GREEN ROOF RESEARCH PROGRAM
RECEIVES $191,000 GRANT

The Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute's (Mtech) Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPS) awarded the grant to a research proposal submitted by Dr. Andrew Ristvey PI, Dr. Steven Cohan Co-PI, and Dr. John Lea-Cox Co-PI and Stancills Inc., manufacturers of SkyGarden green roof media (www.stancills.com/skygarden/). The MIPS funding source was the Maryland Department of Natural Resources via the EPA and DNR's collaborative Innovative Technology Fund.
The research proposal is focused on the development of a green roof substrate that is comprised of local recyclable materials. In addition to fulfilling the horticultural and storm water management requirements, the new substrate will reduce the carbon foot print of this primary green roof system component.

The Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program, an initiative of the A. James Clark School of Engineering's Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, or Mtech (www.mtech.umd.edu), brings university innovation to the commercial sector by supporting university-based research projects to help Maryland companies develop technology-based products. Commercial products benefiting from MIPS projects have generated more than $16.9 billion in revenue, added jobs to the region, and contributed to successes such as Martek Biosciences' nutritional oils, Hughes Network Systems' HughesNet™, MedImmune Inc.'s Synagis®, and Black & Decker's Bullet® Speed Tip Masonry Drill Bit.