To obtain a copy of a specific publication, users should contact the publication's publisher directly.
Abstract
In 2003, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) initiated a green roof demontration project providing incentive grants to building owners in Washington DC. This paper traces the history of the project, its goals and early findings. The main goal is to demonstrate the technical, policy and economic feasibility of installing green roofs on commercial buildings in Washington DC. The project was initiated when the DC Water and Sewer Authority negotiated a settlement to a lawsuit providing the Chesapeake Bay Foundation $300,000 for the “design, installation and maintenance of demonstration green roof projects” within the combined sewer area of the Anacostia River watershed in the District. CBF set up a small grants program and a process to select qualified firms and issue grants that would partially defray the capital cost of a green roof up to approximately 20 percent. To date, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation has issued grants for the installation of seven green roofs varying in size (from 3,000 to 68,000 square feet), in design, in location, in use, and including both new and existing structures – to improve storm-water management in an urban area with considerable pollution stress on the adjacent rivers. The work includes technical, cost, and performance evaluations of each roof. A public outreach segment provides information to key decision-makers in an effort to encourage more widespread replication of green roof technology throughout the metropolitan area.
In 2003, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) initiated a green roof demontration project providing incentive grants to building owners in Washington DC. This paper traces the history of the project, its goals and early findings. The main goal is to demonstrate the technical, policy and economic feasibility of installing green roofs on commercial buildings in Washington DC. The project was initiated when the DC Water and Sewer Authority negotiated a settlement to a lawsuit providing the Chesapeake Bay Foundation $300,000 for the “design, installation and maintenance of demonstration green roof projects” within the combined sewer area of the Anacostia River watershed in the District. CBF set up a small grants program and a process to select qualified firms and issue grants that would partially defray the capital cost of a green roof up to approximately 20 percent. To date, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation has issued grants for the installation of seven green roofs varying in size (from 3,000 to 68,000 square feet), in design, in location, in use, and including both new and existing structures – to improve storm-water management in an urban area with considerable pollution stress on the adjacent rivers. The work includes technical, cost, and performance evaluations of each roof. A public outreach segment provides information to key decision-makers in an effort to encourage more widespread replication of green roof technology throughout the metropolitan area.
Date
5/2007
5/2007
Author(s)
Peter Johnson
Peter Johnson
Page(s)
Keyword(s)
green roof; Washington
green roof; Washington