Enter today! BD+C's 75 Top Building Products for 2024

Adverse effects include heat reflection onto nearby walls.

Dynatsy Shingles from IKO, CR G cap sheets from Johns Manville, and GenFlex EPDM Adhesive from GenFlex Roofing Systems are three of the 12 products in BD+C's March Product Roundup.

New products will need to overcome problems of aesthetics and efficiency that have plagued past entrants into this field. 

 A large roof can become a resource that saves significant money on energy consumption and helps reduce emissions of CO₂ and it turns out metal roofs make excellent hosts for solar panels.

Now includes information from 2015 ICC Green Construction Code.

Energy-efficient metal roofs, with cool coatings are at the forefront of innovation, helping to increase the efficiency of the building envelope. 

Metal roof coatings with solar reflectance can help building owners save substantially in annual cooling costs. Research has confirmed that creating an air space under a metal roofing system will increase energy savings during both summer and winter months. 

This course, worth 1.0 AIA HSW learning unit, provides expert advice on how to make a roof last as long as possible, and how to properly retrofit or reroof when the roof has run its course.