Green Roof Initiative Colorado

Brandon rietheimer the campaign manager for denver green roof initiative stands in the rooftop garden at the ralph l.

Green roof initiative colorado. In january 2018 concurrent with the city s adoption of the green roofs initiative the denver department of public health the environment convened a multidisciplinary task force of individuals from academia industry government and creators backers of the original green roof initiative. A citizen initiative to require the roofs of large buildings to be green or a combination of solar panels and green initiated ordinance 300 was on the ballot for denver voters in denver county colorado on november 7 2017 it was approved. Carr colorado judicial center march 3 2017. 8 2017 the voters of denver passed the denver green roof initiative.

1 the construction of any building with a gross floor area of 25 000 square feet or greater must include covering a portion of its roof with vegetation solar panel installations or a combination of both. Denver green roof initiative details. The mandate requires every new building building addition or roof replacement with a gross floor area of 25 00 square feet or greater must include a green roof or a combination of green roof and solar energy collection. Read this section carefully before submitting architectural structural plumbing electrical or mechanical plans for a green roof.

Not one green roof has been added to denver since city passed green roof initiative as the city tries to figure out how this is all going to work business owners that want to build or replace.