Greening San Francisco Rental Housing
Landlords don't have the same incentives to be green as tenants and homeowners do. So we need to work with tenants, landlords and the overall community to come up with innovative ways to green San Francisco's Rental Housing.Here's what we're working for:Energy Star rated appliences in all rental units by 20xx (TBD based on research)Green Roofs on all (flat ...learn more
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Created: Oct 22, 2007
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Topic: Green Roofs that fit SF
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The questions which we'll need help answering are:
how much weight is put on a 'green roof' - that is how much weight must the existing roof structure be able to support? Are there ways to reinforce existing roofs?
what plants are good for SF weather patterns? Ideally we'd need robust enough plants that people wouldn't have to water them all the time or even much at all. Water is already a concern in CA without starting to water numerous gardens. (Also, can you imagine lugging enough water up to a roof? perhaps using rain barrels?)