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Engineering Green Roofs for Rainwater Management in Vancouver, BC

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Feb 29
2024
Engineering Green Roofs for Rainwater Management in Vancouver, BC Next Level Stormwater Management Feb 29, 2024 : 10:00 am to 11:00 am

Cities across Canada are moving from grey to green infrastructure in managing rainwater. Green roofs are an effective source control tool with multiple co-benefits. They offer a practical solution in tight urban spaces where other rainwater management tools are not feasible.  As such, green roofs play a key role in the City of Vancouver’s (CoV) new simplified rainwater management (RWM) requirements for new Part 3 buildings that took effect on January 1, 2024. In this webinar, we will learn how to design green roofs to help meet CoV’s retention/detention requirements and when upgrading to a blue-green roof can increase ROI.

At the end of this session, participants will:

  1. Understand CoV’s new simplified rainwater management (RWM) requirements.
  2. Use a green roof to maximize the reduction of CoV’s detention volume requirement.
  3. Design detention green roofs using modeling to help meet a site’s release rate target.
  4. Engineer green roofs with enhanced RWM abilities to achieve financial savings.
  5. Apply an interdisciplinary approach to create a multifunctional green roof.

Presenters

Karen Ka Yan Liu, PhD, Green Roof Specialist, Next Level Stormwater Management and Sasha Aguilera, Design Ambassador, Next Level Stormwater Management

More

See www.NLSM.ca for info on green roof systems and their functions.

NLSM is a Recognized Educational Provider (REP).

Proof of Attendance will be issued for:
AIBC Learning Unit (LU)
BCSLA Continuing Education (CE) Credit
EGBC Continuing Education (CE) Hour
PEO Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Credit
OAA Structured Learning ConEd Credit
OALA Continuing Education (CE) Credit

Register Free https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9617066392205/WN_V-M_1HsuTViFlF...

 

 

 

 

Contact: 
Cristina Senjug
Address 
18 King St. East Ste 1400
Toronto, ON M5C 1C7
Canada
Phone: 
(416) 557-7266
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Project: Telus Atrium Garden
Landscape Architect / Firm: Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture Inc in collaboration with Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Photo Credit: Brett Hitchins