Green Roof Courses

Each course has been carefully designed by experts to help you develop the knowledge you need to differentiate yourself within the market.

Green roof courses.

After completing the green living roofing training course you will receive a builder training centre certificate of continuous professional development. The green roof professional grp training accreditation program was created in an effort to bridge the knowledge gap in industry training and best practice. This course will provide you with the latest information on green roof benefits technical standards product innovations and design and installation best practice. Grp glass reinforced polyester is the technical name for what is commonly known as fibreglass.

Green roof design installation green roof waterproofing drainage and green roof plants growing media. The materials that are used in the construction and support of green roofs and walls must resist deterioration such as rot or corrosion. Professional training and accreditation courses to facilitate excellence in green roof and wall design implementation and maintenance. Enroll in course green roof design installation is part one of the three part green roof professional grp training series.

Before this no traditional discipline or training contained all of the competencies necessary for green roof success from building science horticulture irrigation waterproofing plant physiology structural engineering and beyond. This online guide is designed to meet the needs of diy enthusiasts looking to put a green roof on a shed or outhouse builders and landscaper contractors who want to build green roofs. Leadership in energy and environmental design. This website based guide builds on the material and information in our original pdf the diy guide to green living roofs which we published in 2008.

The 5 day green roof summer course augustenborg s botanical roof garden one of the world s largest research and development facilities in green roofs. Changes in this distribution can cause walls to bow outwards and potentially cause them to collapse. Roofs are designed to distribute the load from the roof evenly onto the load bearing walls. Green roofs for healthy cities is an approved continuing education provider with usgbc gbci aia ces la ces apld bomi and cnla.

Some highlights of the course are. Green roofs and leed certification. Green roof professional grp training is a flexible program comprised of three courses. Leadership in energy and environmental design leed is the green building rating system developed by the united states green building council usgbc.

A study trip to interesting green roofs and walls in the region.