Sustainable Roof Finishes

Increased home value increased efficiency means an increase in property value.

Sustainable roof finishes.

Sika sarnafil a division of sika corporation. In addition green roofs are a marker of the popular green building movement. For this reason a living roof can help with home sales lease outs and lower tenant turnover. Fenner group manager existing stores construction building envelope target corporation.

Graveline vice president technical services. Cool roof rating council. Of course that assumes the roofing comes from sustainably harvested sources. In addition a green home design reduces the amount of rainwater runoff offers you home additional cooling and insulation and above all its natural beauty supplements the appearance of your house.

A roofing system that is designed constructed maintained rehabilitated and demolished with an emphasis throughout its life cycle on using natural resources efficiently and preserving the. They are dangerous to install can cause adverse health effects to those in close proximity during install and the fumes put off but the roofing material promote smog. While the gravel can be reused when the roof is removed the rest is waste. The most widely recognized definition of a sustainable roof system comes from the proceedings of the sustainable low slope roofing workshop held at the oak ridge national laboratory in october 1996.

Shakes and shingles are fairly energy intensive to produce and are only moderately durable much less than slate and clay tile. Planting a green roof has numerous benefits especially in urban areas since it helps to moderate the heat effect and it cleanses the air.