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"The Socialist government convinced activists to limit the scope of the law to commercial buildings."
"Green roofs are popular in Germany and Australia, and Canada’s city of Toronto adopted a by-law in 2009 mandating them in industrial and residential buildings."
The city or state could just plant trees on government owned lands ...
Solar panels are another issue -- when they are economically beneficial businesses and consumers will use them. Solar water heating has been a reality in sunny climates for years but they are required by building code. Why are there not municipal solar panel farms selling the electricity into the general power grid? They have the taxing authority to issue bonds to capitalize this, and I am assuming, if it was economically feasible they would. Municipalities pay huge power bills for street lighting and other uses of electricity.
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