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applegrove

(131,552 posts) Sat Jun 18, 2016, 09:36 PM Jun 2016

France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels [View all]

France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels

Agence France-Presse

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/20/france-decrees-new-rooftops-must-be-covered-in-plants-or-solar-panels

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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.

Green roofs have an isolating effect, helping reduce the amount of energy needed to heat a building in winter and cool it in summer.

They also retain rainwater, thus helping reduce problems with runoff, while favouring biodiversity and giving birds a place to nest in the urban jungle, ecologists say.

The law approved by parliament was more limited in scope than initial calls by French environmental activists to make green roofs that cover the entire surface mandatory on all new buildings.

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France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels [View all] applegrove Jun 2016 OP

*This* is a brilliant strategy to combat climate change! Cooley Hurd Jun 2016 #1

.+1 840high Jun 2016 #2

Who is responsible for the vegitation upkeep? yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #4

Same person who is responsible for the air conditioners on said roof, I'd expect. nt MisterFred Jun 2016 #5

I love the plant covered rooftops but I have a question. Marie Marie Jun 2016 #3

Excellent questions that are not normally asked. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #6

This is how they do it usually.. phazed0 Jun 2016 #8

Thanks. That's one approach. See also Ghost Dog Jun 2016 #16

Very cool! phazed0 Jun 2016 #21

Yet another modern nation making the United States look like a third-world country. DrBulldog Jun 2016 #7

United States of A Banana Republic SouthernDemLinda Jun 2016 #11

Why isn't there a solar panel on every streetlight in America? Nevernose Jun 2016 #9

Sing it! applegrove Jun 2016 #10

Most industrialized nations are way head of America in renewable energy SouthernDemLinda Jun 2016 #14

another advantage is that during a storm, if one tree goes down, it won't demigoddess Jun 2016 #15

In Nevada, its corporate greed Nevernose Jun 2016 #22

Along with LED lights no less, right? That is the ultimate combination. LED underahedgerow Jun 2016 #18

We can't have nice things like this. nt Live and Learn Jun 2016 #12

Why the hell don't Phoenix and Las Vegas do something like this...? First Speaker Jun 2016 #13

Firefighter safety comes to mind on solar panel covered roofs jmowreader Jun 2016 #17

Exactly, and do all the installations of the HVAC systems underneath the solar panels. Raise them up underahedgerow Jun 2016 #19

Common sense policies exist in some countries malaise Jun 2016 #20