial sponsors, informative presentations on local and international green infrastructure projects, design, growing media and policy workshops and more than 150 delegates attending the various conference events over three days. Many thanks to all who participated and contributed to this very successful annual event.

Click here to download the Green Roofs Conference 2009 presentations.