Green Roof Technology New York City

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Green roof technology new york city.

Toronto was the first city in north america to pass a green roof law in 2009 requiring new buildings or additions that are greater than 21 000 square feet to cover between 20 and 60 percent of. The 14 000 square feet 1 300 m 2 of outdoor space on the seventh floor of zeckendorf towers formerly an undistinguished rooftop filled with potted plants make up the largest residential green roof in new york. Our collection of rooftop systems features native plants sedums green walls hydroponic towers a vegetable and herb farm and honeybee hives. Nyc parks maintains more than 200 000 square feet of green roofs across the city.

A new york city rooftop isn t a surprising place to find a superhero but a new crop of champions is sprouting up on city buildings to combat sinister threats from large rainstorms heat waves and global climate change. The green roof tax abatement is aligned with the city s long term sustainability plan planyc. These green roofs reduce the city s heat. Click any image to enlarge.

Those champions are green roofs. Green roof property tax abatement new york city offers property tax abatements to property owners that install solar green roofs on their buildings.