Oakland Green Roof Market Development Symposium
Bruce Mast
Oakland Green Roof Market Development Symposium
February 9, 2006
Laney College
900 Fallon Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Time: 8:30 - 4:30 pm
Hosted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, a membership-based network of organizations working to further the green roof industry in North America. The Symposium will focus on local research needs and obstacles to green roof implementation and will be followed by a networking reception. The Symposium will feature breakout sessions lead by local and national green roof experts and will help to generate a strategy to guide the future development of a green roof market in Oakland. Case studies of local green roof projects will explore the challenges of upkeep, energy benefits, stormwater management, and downtown re-investment and smart growth.
Agenda -
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome
9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Morning Sessions
-Jennifer Sprout, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, Introduction to Green Roofs
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 – 12:30 p.m. Case Studies
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch – Keynote Address
2:15 – 4:30 p.m. Afternoon Sessions -- Focus Groups
-Stormwater Management and Policy
-Air Quality, Urban Heat and Policy
-Green Roofs and Retrofitting
-Smart Growth
4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Plenary Reporting and Discussion
-Review of barriers and opportunities
-Discussion on how to overcome barriers
-Resolutions/Next Steps
3-Page Action Plan Summary to be distributed to all attending delegates following the workshop.
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Networking Reception
For more information on the event and registration visit:
http://r.pm0.net/s/c?e1.ey71.1.bguw.152
Bruce Mast
Green Affordable Housing Coalition
610 16th Street, Suite 412
Oakland, CA 94612
510-271-0880 fax