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As part of the Energy Harvest Grant program, Lancaster County is looking to disburse nearly half a million dollars in grants for green roof installation, and time is running out.
Green roofs are beautiful rooftop gardens that pack considerable benefits for your budget and your environment. Their highest impact is in run-off reduction. Lancaster City’s sewage system was built for a Civil War-era population, and will take millions to repair. Green roofs are one alternative. Because they can absorb 70% of rainfall annually, they prevent storm-water runoff from carrying engine drippings and other nasty pollutants into local waterways. Green roofs also significantly reduce heating and cooling expenses, decreasing energy costs by as much as 25%. While a typical black roof can reach temperatures as high as 180 degrees, green roofs don’t get much hotter than 85 degrees. Because they last twice as long as conventional roofs, green roofs mean resource conservation and minimized maintenance expenses. The tiny, hardy sedum plants that make up most roofs require no watering and little upkeep, and they’re surprisingly pretty.
Rick Seavey, CEO of National Novelty Brush Company (505 E. Fulton St.) and initiator of Lancaster City’s first and only green roof, received a huge check for his 17,000 sq. ft. roof. As far as the project’s advantages go, he couldn’t be happier. His facility’s roof is saving him money (keeping his warehouse 10 degrees cooler), remediating the city’s sewage problems, and giving him an excuse to trade the office for sunshine and a lovely cityscape view. He typically visits his factory’s roof on a daily basis to tend his basil and tomato plants and pull weeds growing between the sedums. “I’m a gardener, so this is kind of like my big roof-top garden.”
The Lancaster County Planning Commission (LCPC) recently upped its grant size from $5 to $10 per sq. ft.,* and is seeking projects between 3,000 and 40,000 sq. ft. While costs vary, this support can cover the lion’s share of a roof’s expense (economies of scale make larger roofs more cost-effective). Although residential green roofs are great, larger buildings maximize run-off benefits, so the current grant targets businesses only. If you’re interested in greening your home’s roof, check out this video to see a Lancaster County homeowner installing one himself.1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|32|33|34|35|36|37|38|39|40|buffy the vampire slayer sexy
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Unfortunately, the downturn has prompted most early business partners to back out of the grant opportunity. Out of seven original grant participants, all but one couldn’t justify the costs at this time. But the School District of Lancaster recently signed up for installations on three school buildings in the city. The LCPC is looking to give grants to more local businesses. Convince your business-owner friends to take advantage of free money before it’s too late – roofs need to be on track for completion by March 2010 to access grant funding. Visit www.lancasterroofgreening.org or contact Mary Gattis-Schell at 717.299.8333 for more info.
*For materials costs only – does not cover the wage costs of installation.
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