Kerly Acosta: Guest Expert
Throughout May and June, Light House Sustainable Building Centre is offering a non-technical “Green Building 101” for homeowners, strata-dwellers and anyone else interested in learning how to “green” their home! For more information or to register, click here.
The course is focused around five areas of green design, based on the LEED building rating system:
1. Conservation of materials and resources
2. Indoor environmental air quality
3. Water and water efficiency
4. Site planning
5. Energy efficiency and renewable energy
As a complement to the workshop, Light House’s May and June Guest Experts will be speaking on topics related to each of these five categories.
On Saturday May 26th from 2-4pm, Kerly Acosta will speak and answer questions about green roof technology and how they relate to category #4:
Kerly will speak about how green roofs or living roofs provide a natural solution to current urban environmental problems. She will present a general over view about green roof applications which includes an introduction to the historical and global case studies, types, benefits, and barriers of the implementation of green roofs. As well as a quick glance at CAGRT’s first year research results from our two main research areas of green roofs which are thermal efficiency and stormwater management of a building. The second half of the presentation will demonstrate the implementation, define the materials and construction, substrate and plants/planting technology, and some design guidelines used to build the research facility’s green roof.
Bio - Kerly Acosta., from BCIT’s Centre for the Advancement of Green Roof Technology is a mechanical engineer by training with 7 years of experience in industry analyzing emissions related to automotive engines, stationary energy generating technologies and as a researcher in fluid Mechanics. She also has a master’s degree in Sustainability from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden. Kerly has been involved in modifying the drain pipes of two in-service buildings to measure the storm water runoff from their green roofs. As an emerging researcher, Kerly’s research areas of interest are in analysis and modeling the air quality, stormwater and thermal efficiency of green roofs.
PLEASE RSVP to info@sustainablebuildingcentre.com. This is a free event but a donation of $2-$5 is suggested. You do not need to be registered in a Green Building 101 workshop to attend this seminar.
LOCATION
Light House: Sustainable Building Centre is located at 1575 Johnston Street, just East of the Public Market in the heart of Granville Island. Our centre is on the second floor and accessible via the glass door and staircase on the Southwest corner of the building. This event is sponsored by Light House Sustainable Building Centre and Cascadia Green Building Council, the local chapter of the CaGBC. Funding comes from Environment Canada and the Real Estate Foundation of BC.
Guest Expert seminars are intended to provide general information about green building products and technologies. Attendees may not rely on these seminars for any guarantee of product performance or suitability for a particular purpose. Light House Sustainable Building Centre does not endorse any of the services or products discussed by guest expert speakers. Light House disclaims any warranties, expressed or implied, relating to these seminars.
Some of the materials and construction methods are new and have not yet been fully tested. The audience is cautioned to consult with the manufacturer of each product before using that product and to carefully review any product information available to determine the suitability of the material for the project or use contemplated. The audience is cautioned to independently determine that the construction methods are appropriate for the particular project.
In no case will Light House Sustainable Building Centre be liable for any information given by its guest expert speakers.
