Living Architecture Academy Professional Development Holiday Sale Starts December 1st!

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities would like to thank you for your support and wish you all happy holidays! We are giving you the gift of knowledge by offering you a 25% discount on all of our water management and urban food production related courses. You can also save up to $250 on the Green Roof Professional (GRP) accreditation bundle which includes three courses, an exam and membership. These courses make for a great gift for design professionals as well as someone working in the green roof and wall industry.   

The Holiday sale runs from December 1, 2021 through to January 15, 2022 and you have up to one year to complete your courses.  Please visit livingarchitectureacademy.com to review courses and to register.

The holidays offer an exciting opportunity for you to obtain additional CEU’s (APLD, ASLA, GRP, AIA) as the year comes to an end. These courses are perfect for emerging professionals, as well as experts who want to keep up with the latest trends in the industry. 

Green Roof Professional Courses - Save up to $250

  • Green Roof Professional Bundle -  This collection of courses allows trainees to access tools and techniques needed to meet green roof project objectives on schedule, to specification, and within budget, the latest industry developments, technical standards and research findings.  Includes three courses, one exam and one year membership.  

  • Green Roof Design & Installation - This course will provide you with the latest information on green roof benefits, technical standards, product innovations, and design and installation best practice. As a trainee, you will be presented with the tools and techniques needed to meet green roof project objectives on schedule, to specification, and within budget. 

  • Green Roof Waterproofing & Drainage - This course will provide you with an overview of waterproofing and drainage construction and maintenance for green roof assemblies. It lays out technical vocabulary, materials, and presents detailed design solutions and implementation best management practices for waterproofing and drainage in green roofs. 

  • Green Roof Plants & Growing Media - This course will provide you with an overview of plants and growing media design considerations and maintenance for green roof assemblies. It establishes design and implementation best management practices for plants and growing media in green roofs. 


Water Courses - Save up to $100

  • Net Zero Water for Buildings and Sites - This ten hour course provides detailed technical information on water management systems that allow designers to engineer buildings with the goal of achieving independence from municipal infrastructure, through a combination of rainfall harvesting, aggressive conservation, onsite treatment, storage and water recycling. 

  • Blue Green Technologies Virtual Symposium - This symposium will explain the effectiveness of Blue Green Technology in mitigating urban flooding while also addressing a number of other challenges including biodiversity, urban heat island, air quality and more. Designers will share captivating designs that enhance the urban landscape while improving resilience and human health.

  • Stormwater Management on Green Roofs - This course is about the different ways in which green roofs can be utilized as a stormwater best management practice, and can supplement existing sewer infrastructure, avoiding a number of weather related costs associated with climate change.

  • Designing For Water Management With Green Infrastructure Virtual Symposium - virtual symposium will explore innovative technologies, creative design strategies and new policy measures that will help create more liveable cities, support economic growth through job creation and improve resilience.


Food Courses  - Save up to $25

  • Introduction to Rooftop Urban Agriculture - This half-day course discusses practical applications of green roof and wall technologies that can be used to implement productive rooftop farming initiatives. Case studies focused on pioneering urban farming operations describe key factors for project success.

  • Urban Agriculture Symposium - This course brings together leading urban and rooftop agriculture experts to share the benefits and challenges of urban agriculture project design and management.

  • Urban Food Production Symposium - This course provides managers, researchers, and urban planners with an understanding of this burgeoning industry and tools to adopt these practices. It brings together early adopters and pioneers so we can understand their successes and challenges.

Please visit the Living Architecture Academy to read more and to register for courses: livingarchitectureacademy.com Happy learning and happy holidays from the team at Green Roofs for Healthy Cities!

See greenroofs.org for upcoming events, including the CitiesAlive Homecoming Conference in person on Nov. 13-15, 2022 in Philadelphia.Read about green roofs and walls in our Living Architecture Monitor magazine - free at livingarchitecturemonitor.com


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