Understanding Future Uses of Roofspace and Defining An Early Path to Profitable Roof Estate Investing
May 3rd, 2013
Via Celsias, a look at the rapid growth of the green roof industry:
A 24 percent growth rate in installed green roofs in 2012 is part of the results of the Annual Green Roof Industry Survey .
“On the heels of a huge 115 per cent growth rate in 2011, the green roof industry still grew by 24 per cent in 2012,” said GRHC founder & president Steven W. Peck. “Green roofs are being embraced around North America, by policy makers, designers, building owners and developers because they deliver multiple proven public and private benefits,” he added.
In 2012, the Washington DC Metropolitan Region installed the most green roofs in North America with 1,326,872 square feet. Washington DC adopted a number of public policies that support green roof investment.Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) is a membership-based industry association whose mission is to develop the green roof and wall industry in North America.
“The District is proud to lead the nation in installation of green roofs,” said Mayor Vincent C. Gray. “Green infrastructure is an investment that is showing real benefits in the District and green roofs play a major part in turning the vision of a Sustainable DC into reality. Green roofs support green jobs, reduce and reuse stormwater, and create beautiful amenities that improve the quality of life and health of our residents.”
“There are many factors that are leading to this remarkable growth,” said Jeffrey L. Bruce, GRP, Chair, GRHC, “but undoubtedly the almost 600 accredited Green Roof Professionals (GRPs) in the market are using their expertise to drive market growth.”
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Educated at Yale University (Bachelor of Arts - History) and Harvard (Master in Public Policy - International Development), Monty Simus has held a lifelong interest in environmental and conservation issues, primarily as they relate to freshwater scarcity, renewable energy, and national park policy. Working from a water-scarce base in Las Vegas with his wife and son, he is the founder of Water Politics, an organization dedicated to the identification and analysis of geopolitical water issues arising from the world’s growing and vast water deficits, and is also a co-founder of SmartMarkets, an eco-preneurial venture that applies web 2.0 technology and online social networking innovations to motivate energy & water conservation. He previously worked for an independent power producer in Central Asia; co-authored an article appearing in the Summer 2010 issue of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal, titled: “The Water Ethic: The Inexorable Birth Of A Certain Alienable Right”; and authored an article appearing in the inaugural issue of Johns Hopkins University's Global Water Magazine in July 2010 titled: “H2Own: The Water Ethic and an Equitable Market for the Exchange of Individual Water Efficiency Credits.”