The first North American Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities conference was held May 29-30, 2003.
Sponsored by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, Toronto, and the City of Chicago, the objectives of the conference were to raise awareness of the technical design and implementation of green roofs and to solicit further support among public and private interests in developing the marketplace. The conference also sought to profile exceptional green roof projects that illustrate a wide range of applications, such as Chicago’s City Hall, the Fairmount Hotel in Vancouver and Toronto’s City Hall Green Roof project. .