It has been nine years since Chicago’s Mayor, Richard Daley, announced there would be a ‘green roof’ laid on top of the City Hall. Back then, his fellow advisories and colleagues thought he had gone mad! The 20,000 sq ft garden sits atop the 12 story building. Since having the green roof, every year the […]
For some, solar panels are an eye-sore, regardless of the energy-saving qualities, the reduction in the reliance of the National Grid and being a drain on fossil-fuel energy. As technology advances, especially as photovoltaics are one of the fastest growing technologies of this last decade, the design and structure of panels are always changing. Enter […]
The switch to using rainwater is becoming more popular, especially as the cost of drinking water always rises. In many other areas of the globe, showering, tap water and hose-pipes use recycled rainwater, and why not?
Vermont Senator, Bernie Sanders, plus 11 colleagues introduced the act, 10 Million Solar Roofs, arguing that it will create energy independence. The policy will also aid in cutting air and water pollution and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while creating new green jobs and putting America in the forefront of the global solar power industry. The […]
3 mock up panels of the roof for the new Boston Red Sox spring training stadium are perched high on scaffolding in the adjacent lot. The mock up panels are the same design from the drawings and are on display for approval by the Red Sox and Lee County. Kraft construction assembled the panels and […]
By painting roofs white, as is very popular in Europe particularly Spain and Greece, you allow the sun’s infrared light to pass through the roof insulation. By having white roofs, the urban heat island effect, as it is know, could be reduced by a 1/3 having a positive effect of reducing city’s temperatures. The trial is being tested in cities such as Washington D.C and Seattle, where during the summer months, the temperatures can rise to much higher levels than that of their rural neighbors.
Rooftops and roads lighter in color can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and slow climate change says scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories in California. Significantly cutting emissions and combating global climate change by cooling cities and the world, researchers say. ScienceDaily.com reported that cool roofs and cool pavements in cities around the world could […]
Two brothers, Pat and Chuck Johnson, US roofing company Acrylife, and Virginia Tech research team designed an omni directional roof vent to help preserve reflective roof membranes (cool roofs), as well as conventional roofs from being lifted off or torn from wind damage. Low pitched membrane roofs are the main systems this vent was designed […]
NRCA and the Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing have created Roof Integrated Solar Energy inc. (RISE). Providing a way to evaluate and certify solar roofing professionals in the extensive use of rooftop photovoltaic systems and solar energy. Evaluating and certifying solar energy installers, RISE assessing the knowledge of roof construction and after care practices […]
Florida Marlins stadium in Miami scheduled to open in April 2012 will have the nation’s first retractable roof earning the “Leadership in Energy and Design” certificate. The US Green Building Council has given credits for some of the stadiums environmentally friendly designs. In addition to the retractable roof, there will be 2 salt water aquariums […]
