NLSM’s Dr. Karen Liu and James Weldon kick off the Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program (STEP) Webinar Series 2022 on March 24, 2022 with Engineering Vegetated Roofs to Optimize Stormwater Management. Over the… read more →
This blog is co-written by Cristina Senjug along with Dr. Karen Liu, Next Level’s green roof specialist who was present when the studio green roof was installed more than a… read more →
Rooftop Stormwater Management Technologies for Climate Change Adaptions and Resilience Feature article by Sasha Aguilera and Dr. Karen Liu Global warming increases the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events… read more →
Achieve Your LEED Goals with a Green Roof Healthy People in Healthy Places The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the world’s great need for safe and healthy spaces. For two years… read more →
Download the PDF Case Study Sherway Gardens, Toronto, ON Sherway’s 9,500 m² green roof can absorb up to 340,000 litres per rainfall event, or the equivalent of 2,500 bathtubs… read more →
Condo Rooftop Transformed into Biodiverse Green Space Download the PDF Case Study Two Old Mill, Toronto, Ontario About Award of Excellence Varied Landscape Creates an Urban Habitat Green roofs provide an… read more →
Virtual tour of Toronto Sky Gardens and Urban Greenspaces The City of Toronto is a leader in the green roof movement with more area constructed per year than the rest of Canada… read more →
A Tale of Two Assemblies…CRA versus PMRA Conventional (CRA) and protected membrane roof assemblies (PMRA) are the most common low-slope commercial roofing systems in Canada. The key difference is the placement… read more →
Innovative method to mitigate urban flooding Blue-Green Infrastructure combines natural and semi-natural, or engineered features, to deliver a wide rand of ecosystem services. Blue-Green Infrastructure is gaining popularity due to… read more →
What is a BioBerm™ BioBerm™s are rounded mound of growing medium augmented on an otherwise level green roof. They offer a natural, seamless way to combine extensive and intensive systems… read more →
