Green Roofs

Green roofs play an essential role in protecting, preserving and restoring our watershed and we’re working to create many more of them in the years to come.  Covered with soil media and plants, green roofs provide tremendous benefits for our communities, neighborhoods and individual property owners.

Some of the many benefits include:

• Improved stormwater discharges from buildings– through retention and purification
• Reductions to the heat island effect
• Increased health - for people, plants and animals
• Energy conservation in the summer and noise reduction year-round
• Reduced demand on the municipal sewer systems
• Extension of roof life

As part of our efforts to promote green roofs throughout the watershed, we are administering the District Department of the Environment’s (DDOE) new Green Roof Rebate Programs for Targeted Large Retrofits.

DC’s Green Roof Rebate Programs for Targeted Large Retrofits

This program is designed specifically for existing buildings in DC that want to retrofit a roof of 4,000 sq. ft. - or more - by adding a green roof with at least 3” of planting media.  This innovative program provides a very generous $7/sq. ft. for these new green roofs.

A description of the program and registration form are available by clicking on the links below:
Application Process – A comprehensive description of the Green Roof Program application process from start to finish.
Registration Form – Download and complete this form to get started.

Green Roofs Contractors

Information about DDOE’s green roof program, a toolkit and information on funding for roofs under 4,000 sq. ft. is available on DDOE’s Green Roof Web site.

If you have questions please contact us by calling 301-699-6204 or via e-mail at greenroofs@anacostiaws.org.


This program is supported with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and administered for DDOE by the Anacostia Watershed Society.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

District Department of the Environment