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Chicago Tops North America for Most Green Roof05-26-09 | News

Chicago Tops North America for Most Green Roofs Installed!




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New York State passed a tax abatement measure in 2008 that will provide up to $100,000 per green roof to improve stormwater management and reduce the urban heat island. - Courtesy of www.archicentral.com


Green Roofs for Healthy Cities had a survey indicating a U.S. growth rate of more than 35 percent over 2007, representing
more than 3.1 million square feet installed in 2008.

Chicago has numerous policies in place to support green roofs and urban greening, implemented the most square feet of green roofs in 2008 of any city with 534,507, followed closely by Washington, DC at 501,042 and New York City at 358,986. Fourth through sixth top metropolitan areas included Vancouver at 320,000, Philadelphia at 196,820 and Baltimore at 150,032. ?EUR??,,????'??? Courtesy of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

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