Rain City Strategy Vancouver’s Rain City Strategy hopes to capture and treat 90% of Vancouver’s average annual rainfall by using green infrastructure tools, such as greenroofs. The strategy includes design guidelines… read more →
Earth Week is about taking action for the planet. April 22 is Earth Day. But, we can celebrate EVERY day! All of us at Next Level Stormwater Management love greening… read more →
Defining Retention and Detention The latest issue of Living Architecture Magazine offers an enlightening read on retention versus detention in green roofs. Untangling Stormwater Retention and Detention is by landscape… read more →
How to make old buildings, built in the 50s, 60s and 70s, more energy efficient and resilient. Urban Land Institute Billy Grayson Centre for Sustainability and Economic Performance https://americas.uli.org/201203torontoaspreport/. Valuable… read more →
Designing For Tomorrow GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE POST COVID-19 RECOVERY Designers, builders and owners have an unprecedented opportunity to shift investment to green infrastructure as we build back from the… read more →
This blog is co-written by Cristina Senjug, Next Level’s communication manager along with Dr. Karen Liu, Next Level’s green roof specialist who was present when Cristina’s residential green roof was… read more →
This blog is co-written by Cristina Senjug, Next Level’s communication manager along with Dr. Karen Liu, Next Level’s green roof specialist who was present when Cristina’s residential green roof was… read more →
CSA A123.24:21 Updated Standard test method for wind resistance of modular vegetated roof assembly The second edition of CSA A123.24, Standard test method for wind resistance of vegetated roof assembly is… read more →
Wind Design Process for Modular Vegetated Roofing Systems by Karen Liu, PhD Next Level’s green roof specialist, Dr. Karen Liu, has the feature article in the January 2021 issue of… read more →
Wind & Vegetated Roofing Assemblies Part 1 of Series by Dr. Karen Liu The National Research Council Canada, in collaboration with the members of the Canadian green roof industry, conducted… read more →