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Metal Roofs
Retrofitting flat roofs with sloped metal roofs is a concept that is tailor-made for these declining economic times. Interestingly, of the 40 billion square feet of roofing annually installed in the United States, only a fraction of that amount entails retrofitting roofs with sloped metal systems.
by Chuck Howard | February 3, 2010 | Comments (0)
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Bringing Roofs to Life
Rooftop gardens or living roofs offer several environmental advantages. Their increased use in urban areas has been due their ability to decrease water runoff from the roof area. The primary intent of the living roof application is to filter the stormwater and minimize the stormwater runoff from reaching the underground infrastructure.
by John A. D’Annunzio | February 3, 2010 | Comments (0)
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Staying Green
Successful green roofs can be considered “low maintenance.” However, they should never be viewed as “no maintenance.” Not having a maintenance program in place will reduce the overall effectiveness of the initial investment made during installation.
by Nathan D. Griswold | February 3, 2010 | Comments (0)
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Seizing Sustainability
When embarking on a sustainable plan that has the potential to transform a campus, why not start with a highly visible bang? Providence College in Providence, R.I., recently seized such an opportunity by installing thin-film building integrated photovoltaics on the roof of the Slavin Center, the college’s student center.
by Kate Gawlik | February 3, 2010 | Comments (0)
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On Target
The Target Center in downtown Minneapolis, home of the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA team, is now also home to the largest vegetated roof in the state. ...
by Jayendran Srinivasan | February 2, 2010 | Comments (1)
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Blue Roofs: Nature’s Hydrology ‘Back to the Future’
Blue roofs take a problem of excessive stormwater discharge and create an opportunity for sustainable water-efficiency practices. By constricting the flows running off a site and dealing with it at its source, developers gain an opportunity to build a low-impact site, gain LEED credits and reduce project costs in the process.
by Dave Scott | February 1, 2010 | Comments (1)
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White, Green and Cool: Maximizing the Value of Solar-Reflective Roof Membranes
Roof systems are an important element in green, sustainable architectural solutions. One of the more-interesting concepts in energy efficiency is the “cool roof,” also sometimes known as a “white” or even “green” roof.
by Dennis McNeil | February 1, 2010 | Comments (0)
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Cool Roofs: A Piece of the Green Puzzle
As green building strategies evolve to keep up with increasingly stringent building energy codes and standards, so do cool roofs. A roof, as any other building component, can be selected to best serve a particular purpose, such as weather resistance or thermal regulation. Cool roofs are optimally designed to minimize the transfer of heat from the sun to the interior of a building.
by Julie Guyenet | September 1, 2009 | Comments (1)
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Betting on Solar
New Jersey’s Atlantic City Convention Center is the largest single roof-mounted, grid-connected solar system in the United States. At almost 500,000 square feet, the project is a huge investment for the city, which wasn’t about to gamble on its new roof. Facility managers wisely chose to enhance their energy saving investment with a durable and highly reflective TPO (thermoplastic polyolefin) roof membrane.
by Michael Russo | September 1, 2009 | Comments (0)
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Testing at the Top
Completed in the spring of 2008, the cool and green roof demonstration/research project of Ann Arbor, Mich.-based architecture and design firm A3C took place atop its UrbEn Retreat. The project was implemented with the assistance of Firestone Building Products and in collaboration with Prof. Moji Nawab of the University of Michigan’s Sustainable Design Research Lab.
by Daniel H. Jacobs AIA, LEED AP | September 1, 2009 | Comments (0)
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Kynar Aquatec is a new water-based coating that's taking roofs and building envelopes by storm, and raising industry standards for water-based roof coating durability and performance. Read more by clicking on the digital edition of the supplement below.
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