Dachbegrünung

Urban Farm DB summary

This article on green roofs in Germany explains that some major cities subsidize up to 50% of installation costs, and reduced stormwater fees (averaging €0.46/m2/year, up to €1.12/m2/year in Cologne) are also used to encourage adoption. Green roofs can be mandated in municipal development plans and used as ecological compensation measures, with about 8 million m2 newly greened annually nationwide, over 80% of it extensive systems.

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• 50 %

  municipal subsidy share max(green roof)

  Economics

  region

  Germany, some major cities

• 8,000,000 m2

  annual new installation area(green roof)

  Design

  region

  Germany

  note

  over 80% extensive systems

• 0.46 eur_per_m2_per_year

  stormwater fee reduction(green roof)

  Economics

  region

  Germany, average

• 1.12 eur_per_m2_per_year

  stormwater fee reduction max(green roof)

  Economics

  region

  Cologne

• 30–60 eur_per_m2

  extensive installation cost(green roof)

  Economics

  region

  Germany

• 80 eur_per_m2

  intensive installation cost(green roof)

  Economics

  region

  Germany

• 1.6 %

  coverage share(green roof)

  Design

  region

  Düsseldorf

  year

  2008

  area m2

  730000

  total roof area km2

  25

• 40–170 kg_per_m2

  weight extensive system(green roof)

  Design

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• Policy and governanceSupports
• Economic viabilityMixedWith caveats
• StormwaterSupports