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Numerous municipalities have vegetated roof programs, incentives or requirements with a focus on stormwater management. Here are examples of a policies and incentives that are promoting the growth of the vegetated roofing industry.
• RainScapes Rewards Rebates Program in Montgomery, MD offers qualified residential and commercial vegetated roofs tax rebate of $10/sf.
• Baltimore Stormwater Fee Credit offers rebates for reducing impervious surface.
• Blue Water Baltimore Green Roof Incentive offers $2/sf and covers up to 50% of total cost of project.
• Green Roof Permit Program in Chicago, IL allows for density bonus and accelerated building permit.
• Green Roof Tax Credit Philadelphia, PA, provides businesses a rebate of 50% for project cost up to $100,000.
• Stormwater Management Incentives Program (SMIP) and the Greened Acre Retrofit Program (GARP) Philadelphia, PA offer stormwater management grants to non-residential property owners, and contractors.
• Onondaga County’s Green Improvement Fund (GIF) Syracuse, NY has provided nearly $9 million in funding to local green infrastructure projects on private property
• Green Infrastructure Grant program in NYC offers a grant program for private property owners in combined sewer areas of New York City. The minimum requirement is to manage 1″ of stormwater runoff from the contributing impervious area.
• Green Roof Tax Abatement Program, New York, NY, offers rebate of $4.50/sf up to $100,000 per project.
• Green Roof Rebate Program in Washington, DC: provides base funding of $10/sf, and up to $15/sf in targeted sub-watersheds.
• RiverSmart in Washington DC provides reduction in stormwater fees and property taxes.
• Green Infrastructure Partnership Program in Milwaukee, WI offers $5/sf for approved vegetated roofs.
• Stormwater Credit Program in Minneapolis, MN includes vegetated roofs for stormwater utility discount of up to 100%.
• Green Roof Credit Program in Nashville, TN offers up to $10/sf of green roof installed.
• Stormwater Management Credit for Green Roofs in Devens, MA vegetated roofs may reduce size of stormwater management systems, save land and money.
• Clean River Rewards Incentive and Discount (CRID) Program in Portland, OR provides property owners with the opportunity to earn a discount on their monthly stormwater utility charge by treating stormwater runoff onsite. Discounts are available to property owners based on the extent and effectiveness of on-site stormwater management practices that control flow rate, pollution, and disposal.
• Density Bonus Incentive in Seattle, WA allows downtown commercial, residential, and mixed-use developments which gain LEED Silver or higher certification to build to a greater height and/or floor area than would normally be permitted.
• Green Factor Program in Seattle, WA requires 30 percent of a parcel in the Neighborhood Commercial Zone to be either vegetated or functionally equivalent to a vegetated area.
• Downtown Density Bonus Program, Austin, TX allows buildings with vegetated roof greater floor area than would normally be permitted.
• Green Roof Loan Program in Cincinnati, OH offers $5 million in low-interest loans to property owners – residential, commercial, or industrial— for the design and construction of green roofs with an option to incorporate on-ground stormwater controls.
• Stormwater Management Tax Credit in Anne Arundel County, MD offers 10% of the cost of the material and installation of an approved stormwater management practice, limited to $10,000.00.
• Green Roof Rebate in Palo Alto, CA provides $1.50 per square foot for the installation of a vegetated roof to a maximum of $1,000 per single-family residential property and $10,000 for commercial/industrial and multi-family residential properties.
• The Green Building Ordinance in San Francisco, CA sets standards for stormwater runoff and allows for expedited permits for green buildings.
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