Green Roofs and Urban Related Sustainability Topics
PLSC 489F Spring, 2009
Tuesday, 12:30 pm-1:45 pm
2/3 Rob Berghage, Associate Professor, Penn State University, Horticulture Department
"HOW GREEN IS YOUR ROOF?"
2/10 Ed Snodgrass, President, Owner, Emory Knoll Farms
"PLANT SELECTION FOR EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOFS"
2/17 Lorelly Solano, Graduate Student UMD
"Crumb Rubber as an Amendment for Green Roof Substrates"
2/24 Gregg Long, President, Owner, Capitol Green Roofs
"Innovation in Green Roof Design Construction"
3/3 Scott Lupin, UMD, Assoc. Dir. Office of Sustainability & Dept. of Env. Safety
"Campus Sustainability-Moving Up to a National Leader"
3/10 Stan Sersen, President, ASG, CEO The EnviroCenter
"Using Buildings to Achieve Sustainability"
3/24 Jeff Gilbert, Chief Technical Officer, Chesapeake Solar
"Tax Incentives for Residential Solar Energy Systems"
3/31 Andrew Ristvey, Asst. Prof. UMD, PSLA
"Green Roof Plants: A New Niche for the Green Industry"
4/7 Dawn Rittenhouse, Director, Sustainable Development, DuPont Co.
"Sustainable Growth Through Sustainable Solutions"
4/14 Paul Bassett, President, Owner Hydro-logix
"Effective Utilization of Harvested Water Resources"
4/21 Jeff Price, Graduate Student UMD, ENST
"Thermodynamics, Hydrology and Vegetation of Green Wall Technologies"
4/28 Chris Kloss, Sr. Environmental Scientist, Low Impact Development Center
"Sustainable Approaches for Urban Water"
5/5 Sean McGuire, Dir. Sustainability Polices, MD
"Sustainable Policies in DNR and MD"
5/12 Â Charlie Miller, President, Roofscapes, Inc.
"Designing for the Long Term"