POINT1

The urban greenbelt maintenance revised law to push forward the rooftop greening (The alias: Rooftop greening method) takes effect in August, 2001. The demand is applied for a capital that when building owners do rooftop greening, a tax is discounted warmly, and the property tax of the greening institution is reduced to half for five years.

POINT2

Tokyo revised the greening standard and start guiding to green rooftop.

The building greening is effective for heat island phenomenon, and contributes to the deterioration prevention effect of the building. Also past greening standard has been revised in Tokyo. The area of the rooftop has been added as the area of the object of greening since April, 2000 and guidance of greening is provided based on it.