Building Envelope Performance: Increasing Value with Green Infrastructure
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 4:00 pm
Introduction to Green Infrastructure Practices for the Building Envelope
Goals of Green Infrastructure
Benefits and realized performance
Definitions and terms overview for this seminar
Application and benefits of:
Vegetated green roofs
Blue roofs
Living walls
Rainwater retention systems
Benefit of connecting to on-grade green infrastructure systems
Typical design and components
Plants, engineered soils, drainage components and accessories
Monetizing the Benefits of Green Infrastructure for the Building Envelope – Part 1
Stormwater management
Monetization methods and means
Clean Water Act and implication of upcoming site run-off reduction standards
Macro and micro influences leading to demand for change
Unfolding monetary opportunities with increasing regulatory pressure
Green infrastructure applications for the building envelope leading to stormwater management
Run-off retention and reduction strategies
Water quality benefits and value to building owners
Energy spend reduction and conservation
Regional and seasonal benefits
Mechanical equipment savings due to reduced use added longevity
Monetizing the Benefits of Green Infrastructure for the Building Envelope – Part 2
Urban Ecology
Environmental value of green infrastructure
Heat island effect mitigation, pollution control, CO2 sequestration
As part of smart city strategies
Ecosystem services evaluations
Value of recreating natural systems
Rooftop farming and urban agriculture
Revenue generation
Crops, events
Food desert relief and social equality
Improved tangible real estate value
Social Interaction
Amenities packages
The Reversal of All Gains: Failures and Remediation
Case studies of vegetated green roof and living roof failures
Typical points of technical failure
Failure due to design, installation and maintenance errors
Remediation and renovation costs
Strategies to avoid failure
Design considerations
Effective planning
Maintenance
Formulas for success
Design considerations
Installation
Site specific maintenance
The Social and Human Element
The Biophilic Effect
Nature and human development
Urban nature and human health and well-being
Design considerations for incorporation of green infrastructure to facilitate human engagement
Healthcare, educational municipal facilities
Proving Asset Value Gains, Part 1
The value of certification
LEED, SITES, Living building challenge
Green infrastructure value creation ROI
Short term vs long term evaluation
Where and how the money is found
Costs and correct monetizing of benefits
Long term value generation
The Permaculture Lens
Proving Asset Value Gains, Part 2
Current financing strategies
ROI case studies:
Stormwater management, energy conservation & increased real estate assessment
Exercise: The Green Infrastructure Scorecard
Example: Addition of vegetated green roof to an existing building
The 7th generation benefit
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.0 PDHs
Architects
6.0 Public Protection PDUs
6.0 AIA Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.0 PDHs to Georgia professional engineers and 6.0 Public Protection PDUs to Georgia architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Georgia.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.0 Learning Units (Provider No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
Architects and engineers seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved architect continuing education sponsor in New York.
This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any contractor licensing board for mandatory continuing education.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Joanne Rodriguez
GreenStructure, Ltd.GreenStructure, Ltd.
Ms. Rodriguez is a LEED AP, CRPL climate leader, certified permaculture practitioner and green infrastructure specialist. With over 30 years experience in the building products industry, she is the founder of GreenStructures, a multidisciplinary environmental consulting firm. Her efforts are concentrated in the development of training and public outreach in the areas of climate mitigation, resiliency and green infrastructure practices. Former director of sustainability for Tremco Roofing, Ms. Rodriguez has provided leadership on many high-profile green roof projects across North America. Her recent speaking engagements include keynote speaker The Virtual Green Roof & Wall Summit, the National Roofing Contractor Association sustainability webinar series and the Green Infrastructure Foundation Seattle Design Charette.
Mary Ann Uhlmann
Founder of the Urban Horticulture Consulting, LLC
Ms. Uhlmann is an environmental horticulturist, accredited green roof professional, certified permaculture practitioner and certified sustainable landscape professional. Her firm, Urban Horticulture Consulting, provides green infrastructure planning, training, and asset management. Over the past 19 years, she has been a passionate advocate for green infrastructure education and policy making. Based in Marietta, Georgia, her projects include green roof design, assessments and remediation, maintenance protocol development, FLL compliance testing and the development of public outreach programs. Recent speaking engagements include The Little Rock Sustainability Conference, P80 Global Summit, and The Green Infrastructure Foundation Seattle Design Charette.