Blog Posts
ERA Leadership Visits the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
One of ERA’s overriding goals is to ensure that our members’ EPDM products are used in the most energy-efficient manner. We want our customers to know that EPDM is one of the most sustainable roofing products used today by the… Read More
Retrofit Blog: What’s the Difference Between Codes and Standards?
We’ve come a long way since the first recorded building code was passed in 1772 B.C. Things were a lot simpler then and the penalties were very straightforward: “If a builder build a house for some one … and the… Read More
Campus-Wide Roof Renovation
The assignment: install a sophisticated roofing system on 10 separate buildings on the Mineral Area College campus. The challenge: install the roof during the winter months with no disruption to students or classes and be completed by March 1, 2016…. Read More
ERA Goes to the International Roofing Expo!
For me, and the other members of the ERA staff, IRE is one of the highlights of the year: a great place to greet our members, visit their booths, learn about new product launches, and observe product demonstrations. (Not to… Read More
Air Leakage: Advancing the Standard
As Associate Executive Director of ERA, my central focus is advancing an understanding of EPDM products. One extremely important aspect of my job focuses on working with regulatory, standard, and code setting bodies to ensure that their actions reflect the… Read More
ERA Chair Reflects on Successful 2015 and Looks Forward to 2016
Greetings and Happy New Year! January 2016 finds the staff and leadership of ERA looking back at the past year to assess our achievements, and looking forward to plan our work for the coming year. As always, our overriding goal… Read More
Case Study: Aleppo Shriners Auditorium Re-roofing Project
Formed in 1872, the Shriners organization is best known for colorful parades, the red fez hat worn by its members, and its official philanthropy, the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Guided by the philosophy that “no one should have to walk… Read More
Tecta Solar installs a rooftop PV system on a Massachusetts facility
355 Main St., a distribution warehouse in Whitinsville, Mass., boasts the recent installation of a 1,869 kilowatts-peak rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system, which at the time of its installation was the largest rooftop PV system installed in Massachusetts and the third… Read More
Innovative Roof System Tops Spaceport America
When most people think of New Mexico, they think of the muted adobe buildings of Sante Fe or the famous natural wonders of Carlsbad Caverns or White Sands Natural Monument. What they probably don’t picture is the world’s first commercial… Read More