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750 attend BCIT-co-hosted green roof conference

The eighth annual Cities Alive 2010 Conference, co-hosted by the BCIT Centre for Architectural Ecology and Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, was held in Vancouver from November 30 to December 3. The three-day celebration of green roofs and walls attracted … Read more →

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Centre for Architectural Ecology hosts micro green roof competition in celebration of CitiesAlive 2010

Twenty grade six children from Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant Elementary School visited BCIT’s Green Roof Research Centre last week to learn about green roof technology and build their own "micro" green roofs using real green roof building materials and plant species—but … Read more →

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Registration open for Green Roofs conference

Along with Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC), BCIT is co-hosting the 8th Annual CitiesAlive Green Roof and Wall Conference in Vancouver, BC, Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, 2010. Online registration is now open. CitiesAlive 2010 is a three-day celebration of … Read more →

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BCIT to co-host international green roof and wall conference

Along with Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, BCIT will host the 2010 Green Roof and Green Wall Conference, called CitiesAlive. Now in its eighth year, the November 30 – December 3 conference marks the first time this international conference will … Read more →

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Centre for Architectural Ecology collaborates with Microsoft and Evergreen

BCIT’s green roof facility, known as the Centre for Architectural Ecology – Collaborations in Green Roofs and Living Walls, is the new home to demonstration garden beds used for studying the use of food crops as green roof materials. The … Read more →

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BCIT in National Geographic magazine

BCIT’s Maureen Connelly was mentioned in the May 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The story, titled “On the Roof,” examines the surge of interest in green – or living – roofs. Maureen is the Director of BCIT’s Centre for … Read more →

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Elevated Research Project gets a ‘lift’ from BCIT faculty and staff

On the cold, early morning of Thursday, February 26, Maureen Connelly, director and faculty of the Centre for Architectural Ecology (“the Centre”) successfully led a team of faculty and staff to assist with the lift and placement of 22 yards … Read more →

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Maureen Connelly takes green-roof research to a new level

Research head Maureen Connelly has recently won a national grant supporting a Centre for the Advancement of Green Roof Technology for three years. The funding, from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, recognizes the potential already demonstrated … Read more →

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