2009 Green Roofs Conference and Golf Tournament

The 2009 Green Roofs for Sustainable Communities Conference, Awards, and Trade Show will be held in Atlanta the weekend of June 3rd. The Conference will feature more than 45 internationally renowned speakers covering such topics as: Unraveling the energy/water/carbon conservation sequestration equation, Understanding plant survival and the role of climate, water and growing media, Green wall design optimization, and Integrated designs for water management. It will also host the inaugural Green Roof Professional (GRP) Accreditation Exam on Friday June 5.

Also, if you bring along a colleague to the conference, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities will reward you with a complimentary CD compilation of Green Roof's first five years of speaker presentations from past annual conferences.

June 3rd also brings the opportunity to participate in the first annual GRHC Golf Tournament at the Bobby Jones Golf Course. The event is open to all GRHC members, their employees, guests, spouses and prospective members. The cost to participate is $140 per person and covers green and cart fees, a six pack of beer, logo t-shirt, and barbecue dinner. Proceeds will benefit the Green Infrastructure Foundation. No clubs? No problem: clubs are available to rent for $35 per set. Sign up at www.greenroofs.org/atlanta.

For more information, visit www.greenroofs.org.

Greening Rooftops Conference

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is pleased to announce that the 7th Annual International Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities Conference, Awards and Trade Show will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from June 3-­ 5 at the Peachtree Hyatt Hotel.

The Conference will bring together more than 1,000 green roof and wall design professionals, manufacturers, researchers and policy-makers from across North America and around the world. There are numerous opportunities to gain profile for your organization in what is a rapidly growing and critically important technology in the green building industry.

The goals of the Conference include accelerating market transformation for the green roof and wall industry, demonstrating the technological and environmental benefits of green roofs and walls and providing networking opportunities for green roof design professionals and conference delegates to interact.

Building on the considerable momentum developed over our past six conferences, Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities Conference, Awards and Trade Show will be even bigger and better.