Toronto

A meeting with Toronto Planning & Water Department to discuss their Green Roof Pilot Program and Green Roof Policys for development.

This was very interesting. To see what other countries are doing and how they are moving forward with addressing issues that affect us all in some way or another.

I then did a few site visits.

To the roof of Mountain Equipment Co Op with an extensive green roof that was installed 9 years ago in an attempt to manage water runoff. This has been very successful.

They have about 3,000 visitors a year!!! and its on the roof of a retail outlet.

I then visited a office building with a mix of extensive and intensive green roofs and a building owned by the same company where they have installed a green wall in the foyer.

A visit to Toronto Sheraton to see another green wall installed by Laurence from Phyto Universe in NYC. Much smaller than the one in NYC but still very effective.