French Green Roof Law

Under a law passed last week by the french parliament new buildings in commercial zones must partially cover their roofs with plants or solar panels.

French green roof law.

Environmental groups hope to reduce the energy costs of. Mistakenly reported on march 20th 2015 the apparent law made waves across twittersphere for nearly 12 months. The plan comes at a particularly green time for france paris is hosting the united nations conference on climate. The roof must be at least partially covered in either solar panels or plants.

France passes green rooftop law. French solar green roof law kicked out by french senate. This draft law is a very positive step. France currently lags far behind its neighbors in solar power with only 5 gigawatts of capacity.

The french senate has kicked the potential french solar green roof law out of the new biodiversity act. France enacts green roof law march 23 2015 on march 19 france approved a new law that mandates all new roofs in commercial zones be partially covered in plants or solar panels. Rooftops on new buildings built in commercial zones in france must either be partially covered in plants or solar panels under a law approved on thursday. Bringing nature back into the city with an obligation for every new commercial development to integrate green roofs or solar panels an2 i.

Green roofs have an isolating effect. 111 19 of the urban development code is also supplemented by three paragraphs as follows. The green roof policy article 36 although popularized was merely one proposal among hundreds and along with many others was ultimately struck down. The french law biodiversity act and green roof statement.

The law requires partial roof coverage with either solar panels or rooftop gardens. We noticed at least 100 tweets last week alone. The requirement to install green roofs or solar panels in france was thus deleted. Every new commercial building in france must meet a new building requirement.