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Web Exclusive: Obama Calls for Renewable Energy Plan to Boost Economy with New Technologies
A renewable energy economy isn't something that’s far off in the future, it's happening all across America right now. In February 2009, President Obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which includes billions of dollars in spending and tax credits for renewable energy, i.e. solar, wind, and water, as well as for environmental restoration, national parks, cleaner cars and other energy efficiency programs.
by Alyssa Peconi
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 | Web Exclusive: It’s Getting Hot in Here
Why cool roofing systems are an effective sustainable design strategy for increasing occupant comfort, reducing energy costs and helping the environment.
by Rob Winstead AIA, LEED AP
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 | Web Exclusive: Just What the Doctor Ordered
The owners of the 12,000-square-foot LEED-certified hospital within the Gateway Medical Center in Washington State specified the hospital's building envelope with great care, including a durable ENERGY STAR single-ply roofing system.
by Paul Nutcher
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 | What’s Cool About Garden Roofing?
Designing and choosing a sustainable roofing system is not a new idea to architects. Garden roofing systems give architects another avenue of design while providing building owners the best of all worlds — beauty, innovation and energy efficiency.
by Riaz Hasan
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 | The Sun Rises On Solar Applications
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.
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 | A Top 10 List for Vegetative Roofing Systems
Roofing isn’t the easiest of trades, and each roofing project presents its own challenges. The installation of a traditional roofing system can be summarized, albeit simplistically, as the installation of the insulation, membrane and, possibly, surfacing, followed by the installation of all of the flashing work necessary to complete the roofing installation.
by Helene Hardy Pierce
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 | Avoiding The Landfill: The Recycling of Vinyl Roof Membranes
Increasing raw material costs, higher landfill tipping fees, legislation to restrict disposal of construction materials — and an architectural community that demands the lightest environmental footprint achievable — all are leading toward the mainstreaming of post-consumer recycling and the day when specifiers routinely call for recycling of roofs at the end of their service life.
by Cary Black
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 | Green Roof Solves Stormwater Runoff Problem
Since 1913, Rice Fruit Company in Gardners, Pa., has distributed fresh fruit throughout the United States. As the largest apple-packing facility in the eastern half of the United States, Rice has developed a reputation based on quality and high standards.
by Mark Bushey
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