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Report to Show What Works, What Doesn’t
On Green Roof
Media briefing will offer first look at the performance
of ASLA’s demonstration project
WHAT: Though green roofs offer a multitude
of potential benefits, how do they perform under real-world
conditions? The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
will answer this when it releases the findings on the performance
of its own green roof at a breakfast briefing, Q&A session,
and tour of the association’s demonstration project.
Covering everything from water runoff to which plants thrived
or fried, the briefing will show what works – and doesn’t
– on ASLA’s green roof. Green roof expert Nancy
Somerville, Executive Vice President and CEO of ASLA will
lead the event.
In particular, the briefing will cover:
- Stormwater runoff and stormwater pollution
- Energy and other maintenance savings
- Green roof temperature compared to non-green roofs
- Plant performance on the roof-top environment
WHY: Green roofs can create a variety of
environmental benefits, including lowered stormwater runoff,
pollution, energy costs, urban heat islands, as well as economic
and energy efficiency benefits. In April of 2006, ASLA completed
a demonstration green roof to showcase the association’s
commitment to the environment and examine if green roofs can
work as an effective sustainable building solution. Learn
more at www.asla.org/greenroof.
WHO: Nancy Somerville, Executive Vice President
and CEO of ASLA
WHEN: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 from
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: 636 Eye St., NW, Washington, DC 20001
For more information about ASLA or the green roof tour, please
contact Jim Lapides at 202-216-2371 or
jlapides@asla.org. For more information on ASLA, please
visit www.asla.org.
About ASLA
Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association
for landscape architects, representing more than 17,600 members
in 48 professional chapters and 68 student chapters. Landscape
architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis,
planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation.
ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances
the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and
fellowship. Members of the Society use their “ASLA”
suffix after their names to denote membership and their commitment
to the highest ethical standards of the profession.
Learn more about landscape architecture online at www.asla.org.
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