The city of Córdoba approved a draft ordinance requiring buildings to cover their roofs with vegetation to curb pollution.

The Deliberative Council of the city of Córdoba approved a draft ordinance which requires buildings to have covered with vegetation, ceilings known as ” green roofs “. The measure aims to alleviate the situation of pollution suffered by the city mainly in the downtown area.

Green roofs reduce air pollution, transform landscapes and provide quality of life. The buildings located mainly in downtown area of the city of Cordoba have a period of three years to adapt to this measure that aims to make a more sustainable city mainly in areas of higher density, with more concrete, so they require buildings having a minimum area of 400 m2 of open terrace this type of cover or terraces with vegetation.

Thus on the roofs of buildings shall be installed Cordovan plant coverage among which can include a wide variety of native species. This project also provides for the possibility of orchards.

“It is a worldwide trend. In Switzerland, Sweden, Norway and many European countries is being used to combat pollution in areas with larger population. There are different types of green roofs and the ordinance provides for the possibility of placing any condition not anyone in this regard. The idea of this is to oxygenate the atmosphere, generating a possibility of energy saving, as this is the sector of the city that more energy consumes and finally lighten storm drains in the downtown area “told local media the author of the project, Lucas Cavallo, councilor for the UCR. “The deck in summer is heat insulating and insulating cold winter so we estimate that in some buildings energy saving will be around 25% , ” he added.