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Brooklyn Named to List of Top 10 Green Roof Cities

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (”GRHC”) recently released the results of its 2007 Green Roof Survey, which collects data on the size, composition, and location of green roofs in North America. The survey, which GRHC has been conducting annually since 2004, placed Brooklyn at number 4 on the list of the top 10 green roof cities, with 102,908 square feet of green roofs implemented in 2007. Chicago came in first for the fourth year in a row with 517,633 square feet. GRHC points to Chicago’s policies that support the creation of green roofs, such as F.A.R. bonuses and tax increment financing, as the reason for their repeated superior ranking. The survey also found that green roofs grew thirty percent in overall square footage in 2007. The full top ten list can be found after the jump.

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25Apr2008 | Meredith Taylor | 3 comments | Continued