City of Toronto Eco-Roof Incentive Program Application

City of Toronto Eco-Roof
Incentive Program Application

Another milestone completed today - I have completed the application form for the City's Eco-Roof Incentive Program.  

Click on the link (above) to start (dreaming about) your green roof.  Lots of good greening  information plus the on-line application form.

They provide a grant to residential home owners, as well as commercial and industrial property owners, to build green roofs.  It gets a bit complicated for new industrial and commercial roofs because I think they have to put on green roofs anyway, just to comply with the City's "encouraging" By-Laws.

The City would like to pay me $75 per sq m2 to put a green roof on my home, subject to some fine print like "The proposed green roof will satisfy the requirements of Toronto’s Green Roof Construction Standard. Note: Applicants are required to obtain a permit from the Chief Building Official prior to construction. A copy of this permit is required upon verification of the Eco-Roof." That is,  A Building Permit!

The documentary requirements for the Eco-Roof Incentive Program are similar to, but not as extensive as, the Building Permit Application. I just provided the same documents and drawings  as the BP application.  

You will need to provide a set of "pre-installation" photographs of your roof.  Here are a couple of ours.

You will need to provide a Maintenance Plan that will look after the installation through the first 5 years of stewardship. However, there are several templates or suggestions / guidelines floating around the WWW for you to consider.  The City does reserve the right to come and inspect it within 5 years of installation to ensure on-going performance and compliance.

Other than that the application  seems pretty straight forward.  I'm sure I can expect a CQ in the mail any day now ......

 If you have any questions about the program or related City "Green" initiatives,  I suggest you call Ann -Marie Baynton at 416-392-1848.

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Anne-Marie Baynton
Eco-Roof Coordinator
Environment and Energy Office
Phone: 416-392-1848
Fax: 416-338-0808
Email: abaynton@toronto.ca

Mailing address:
City Hall, 21st Floor, East Tower
100 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2