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Green Roof Installation and Maintenance Professional (GRIMP) Training

  • Ginkgo Sustainability - Office 178 Norseman Street Etobicoke, ON, M8Z 2R4 Canada (map)

The Green Roof Installation and Maintenance Professional (GRIMP) Training is designed to provide participants with a grounding in this information, covering a variety of different green roof systems, and a wide range of planting types to provide green roof installers and maintenance professionals with the information, techniques, and training necessary to successfully install and maintain green roofs.

Registration is limited to 16 participants, and includes:

  • Unlimited access to online course recordings

  • Hands-on training with a selection of green roof modules

  • Digital resource manual

  • One attempt at the online GRIMP Exam

  • One year of GRHC Individual Membership

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify the installation requirements techniques of different green roof systems

  2. Understand the best practices associated with green roof installation

  3. Identify the roles and responsibilities of professionals involved in green roof installation

  4. Understand common maintenance challenges and how to address them

  5. Learn how to develop a maintenance plan and perform common maintenance procedures

  6. Learn how to diagnose and fix problems on a green roof

Instructor

  • Roxanne Miller, Sopranature Director, Soprema Canada

  • Blaine Stand, GRP GRIMP, Professional Resources Manager, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

This course is approved for 7
AIA HSW, ASLA HSW,
and GRP CEUs.