Green Roof Initiative Colorado

8 2017 the voters of denver passed the denver green roof initiative.

Green roof initiative colorado.

Belmont buckingham denver co. Proposed green building ordinance 7 d. 11 d city hall chicago il. A green buildings ordinance was approved by denver city council on october 29 2018 and took effect friday november 2 2018.

The initiative succeeded with just over 54 of the vote despite significant outspending by an opposition coalition of developers and real estate businesses. Denver s green roof initiative only requires a percentage of the available roof space to be used for a green roof or solar and the required percentage is based on your building s gross floor area. Denver colorado 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. Proposed green building ordinance.

As of november 1 2018 the denver green building ordinance gbo a revised version of the green roof initiative gri became effective in denver colorado. Cool roof definition pgbo proposed. This law affects all newly constructed buildings over 25 000 sqft any new building additions over 25 000 sqft and roof permits for existing buildings over 25 000 sqft. Proposed green building ordinance cool roof 9 d.

Making sense of denver s new green roof law with so many questions about how denver s new voter approved green roof law is to work new questions arise about whether the initiative process should. 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 s green roof initiative 6 d. Green roofs are also cool 12 d.

What it has done however is basically freeze construction. You can choose to install the smallest solar system that meets the ordinance requirements but then you d be leaving money on the table.