Green Roofs

Green roof at American University’s Mary Graydon Center.

Green roofs play an essential role in protecting, preserving and restoring our watershed. Covered with soil media and plants, green roofs provide tremendous benefits for our communities, neighborhoods and individual property owners. Through the District’s Green Roof Rebate Program we’ve helped fund the installation of over 60,000 s.f. of new green roofs, and with your help, we’ll install even more.

Click here (PDF) to learn about our recent green roof projects with the World Wildlife Fund, American Chemical Society, Capitol Plaza One and American University. Click here to download the Green Roof Rebate Program Flyer (PDF).

Green Roofs offer numerous benefits. Some of these include:

Improved stormwater management for buildings – through retention and purification
Reductions to the heat island effect
Increased health - for people, plants and animals
Energy conservation and noise reduction year-round
Reduced demand on the municipal sewer systems and potential reductions in fees
Extension of roof life
Reductions in air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions

Sedum plants being installed at 1200 1st Street NE

Green Roof Tools

Green Roof Calculator from American Rivers
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Green Roof Toolkit (PDF download)

Apply Now for DC’s 2012-2013 Green Roof Rebate Program

We are currently accepting applications for the District's new green roof rebate program which provides base funding of $5 for every square foot of planted area. Rebates are available for new green roofs on existing buildings of any size and new construction projects that add a green roof to go above and beyond their requirements for a stormwater management permit.

Register your planned green roof project with the form below to begin the application process. We will send an application form once we receive your completed registration form. Projects will be placed in the rebate funding queue when AWS receives a completed application form with all supporting documents.

Program description, registration form, and a list of contractors are available by clicking on the following links:

Application & Rebate Process – Download this for more detailed information about the new program.

Registration Form – Download and complete this form to begin the application process. We’ll send you an application once you send this in.

Application Requirements – Download this for more detailed information about what you'll need to apply.

Green Roof Contractors – Download this for a preliminary list of contractors in the DC area

Information about DDOE’s green roof program, along with a toolkit is available on DDOE’s Green Roof Website.

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

Rooftop courtyard at American University

The 2011-2012 program is administered by the Anacostia Watershed Society for DDOE with funds from the Anacostia River Cleanup and Protection Act of 2009 (“DC Bag Law”) and the Stormwater Enterprise Fund.

Anacostia River Cleanup and Protection Act of 2009