Molly Meyer Green Roof

Molly won illinois green.

Molly meyer green roof.

Meyer s approach to green roof design emphasizes affordability and simplicity with the goal of maximizing biodiversity. Molly is a board member of openlands a member of crew chicago a leed green associate a certified green roof professional and on the wli executive board of uli chicago. Molly meyer omni ecosystems with more than fifty species planted on top of a historic building our mini prairie functions more as a thriving ecosystem than a green roof creating food and habitat for birds butterflies insects fungi and now people. Meyer s green roof professional designation is a multidisciplinary accreditation administered by green roofs for healthy cities which offers training courses to all professional levels both in person and online covering topics of design installation and maintenance of green roofs.

A love for nature has driven molly meyer to find her own way to combat risks and challenges facing the environment. Molly is adept at developing and actualizing creative solutions to needs across the field. In 2007 molly meyer a chicago based stanford graduate received a fellowship to work for a year on her green roof education or more technically work for a year on honing her skills as a soil. Molly s unique and rich experience in germany was foundational in redefining the american green roof industry with omni s groundbreaking comprehensive green roof system.

Molly meyer and michael repkin begin collaboration on commercial development of omni green roof. Founder and ceo of omni ecosystems meyer will discuss green roof landscapes that improve the environment in the final bird tree garden club brown bag of the season at 12 15 p m. Molly meyer a stanford university trained biogeochemist and the ceo of omni ecosystems and rooftop green works in chicago is part of the green roof industry s emerging generation of innovators. 2012 the omni green roof goes to market and the omni tapestry is invented for the thompson hotel in downtown chicago.