[Lapg] E-news: Green Roofs for a Cleaner L.A. - CORRECTED DATE: JUNE 7

[Lois Arkin]

Is anyone planning to go to this workshop?
Lois

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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 
7th 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 at 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 at 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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