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Volume 4, Number 4 * June 1, 2006 * www.cd13.com
COULD YOUR ROOF BE
GREEN?
GREEN ROOF MARKET DEVELOPMENT SYMPOSIUM TO OFFER DESIGNERS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, PLANNERS AND OTHERS A NEW LOOK AT GREEN ROOF INFRASTRUCTURE
Councilmember
Eric Garcetti | Dear Friends,
I'm pleased to announce next week's Green Roof Market Symposium, which I'll be co-hosting with Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The Green Roof phenomenon (more at http://greenroofs.org/) answers the question "What if we could take all that space on top of our buildings and put it to work for our environment?"
Green roofs are an important component of green building, a movement that can do more to clean up our environment than any other single change in our habits (40% of the material in landfills is from construction waste). Green roofs reduce energy consumption, mitigate urban heat island effect, filter air pollutants, and clean storm water. They also provide natural habitat for birds and green space for recreational enjoyment. Green roofs have now been recognized under the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accreditation program. Now we've got to figure out how to make green roofs work for our environment and for our water conservation needs."
All the information about this conference, to take place June 8th at the Metropolitan Water District headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, can be found here. I'll address the conference, as will Councilmember Ed Reyes, Environmental Affairs Department General Manager Dee Allen, and Commissioner Mary Nichols of the Department of Water and Power. If you're a designer, planner, developer or landscape architect, or even just thinking creatively about the design of your own home, I'd love to talk to you there.
Yours,
Eric
CONTACT US
Tell us what you think. ..... garcetti@council.lacity.org
Councilmember Eric Garcetti represents the Thirteenth Council District which includes all or part of the communities of Glassell Park, Atwater Village, Elysian Valley, Echo Park, Historic Filipinotown, Silver Lake, East Hollywood and Hollywood.
Councilmember Garcetti serves as President of the Los Angeles City Council. He chairs the Council‘s Rules and Elections Committe, is the Vice-Chair of the Energy and the Environment Committee, and sits on the Housing and Community Development Committee. He also sits on the Council‘s Ad Hoc Committee on Homelessness and the Ad Hoc Committee on the Los Angeles River.
Councilmember Garcetti and his staff can be reached via e-mail at councilmember.garcetti@council.lacity.org or by mail or phone at City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Room 470, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 473 7013 and 5500 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028, 323/957-4500.
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