Roswell Certified as a Green Community

Posted by Brandon Anderson on Friday, December 11th, 2009 at 8:41am.

The Atlanta Regional Commission's Green Communities Program, a voluntary program for municipalities in the ten county metropolitan Atlanta area, assists cities with lessening their environmental impact. Points towards certification may earned in several categories:

    * Green Building
    * Energy Efficiency
    * Green Power
    * Water Use Reduction and Efficiency
    * Trees and Greenspace
    * Transportation
    * Recycling and Waste Reduction
    * Land Use
    * Education
    * Innovation

A given policy or practice is worth 5 or 10 points, depending on their difficulty of implementation and overall magnitude of environmental impact. Three levels of certification are awarded:

  • Level 1 - Bronze: 175 – 224 points
  • Level 2 - Silver: 225 – 274 points
  • Level 3 - Gold: 275 – 375 points
The City of Roswell was certified as a Silver Level Green Community.

 

 

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