Aug 1st 2009 08:03 am NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S ROOF
MRLD codified new development standards for Gardiner and Topsham, Maine encouraging creativity in design when environmental impacts are taken into consideration. In Gardiner, as part of implementing the “creative” Cobbossee Corridor, development of new buildings or redevelopment of existing mill buildings now allow and encourage white roofs to reflect heat. In Topsham, buildings are typically required to have pitched roofs meeting the “New England” design style and stormwater impacts must meet pre and post development standards for quantity and quality. This often requires detention basins reducing the density of site development. The new code allows for flat green roof systems to be utilized for stormwater management as well as reducing the heat island effect and creating more flexibility for site development. Topsham is the first community in Maine to adopt this standard.
by-degrees-white-roofs-catch-on-as-energy-cost-cutters.pdf
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