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.
France law green roofs.
Once the original non news got out of the bag the statement in the act was actually changed.
France mandates green roofs for all new commercial construction.
France keeps making green headlines lately the eiffel tower s wind turbines the tree shaped wind turbines being installed in paris and now an exciting new law that is sure to have a huge environmental impact in urban centers.
Our french and swiss colleagues were keeping us informed.
On march 19 france approved a new law that mandates all new roofs in commercial zones be partially covered in plants or solar panels.
A new law approved in france will require all new commercial buildings to at least partially cover rooftops in plants or solar panels.
France just passed a trailblazing new law that requires that all new buildings constructed in commercial areas to be partially covered by either solar panels or green roofs.
March 23 2015.
The real story is a classic one of the devil s in the detail.
Rooftops in france are going green.
France currently lags far behind its neighbors in solar power with only 5 gigawatts of capacity.
Environmental groups hope to reduce the energy costs of.
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.
It went from solar and green.
France enacts green roof law.
The roof must be at least partially covered in either solar panels or plants.
France just passed a new law that will require all new buildings in commercial zones to be covered with green roofs or solar panels.
The french law biodiversity act and green roof statement.
Compare that to germany which boasts more than 40 gigawatts of.
Approved by the french parliament on thursday the new law will apply to all new buildings in commercial zones.
Green roofs have an isolating effect.
Bringing nature back into the city with an obligation for every new commercial development to integrate green roofs or solar panels.