White roof or black roof? This simple question has perplexed and even polarized segments of the construction community for much of the last decade. In 2009, then Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu tried to settle the issue by recommending that… Read More
- air-barriers
- art
- ASHRAE
- Ballast
- ballasted
- clean-power-plan
- climate
- Cool-roofs
- cycle
- Durability
- Durable
- energy-efficiency
- energy-efficient
- EPDM
- epdm-membranes
- Hail
- international-roofing-expo
- IRE
- life
- life-cycle
- longevity
- NREL
- Reflective
- Reflectivity
- regulations
- Renewable
- Resilience
- Resiliency
- resilient
- Roof
- Roofing
- schools
- Single-ply
- standards
- Sustainability
- Weather
- White-roofs
Cool-roofs
Tried and True Approach to Cool Roofs in Cold Climates
Once again, as the temperature begins its downward slide, those of us who live in cool-to-downright-cold climates are faced with the reality that winter will soon be here. And once again, the staff and members of ERA feel the need… Read More
Cool Roof Defeat
If you haven’t had a chance to read it yet, we hope you will take a look at the article we authored in the July issue of Professional Roofing. It describes the coalition that ERA built, along with the Colorado… Read More