Archive for March, 2008

GREEN ROOFS JUNE CONFERENCE: call for abstracts

Green Roofs Australia invites abstracts for its 18-20 June 2008 conference in Brisbane.
Built environment academics and professionals can submit abstracts online here.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACTS

The abstract must include at least four to six key words (for example: “stormwater”, “retrofit”, “costing”, “regulation”, “species”) and be clearly noted.
All Abstracts must be submitted via the on-line system provided from [...]

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Sidonie Carpenter appointed GRA President

Sidonie Carpenter (pictured) has been appointed president of Green Roofs Australia (GRA), the organisation formed in October 2007 as Australia’s member of the World Green Roof Infrastructure Network (WGRIN).
Mrs Carpenter was elected vice-president of Green Roofs Australia when it was founded. She runs her own business, Green Canopy, involved in the design and installation [...]

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Roofing contractor aims to put himself out of business

Green Roofs Australia (GRA) has been very fortunate to receive this photo documentation from a roofing contractor who is hoping green roofs will put more traditional roofs out of business.
Washington roofing contractor Troy Wagner replaced his own roof with greenery after he observed that green roofs last much longer than “clean roofs”.
He sent GRA a [...]

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