Carr colorado judicial center march 3 2017.
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.
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.
Denver green roof initiative details.
8 2017 the voters of denver passed the denver 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.
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.
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.
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.