Strategies to Meet Policy & Design Goals in Toronto

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REQUEST A LEARNING SESSION Strategies to Meet Policy & Design Goals in Toronto

Green Roofs Among Top LID Choices

Currently, over 30 municipalities in North America have policies or incentive programs to encourage green roofs because they are effective green infrastructure technology with multiple benefits.  This session discusses how to design a green roof to check off multiple requirements set out by the Toronto Green Standard (TGS) and the Wet Weather Flow Management Guidelines (WWFMG), among others. Many requirements are interdisciplinary and therefore a successful project requires a collaborative approach between the architect, landscape architect, and engineers. We explore individual components, learn about their functions and selection criterion, and how to combine them into engineered systems to achieve specific design goals, with an emphasis on stormwater management.

In this session, you’ll:
  1. Understand how various components create green roof systems to achieve design intents
  2. Learn local policies aimed at enhancing sustainable development using green roofs
  3.  Identify green roof systems that can successfully address a policy requirement
  4. Understand how a multi-disciplinary approach to designing green roofs is key

 

NLSM is a Continuing Education Provider. 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
REQUEST A LEARNING SESSION Strategies to Meet Policy & Design Goals in Toronto

Presenters

Head shot of Dr. Karen Liu, Next Level Stormwater Management's green roof specialist. NLSM is Canada's green roof supplier from Vancouver British Columbia to Toronto Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Next Level offers vegetated and non-vegetated stormwater management tools such as soilless green roofs to retention and detention systems to meet municipal requirements.

Karen Liu

BASc, MASc, PhD
Green Roof Specialist

Karen has been conducting green roof research since 2000. Before joining the private sector, Karen was a lead researcher of the green roof programs at the National Research Council and the British Columbia Institute of Technology. She led the research teams to instrument and monitor various green roofs in Ontario and British Columbia to evaluate their water balance and examine their potential in stormwater management. Karen was a key participant in the research consortium that developed the first national wind testing standard for vegetated roofing CSA A123.24. Additionally, Karen has vast practical experience having worked on hundreds of green roof projects across North America, Europe and Asia.

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Head shot of Sasha Aguilera, Next Level Stormwater Management's design ambassador. NLSM is Canada's green roof supplier from Vancouver British Columbia to Toronto Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Next Level offers vegetated and non-vegetated stormwater management tools such as soilless green roofs to retention and detention systems to meet municipal requirements.

Sasha Aguilera

GRP, B.Arch (Hons)
Design Ambassador

Sasha is a leading consultant with nearly two decades of green roof industry experience. Aguilera has considerable experience working with designers and contractors on vegetated roofs of various complexities – from retrofits to new construction. Her work as a designer and consultant on various vegetated roofing projects across the country has established Sasha as one of Canada’s foremost green roof professionals. Aguilera is an experienced speaker having done hundreds of presentations over her career and has authored numerous articles one of which received CSC’s F. Ross Browne Award in 2017.

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