Mayor Announces First City Green Roof Project
Mayor Ballard discusses the benefits of green roofs at a press conference at Keep Indianapolis Beautiful on Oct. 17, 2008.
On Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, Mayor Gregory A. Ballard announced plans for the first green roof ever to be constructed on a city-owned building.
As part of a project designed to reduce and treat raw sewage overflows into the White River, the Indianapolis Department of Public Works (DPW) will install a green roof on a portion of a wastewater storage and treatment facility on the north side of Indianapolis.
Green roofs are vegetated roof systems used in place of conventional roofs that offer many benefits, both environmental and economic.