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Case Studies (for living architecture)

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Publications

For media coverage on green roofs in coastal BC and western Canada, visit the links below. Please contact us with more links if you notice that we’re missing them. For media inquiries, contact BCIT media relations.

For international Green Roof news, visit Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and Greenroofs.com.

May 8, 2009 : “Up on the Roof” – By Verlyn Klinkenborg – Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel (National Geographic)

May 7, 2009 : Young Scout Builds Green Dog House

Apr. 3, 2009 : Evergreen and the Microsoft Canada Development Centre dig into new sustainability research.

Mar. 28, 2009 : These walls will really grow on you. Green roofs are often out of sight and inaccessible, but green walls are visible to all.

Sept. 4, 2008 : Green Roofs – Living Architecture Monitor – Fall 2008.

July 4, 2008 : Vertical garden. A record number of ‘living walls’ being built in Metro Vancouver as going green catches on.

June 17, 2008 : Cities need to offer incentives for building green roofs.

May 17, 2008 : City’s signature roof: Plan is to cover convention centre top with dense green vegetation.

Apr. 10, 2008 : Living roofs produce food, clean the air and conserve energy.

Mar. 15, 2008 : New youth hostel planned for Jasper.

Sept. 17, 2007 : New Community Centre in Victoria bears one of western Canada’s largest accessible green roofs.

Feb. 26, 2007 : Green ideas take root at new CRD building.

Apr. 19, 2007 : Insurance concerns threaten green roofs.

Sept. 3, 2005 : Green roofs seed innovation.

May/June, 2005 : Green on top. Construction Business.

May 26, 2005 : Your city, with a garden on top.

Dec. 30, 2003 : Dec. 30, 2003 : Green roof featured in CRD Stormwater Quality Program News. vol.1(2): page 4.

Nov. 10, 2003 : The BCIT Green Roof Research Facility. Featured in GRHC Green Roof Infrastructure Monitor vol. 5(3): page 14.

 

 

 

New projects unfolding on the Elevated Lab

In spring 2018, the Centre launched two major projects on the Elevated Lab. One is the ‘learning classroom’ that features decking, railings and irrigation supplied by collaborations with our colleagues and students from the trades. The other, titled ‘Technologies and Ecologies’, marks a new chapter for green roof research in BC.

Green Roof and Green Wall courses

The next round of GROW courses will begin in Jan 2019. GROW 1000 is perfect for students of all sorts. With City of Vancouver developing a greenroof policy, now's a perfect time to refresh your understanding about this multi-functional technology. As well, our Green Wall course GROW 1500 will be offered over two Saturdays in January.

RSS Sky Gardens – Our News

  • Productive Power Panel at IRE with Greenroofing at the Forefront
  • Join Us at IRE: “Vegetated Roofing: A 10-Year Perspective on Growth and Opportunities” Power Panel
  • Happy New Year 2019 & Reflecting Back on 2018!

RSS The Dirt

  • Help Us Improve ASLA.org
  • ASLA Statement on the Green New Deal

RSS Green Roof News

  • Paris | What is the impact of green roofs in the city and the Île de France
  • Bringing life and energy to the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice | Work commences

The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Scholarship and Research Grant

Click here for more information.

External Articles on Architecture, Acoustics and Ecology

  • The World of Sound: acoustics in architecture on Dwell Magazine

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