Going Green
Earth Day Pop Quiz: Is Your Home's Roof or Your Car Worse for the Environment?
Research shows homeowners need to understand the consequences of choosing their next roof. This Earth Day, homeowners who want to reduce pollution should look up…at their roofs. A recent Yale study has found that asphalt — found on the roofs of millions of homes and millions of miles of roads in ...
Metal Roofs and Climate Change – The Best Defense
By Vicwest Building Products. Choosing a metal roof can prove to be an effective way to combat the climate crisis. Metal is known to be sustainable, but many may not realize the extent to which this is true. To uncover all its environmentally friendly attributes, here is a list of five ...
Duro-Last®, Inc. and DuPont™ Launch Sustainable 50-year Roofing System
The time has come for a roof to last nearly the life of a building. Duro-Last Inc. is announcing a sustainable, 50-year commercial, low-slope roofing system that significantly lowers replacement costs and reduces building materials entering the waste stream. Duro-Life™ 600 Roofing System is the result of a collaboration between two ...
Owens Corning Advances Toward Circular Economy Aspiration with Enhanced Shingle Recycling Efforts
The company will partner in asphalt shingle recycling pilot. Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) today took an important step toward reaching its circular economy aspiration with the announcement of enhanced shingle recycling efforts. By 2030, the company intends to recycle two million tons of shingles per year in the U.S. “Owens Corning has ...
CRRC Rated Wall Products Directory Now Live!
The directory is the only publicly available database for the radiative properties of exterior wall products. The Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC) is pleased to announce the launch of the new CRRC Rated Wall Products Directory. The directory is the only publicly available database for the radiative properties of exterior wall ...
Texas Traditions Roofing Completes Installation of the First GAF Solar Shingle Roof in Central Texas
The GAF Timberline Solar Shingle™ has an all-in-one 25-year warranty that covers the product as both a roof and solar product. Texas Traditions Roofing, a family owned, commercial and residential roofing company serving Central Texas, announced that it recently completed the installation of the first GAF Timberline Solar™ roof in Cedar ...
One Million Trees' Worth of Smog-fighting Capacity Installed on Roofs Using Malarkey Roofing Products' Shingles
3M™ Smog-reducing Granules, integrated into Malarkey roofing shingles, remove smog gases from the air with the same effect as trees. Since the launch of the world's first smog-reducing shingle, Malarkey Roofing Products has provided the industry with enough roofing materials to protect more than 400,000 roofs. Because each roof has the ...
