CURRENT EVENTS

Register now for the 2024 Green Roof Symposium - Cascadia Grey to Green Conference - July 26th at PSU.

Conference on Friday July 26th — Tours Saturday July 27th — GRIMP Training on Thursday July 25th (to be confirmed)

In the Cascadia Bioregion, green roofs play a crucial role in sustainable urban development. They manage stormwater, reducing runoff and mitigating flooding risks. By combating the urban heat island effect, they provide natural cooling, improving urban comfort and reducing energy consumption. Green roofs support biodiversity, create habitats for wildlife, and enhance air quality by capturing pollutants. They also improve building energy efficiency, offering insulation and reducing heating and cooling needs.

The Cascadia Grey to Green Conference will have a strong focus on providing content tailored for designers, installers, civil engineers, maintenance professionals, and policy makers. This content includes practical information about the implementation and maintenance of green infrastructure systems. There will also be introductory programming to attract new and aspiring industry professionals. Full Agenda Here

The event spans over three days, with maintenance and installation training, a plenary session, green roof tours, technical presentations, panel discussions and a central trade show. The main event will be held at Portland State University on July 26th. There will be continuing education and sponsorship opportunities. Check back here for updates on confirmed speakers and tour locations and more details, coming soon. Register at GreenRoofs.org

Rooftop Solar and Agriculture Recording now available! Solar Panels and Green Roofing - Compounding Benefits

Dr Jennifer Bousselot, Colorado State University, presents her findings on how solar panels and green roofs function better when placed together on a roof. WATCH HERE

PAST EVENTS

S2C2

Join GRiT, Sustainable Southeast Community Coalition (S2C2), and PDX Main Streets on a sustainable design and green building tour of innovative and inspiring eco-friendly buildings in Southeast Portland! This event is part of the Portland's Sustainable Building Week with support from a small grant through the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF). Event is OCTOBER 14th 2023.

This event is free! Yippie! For information and to RSVP, please CLICK HERE

12 - 1 Ribbon Cutting & Award - Jolene's 1st Cousin Affordable Mixed Use

1 - 2:30 Kailash Eco-Village

2:30 - 4 Self-guided tour of sustainable stormwater features on SE Division

4 - 6 Gathering, snacks provided, Lucky Lab on Hawthorne

NOTICE: Small quantities of green roof components are available for purchase through a GRiT community member who has a few extra rolls - filter fabric, water retention fabric, root barrier and drainboard. If you are interested please contact admin@greenroofthinktank.org for more information.

GReen roof Tour - tri-city Water resource recovery

This is event is complete, but please contact us if you would like to add your name for next tour. Thank you to speaker Jean Von Bargen Root and to photographer Edward Nieto, as well as Gail Shaloum and all our wonderful supporters at the Tri-City Facility!

This event is for Clackamas County and Willamette watershed municipal leaders, architects, and developers to see an example of a large local green roof making a big impact in protecting our sensitive watersheds. We will tour one of the beautiful Tri-City Water Resource Recovery Facility Green Roofs. We will have one of the project architects, Jean Von Bargen Root, in attendance and other local experts, sharing how vegetated roofs resolve so many of our environmental concerns, especially managing storm water runoff into the Willamette and Clackamas rivers, while creating beautiful social spaces for building occupants. Due to limited space, this event is currently invite-only and an RSVP is required.

Big News: Portland, Oregon named the #1 most sustainable city in the United States!

Energy and resource efficiency, LEED certified buildings per capita, and green space per capita are just some of the things that have put Portland on the map as the most sustainable city in the U.S. according to an analysis by Rocket Homes and Bestplaces.net. These criteria also happen to be some of the biggest reasons why we at GRiT do what we do. Check out how you can be a part of making our cities more sustainable through green roofing.