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Cool Your Home, Cool Your Community, Cool Our Planet Cool roofs and walls can help many building owners save money while protecting the environment. If you are planning a new building or replacing or restoring an existing roof or exterior wall, cool surfaces should be considered an energy-efficient option. Cool roof ... Read More

Welcome to the Rainscreen Association in North America (RAiNA), an international not-for-profit industry association dedicated to serving the rainscreen market in North America. RAiNA was founded in January 2020 and is the leading authority on rainscreen assemblies. RAiNA also provides a forum for designers, trades, test agencies, and material suppliers to ... Read More

The Tile Roofing Industry Alliance (TRIA) is dedicated to building awareness of clay and concrete roof tile benefits, providing technical expertise, training and certification for code-approved tile roof installation. We’re the tile roofing industry’s voice for code development and installation best practices. Our members are the driving force behind progress in ... Read More

Hannah Ford is a content intern for the Coffee Shops. She is a student at Oregon State University pursuing her bachelor of science in marketing. In her free time she enjoys reading, art, music and trying new restaurants. Read More

What is CTE? CTE stands for career and technical education. Students at CTE schools either specialize in a specific trade, such as carpentry, nursing or cosmetology, or explore several simultaneously. Connect with a roofing contractor NRCA's membership includes more than 3,600 companies from throughout the U.S., and they're eager to connect with schools ... Read More

Jesse Sanchez is a writer for The Coffee Shops. He graduated with his master's in journalism and media communications from Colorado State University in spring 2024 after studying music in his undergraduate degree. His passion for storytelling has led him to pursue writing as his primary medium of artistic expression. ... Read More

Eric is a passionate entrepreneur with great focus, discipline and determination, looking to contribute to the greater good. He seeks to remain a great entrepreneur through ethical and superior business practices while at the same time creating profound relationships and impacting everyone he meets. He aims to help and lead ... Read More

The Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA) is a national, not-for-profit trade association that consists of a wide cross-section of stakeholders in the building enclosure industry. Their membership includes manufacturers, architects, engineers, trade contractors, researchers, testing and audit agencies, consultants and building owners. ABAA is the national voice of the air ... Read More

What is NAHICA? At NAHICA (National Hispanic Contractors Association), we are a community of passionate and driven Hispanic contractors, dedicated to advancing our industry and supporting each other in achieving success. Through our various programs and initiatives, we strive to provide resources, education and networking opportunities to our members, helping them ... Read More

Leading the Roofing Industry Through Innovative Collaboration The Roofing Industry Committee on Weather Issues, Inc. (RICOWI) was established in 1990 as a non-profit organization to identify and address important technical issues related to the cause of wind damage which include: Dynamic testing of roof systems Importance of sample size for tests Role of wind ... Read More

LIRA is a non-profit dedicated to empowering Latinos in Roofing. This community comprises over 80% of the labor force in Commercial and Residential Roofing in the United States. This 80%, doing the physically demanding, dangerous job of roofing remain woefully under-represented in positions of executive management, organizational leadership and influence in ... Read More

Jim Ziminski started his career in window sales, learning about the retail side of business and what customers did and didn’t want. He knew he wanted to do more with this and so he accepted a job with CertainTeed, leading their vinyl division. Through working with siding, he made his ... Read More

Patrick is the CEO of Red Dog’s Roofing, with offices in Fitchburg, MA, Waterford, CT, and Sarasota FL. The company operates both residential and commercial divisions for roofing and other exterior projects. As a third-generation roofing contractor, he founded the company in 2012, in Fitchburg, MA, and named the organization ... Read More

Bill Seibert is from Mitchell, Nebraska. He was employed at several roofing companies before starting his own roofing company, Seibert Roofing, in 1995. In 1999, Seibert Roofing became Fisher Roofing of Kearney. He and his wife Tawney reside in Kearney with their three children, Landon, Lily, and Olivia. Bill and ... Read More

Melissa Chapman is co-founder of The GLO Group, LLC, a dynamic organizational health firm focused on creating transformational growth for companies looking to realign and re-engage their teams and improve their profitability. Melissa has 20+ years of experience in the roofing industry and is a certified professional coach trained ... Read More