Green Roof Technology New York City

The green roof property tax abatement provides a one year tax abatement for the construction of a green roof on residential and commercial buildings in new york city.

Green roof technology new york city.

Our collection of rooftop systems features native plants sedums green walls hydroponic towers a vegetable and herb farm and honeybee hives. These green roofs reduce the city s heat. The green roof tax abatement is aligned with the city s long term sustainability plan planyc. 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.

Click any image to enlarge. Working with partners in the green roof. Those champions are green roofs. Nyc parks maintains more than 200 000 square feet of green roofs across the city.

Chicago city hall green roof won merit design award of the american society of landscape architecture asla competition in 2002. 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.