Green Roof Mandate

Local laws 92 and 94 took effect in new york city in november mandating that any roof undergoing major construction be covered in either solar photovoltaic panels or a green roof system covered.

Green roof mandate.

Container gardens on roofs where plants are maintained in pots are not generally considered to be true green roofs although. This is believed to be the first successful voter initiative petitioning a green roof mandate to voter ballot. Areas where dob determines that site conditions are unfavorable to either a solar photovoltaic electricity generating system or a green roof system. The ordinance made san francisco the first major u s.

Read this section carefully before submitting architectural structural plumbing electrical or mechanical plans for a green roof. A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium planted over a waterproofing membrane it may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems. San francisco was the first local. City to mandate solar and living roofs on between 15 percent and 30 percent of most new.

The proposed green roof requirement is based largely on the city of toronto green roof law but would apply to not only new but also expanded existing buildings with over 25 000 square feet.