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Eco-friendly Roof Makes Huge Impact as Low-Income Families in India Struggle with Effects of Climate Crisis
By Cass Jacoby. Scientists awarded a grant to support their renewable and affordable roofing material that could be the solution to the intolerable heat affecting Indian families that live on less that $5 a day. In India the temperatures can stay well over 100 degrees for weeks. It can get ...
Texas Traditions Roofing Completes Installation of the First GAF Solar Shingle Roof in Central Texas
The GAF Timberline Solar Shingle™ has an all-in-one 25-year warranty that covers the product as both a roof and solar product. Texas Traditions Roofing, a family owned, commercial and residential roofing company serving Central Texas, announced that it recently completed the installation of the first GAF Timberline Solar™ roof in Cedar ...
World’s Largest Green Roof Planned for Cupertino Development
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. 30-acre green roof proposed for the Hills at Vallco Mall revamp will be the largest green roof in the world and will be the crowning accomplishment of the community. Once a thriving spot in the city, the Vallco Shopping Mall in Cupertino, California is a mostly ...
Everything you Need to Know About Daylighting
By Grant Grable, LEED A. P. , VP of Business Dev. At Sunoptics. What is daylighting? You can get various answers when you ask, so here is a crash course. Everyone knows that daylight plays a huge part in keeping us happy and healthy. The benefits of daylight are well ...
Work Underway on Manhattan’s Largest Green Roof
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Atop the ten-story tall building of 341 Ninth Avenue in West Chelsea is about to get a whole lot greener. West Chelsea is known for its huge stretch of 200 art galleries, which stand within a few blocks of each other, including the ...
Discover One of The Most Sustainable Roofing Products in the Industry
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. IB Roof System’s new carbon neutral calculator confirms that their PVC reflective membrane is one of the greenest products available on the market. Heidi J. Ellsworth visits with brothers Jason and Shawn Stanley of IB Roof Systems™ in a Roofing Road Trips episode to talk ...
Military Snaps to Attention
By Robert Scichili and Scott Kri, Retrofit Magazine. The U.S. Department of Defense tests metal roof technology integrating renewable energy and sustainability features. According to Washington, D.C.-based Energy Star, there are 4.8 million existing commercial buildings in the U.S. and 40 percent of them were built prior to 1970, a time when ...
Solar Roofing Helps Limit Global Warming in the Workplace
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. SITA installs solar panels on the roof of its Singapore office to make sustained emission reduction that diminishes their climate impact. Among the many benefits of going solar, one of the most well-known is reduced greenhouse gas emissions. When you use the sun to provide ...
Increase Energy-efficiency by Up to 218%
By Mark Gallant, DECRA. A study compared the thermal performance of DECRA Metal Roofing products with 3-tab asphalt shingles. When it comes to improving energy efficiency with a roof upgrade, there are three physical characteristics to increase, also known as thermal performance. These include: Thermal resistance: The insulation value of the entire ...
The Future of Carbon Capture Technology in Roofing
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. As the world's attention focuses on manmade climate change more and more, roofing contractors have an opportunity to diversify and get in on the green movement. The global carbon capture and sequestration market was valued at $1.75 billion in 2019 and is projected to reach $6.3 ...
