It has been said that all of the US could be powered by a solar array covering 100 x 100...
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Most people in the built environment community are aware that using and specifying sustainable and resilient materials and designs is...
Dark Roof’s Summer Cooling Penalty is a Deciding Factor Cool roofs reflect the sun’s energy and reduce air conditioning loads...
For most of us in the low slope roofing industry, it’s considered to be absolutely standard to have insulation placed...
Reflective roofs, known as “cool roofs,” have many benefits for low-slope buildings, such as energy savings from reduced air-conditioning loads...
The International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is a building code created by the International Code Council in 2000. It is...
For most roofing projects, chemical resistance of the membrane is not a consideration. However, in a few cases, the roof...
Cool roofs have many benefits: most important is the reduction in the air-conditioning load on buildings, which can save a significant...
There are many attachment options for commercial membranes and as with most choices in roofing, it depends on the building...
Hail damage occurs in many U.S. regions and is most common during summer months, which might strike you as strange...
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This is a great tip. Talking about financing not only helps you stay on the same page with your customers, but it also opens up
Blake - thanks for the kind comments. It would be interesting to compare the regulatory/code hurdles involved in building a conventional power plant versus what's […]