World Green Roof Congress 2012
19-21 September
The 2012 World Green Roof Congress in Copenhagen will bring together leading architects, designers and practitioners form around the globe to highlight the need to green the Urban Grey.
Copenhagen’s Green Roof Policy will provide a unique opportunity for architects, master planners and urban designers to understand the opportunities and challenges of greening cities through the use of green roof technologies. This will become increasingly important throughout the world as the 21st century is the century of the mega-city.
Cities are generally dry, hot, polluted and, with climate change, increasingly affected by excessive Urban Heat Island and flash flooding. Green roofs are already recognised in many cities of the world as an important mechanism to help cities adapt to climate change and provide environmental health to urban areas.
With the support of the Danish Ministry of the Environment, the Lord Mayor and Technical and Environmental Mayor of Copenhagen, the event will attract speakers and delegates from around the globe.
The congress will focus on:
- Exemplar architectural design and green roofs
- Green and ecosystem services urban and master planning
- Integrated habitat design in the urban realm
- Latest research into economic and technical issues relating to green roofs
- Urban agriculture at roof level
- Biodiversity and green roofs
Keynote speakers will be drawn the WGRC’s knowledge of the working professionals in the field of green roofs including architects with a commitment to vegetation in the built environment, officers form cities with dynamic and exemplar green roof policies and green roof champions from around the world.
The congress will also reflect current activities at a european and global scale including the development of the EU’s Green Infrastructure Programme and the UN’s Nagoya statement on Urban Biodiversity in this the UN’s Decade of Biodiversity.
Visit the World Green Roof Congress website and register your interest!
