A new architectural color chart is now available from Metl-Span. The updated chart illustrates Metl-Span’s expanded line of standard and premium colors including metallic and pearlescent colors and three new color series including the Design Series, Weathered Metal Series and Woodgrain Metal Series.
Metal Sales introduces a new photovoltaic (PV) panel program. Metal Sales Solar Roofing Solutions adds Solar Flare (crystalline panels) and Solar Flex (thin film panels) to its sustainable product line.
When Hospice & Palliative Care of
Northeastern Illinois (HPNI) made plans to build the Pepper Family Home and
Center for Care in Barrington, Ill., the healthcare provider wanted to do
things differently.
Solaleya Design first introduced its Domespace house to the U.S. market in 2007. The design, utilizing a motor to rotate the entire structure relative to the sun to increase or decrease solar collection, was intended to dramatically reduce energy consumption versus traditional housing.
Scott Siegel, owner of Maggio Roofing and Certified Contractors Network (CCN),
believes solar systems pose big opportunities for roofing contractors, and he
advised attendees to enter the solar market.
Fully Encapsulated SkylightCarlisle SynTec offers DryLight - a fully encapsulated skylight that provides enhanced energy savings. DryLight is available with an industry-leading, total-system warranty that covers any leakage in the
It’s only a matter of time before solar applications will revolutionize the roofing industry, and the sooner roofing contractors see the light, the better off they’ll be.
New Jersey’s Atlantic City Convention Center is the largest single roof-mounted, grid-connected solar system in the United States. At almost 500,000 square feet, the project is a huge investment for the city, which wasn’t about to gamble on its new roof. Facility managers wisely chose to enhance their energy saving investment with a durable and highly reflective TPO (thermoplastic polyolefin) roof membrane.
In early October of last year, Congress/former President Bush signed the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, virtually ensuring the continued health of the solar roofing industry through 2016. Solar-powered roofs qualify for a 30-percent federal tax credit (directly reducing the property owner’s federal tax bill) as well as a five-year accelerated depreciation.