Characterization of Green Roofs Located on a Calgary Commercial Office Building

The object of this study is to prepare and evaluate two rooftops of the partnering organization’s facility for a 2 year green roof performance research study. The internship will be instrumental to plan for and execute the physical set up, installation and first year monitoring of the research site. This will include: analysis of the site, assembly of green roof components, plant species selection and propagation, evaluation of appropriate monitoring equipment and an instrumentation plan.

Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Geoffrey Hay

Student:

Karen Ross

Partner:

Innovate Calgary

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

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