ERA Initiatives

ERA has joined with the NRCA and other stakeholders to sign on to a letter from the Building Resilience Advocacy Coalition (BRAC) which urges Congress prioritize hard infrastructure legislation. This is important because the vote will be separate from the… Read More

In mid-September, members of the roofing industry participated in a meeting with representatives of the General Services Administration to better understand various GSA policy concepts for addressing embodied carbon of construction projects and building products. In recent months, GSA’s Green… Read More

Industry Professionals Encouraged to Share Insights for Quarterly Market Index Roofing Coalition Launches Large Scale Survey of Industry Washington, D.C. – October 4, 2021 A leading coalition of roofing associations is launching a second annual series of Quarterly Market Index… Read More

ERA has signed onto a roofing industry associations coalition letter addressed to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives urging support and passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.  The building-related infrastructure provisions in the bill are generally… Read More

Jared Blum, Washington Counsel for ERA, has been invited to participate in an event on August 5th entitled Buildings as a Solution to Urban Heat, hosted by The White House Council on Environmental Quality. As described in the meeting invitation,… Read More

Roofing professionals are invited to join industry trade associations representing contractors, consultants and manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada in taking part in the new Quarterly Market Index Survey for Reroofing. The purpose of the survey is to take the… Read More

ERA has joined with other building industry associations such as IBHS, the ICC, and the AIA to form the Building Resilient Action Coalition (BRAC). An outgrowth of the existing Resilient Building Coalition (RBC), the BRAC will coordinate advocacy activity among… Read More

National Roofing Week will be held June 6-12, and social media plays a crucial role in its success. The ERA will be reposting and resharing content from our manufacturing members but also be sure to share your company’s photos and… Read More

Early last week, ERA staff sent a letter to the Biden administration regarding FEMA pre-disaster mitigation initiatives. In response, Katherine B. Fox, Assistant Administrator for Mitigation in the Office of the Mitigation Directorate | Federal Insurance Mitigation Administration | Resilience… Read More

A coalition of industry trade associations representing contractors, consultants and manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada completed its most recent Quarterly Market Index Survey for Reroofing. The survey takes the pulse of the reroofing industry on a quarterly basis and… Read More