Video: Learn about Vancouver’s Rain City Strategy

 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 →

It’s Earth Week – Let’s Take Action, Connect with Nature

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 →

Untangling Stormwater Retention and Detention

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 aging high rises greener

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 →

Grey to Green logo with dates June 15 and 16, 2021 and website URL https://greytogreenconference.org. Shows a city skyline from dark grey that turns to green.

Dr. Karen Liu To Speak at 2021 Grey to Green Conference

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 →

Winter Energy Savings & Stormwater Runoff

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 →

My Green Roof & I Survived this Winter!

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 →

Updated Codes & Standards: CSA A123.24:21

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 →

Construction Canada magazine cover with aerial view of luxury condo building's vegetated roof.

Wind Design Process for Green Roofs – Construction Canada Article

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 →

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