The PSOE supports Almeida to approve the plan that will cover the roofs of Madrid in Green | News from Madrid

THE Urban planning commission of the city of Madrid THE Special plan for the promotion of the incorporation of green covers in buildingsknown as Special Green Roof Plan (Pav)with the support of PsoeAn unusual scenario in Cibeles. The project, which aims to “reverde” the roofs of the city, “promotes environmental sustainability by improving the conditions of thermal, bioclimatic and urban comfort, according to the city council. The socialists agreed to vote in favor of aid for the neighbors and described it as “a vote of trust”.

THE The Council of the Madrid government gave the green light to the project in November And now, after the agreement between PP and PSOE, it will be definitively approved in the plenary to be held next week. “I inform you that we have reached an agreement with the area of ​​the Madrid urban planning government. We will vote in favor. In exchange, they accept the two things we ask to improve it: specific aids for the communities of owners and a program in municipal buildings,” he said Antonio GiraldoCouncilor of PSOE in the City Council, in its social networks.

To perform the plan, the Madrid City Council It will establish urban incentives that act as a stimulus for its creation. One of these will be the construction of cents for the roof by means of a direct license and without the need for a detail study, “except in the case of individual accommodation and in those buildings that are for ordination for excess height”, have detailed. From the Consistory they explained that “it is an improvement in the thermal behavior of the building because it reduces the expenses in heating and air conditioning, reduces indirect emissions of CO2, thus reducing carbon footprint”.

Another help is what the socialists have requested. Giraldo explained that in principle the idea seemed to be “interesting”. “The first thing we said is that we were happy enough that for once there was some public initiative in the urban planning of Madrid, we evaluated it positively,” he said, but as it was expected it was a bit limited to those who could pay it. “We seemed important to allow specific aids for those communities of the South, where there is more heat island and a lower income,” added the councilor. He recognized that the plan does not describe in detail exactly how much they will, but that they will give them a “vote of trust”. They also asked that the city council includes some municipal buildings in the plan that meet the requirements to implement it. “We will see from here to a year that there are results,” he added.

The capital has 124,574 buildings in its territory and only 100 (0.08%) have a vegetable cover, which covers an area greater than 100,000 square meters (the equivalent of ten football fields), according to the city council.

The type of construction included in this plan can vary according to the building: in giving buildings of collective services is also authorized to build accommodation for bicycles and the arrangement of warehouses, archives, toilets, changing rooms, laundry, cleaning operations and other auxiliary units without permanence of people; And in the buildings of other uses, a single family, bicycle halls can also be built.