Project: Rooftop Initiative

Project Sponsor: Demeter Rivera-Vega

Project Lead: Noah Benjamin

Purpose:

In order to combat humanity’s continuously rising carbon footprint, this project will lobby for a bill to require all rooftop spaces to be occupied by foliage.

Scope:

  • Determine scale - does this only apply to rooftops of a certain size?

  • Determine what types of foliage would be acceptable.

  • Investigate building codes - do current codes require rooftops to support a load this heavy?

A typical skyscraper’s rooftop

Use of balcony space will be incentivized