ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 30 /PRNewswire/ — Greenroofs.com has selected the
“2008 Top Ten List of Hot Greenroof Design Trends” and Publisher Linda S.
Velazquez, ASLA Associate and LEED AP, and Design Editor Haven Kiers, MLA,
will present the list at the sixth Greening Rooftops for Sustainable
Communities Conference, Awards and Trade Show on May 2, in Baltimore,
Maryland.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080430/CLW076LOGO )
For the second year in a row, Greenroofs.com shares trailblazing and
visionary projects from their experience in the design and news worlds - but
new this year is inclusion of media and public opinion of the latest and
greatest international design trends. Design Editor Haven Kiers says, “Our
Greenroof Design Trends Survey was sent out to designers, greenroof
organizations, manufacturers, and we’ve been busy tabulating all the very
different responses.”
The rise of green, eco-friendly agendas continues to proliferate across
global industries and boundaries. “Amidst growing media interest and demand
from public and private sectors, we’re examining our environmental impacts on
the Earth from a more integrated, holistic approach,” says Linda Velazquez,
publisher of Greenroofs.com.
“Living, breathing, greenroofs are true workhorses of the roofing world in
that they offer such a wide spectrum of environmental benefits and
opportunities for flora, fauna, and human communities,” adds Linda, “all while
pleasing our economic, aesthetic, and psychological sensibilities, too.”
Living roofs are fast becoming green staples of chic sustainability in
mainstream architecture - so what are the directions sweeping our design
profession and where are the new and exciting projects on the boards? From
older, time-honored structures to current conceptual, high-profile media
grabbing greenroofs which stimulate the senses, here is the list:
Greenroofs.com Top Ten List of Hot Design Trends for 2008:
10) Client Specific ‘Boutique’ Greenroofs
9) PreFab Modular Homes are Fabulous
8) Greenroofs as Art & Architecture
7) Parks & Interpretive Greenroof Spaces
6) Solar & Vegetative Roofs as High Performance Buildings
5) Greenroofs for Biodiversity
4) Institutional & Office Parks - Setting the Example
3) Eco-Communities & Eco-Cities
2) Sky High Cool Green Schools
1) The Influence of LEED on Design Professionals = Pushing the Green
Envelope
See all the exciting projects highlighted in our second yearly installment
of the Top Ten Hot List of Hot Greenroof Design Trends this week, or look for
the list in May when we launch our new blog on Greenroofs.com: Sky Gardens ~
where cool green meets lofty blue.
About Greenroofs.com
Since 1999, Greenroofs.com has been the international greenroof industry’s
resource and online information portal. We inform, promote and inspire
through the interchange of ideas, projects, news, videos, events, research,
people, company and community updates; exclusives include Forums, Contributing
Editor Columns, Guest Features, and Classifieds. Greenroofs.com is the
publisher of the global Greenroof Projects Database, The Greenroof Directory,
GreenroofsTV, and the Greenroofs of the World(TM) 12-Month Wall Calendar.
Visit us at Booth #108. www.greenroofs.com
Contact: Aramis Velazquez
Phone: 888.477.1326
E-mail: media@greenroofs.com
SOURCE Greenroofs.com