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COOL AND GREEN ROOFING INFORMATION

 

CRRC The Cool Roof Rating Council offers a wealth of information regarding roofing materials and energy rebates for installing qualified systems. The following excerpt is taken directly from their website www.coolroofs.org

A cool roof reflects and emits the sun's heat back to the sky instead of transferring it to the building below.  "Coolness" is measured by two properties, solar reflectance and thermal emittance.  Both properties are measured from 0 to 1 and the higher the value, the "cooler" the roof.

Benefits of cool roofs include:

  • Energy savings and global warming mitigation
  • Reduction in urban heat island effect and smog
  • Improved occupant comfort
  • Comply with codes and green building programs
  • Indirect Benefits


 

 

energy starWhy choose ENERGY STAR reflective roofing for your building?

ENERGY STAR qualified roof products reflect more of the sun's rays. This can lower roof surface temperature by up to 100F, decreasing the amount of heat transferred into a building.
ENERGY STAR qualified roof products can help reduce the amount of air conditioning needed in buildings, and can reduce peak cooling demand by 10–15 percent.

During building design and when your existing roof needs replacement are both excellent times to consider reflective roofing. To learn more, click here.   

 

 

LEED logoLEED

LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system,  providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED provides building owners and operators a concise framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions.

LEED is flexible enough to apply to all building types – commercial as well as residential. It works throughout the building lifecycle – design and construction, operations and maintenance, tenant fitout, and significant retrofit. And LEED for Neighborhood Development extends the benefits of LEED beyond the building footprint into the neighborhood it serves.

 

 

Check back often as we continue to add more resources for your journey to add COMFORT, VALUE and DURABILITY to your home.

 

 
 
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