BUSINESS WORLD:
Talk to me
about your membership. What sort of
numbers are you at right nowandhowhas it
changedover the last couple of years?
STEVEN PECK:
Our membership is
comprised of two groups – there are
corporations and then there are individuals.
In terms of individuals, one of the barriers
that we recognized early on was that there
was a lack of training. If you're going to
develop a market, you have to have people
that can design, build and maintain these
systems. So, we developed what's called a
Green Roof Professional accreditation
program, or GRP as we call them. They
have to learn best practices in everything
from waterproofing and leak detection to
project management and maintenance
contracting. And we developed a series of
training courses, four (and then later three)
days of intense training and a multi-
disciplinary exam, so individuals can take
training and they can become a green roof
professional, and they can use that as
accreditationbehind their name.
BUSINESS WORLD:
You have GRP
after your name, right?
PECK:
Yes, I'm an accredited green roof
professional. We brought a bunch of the
leaders together over the course of eight
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