Green Roof Initiative Colorado

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.

Green roof initiative colorado.

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. Brandon rietheimer the campaign manager for denver green roof initiative stands in the rooftop garden at the ralph l. Carr colorado judicial center march 3 2017. Read this section carefully before submitting architectural structural plumbing electrical or mechanical plans for a green roof.

A green roofs review task force is convened. Denver green roof initiative details. The denver green roofs initiative on your 2017 ballot as initiated ordinance 300 would require that all buildings greater than 25 000 square feet dedicate a portion of their rooftop to green. 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.

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.