Green Roofing and Energy Efficient Products - Roofing Talk

Ed the Roofer · 11-02-2008, 03:29 PM

Nathan,

I think that a Green Roofing forum might wind up becoming more and more popular as time goes on.

How can we, as regular contractors get it into not only the consumers minds, but also the city/village officials minds to be proactive in utilizing this environmentally friendlier option for their construction, especially their roofing product choices?

There should be some major advances being made in this field in the near future, with everyone becoming aware of the higher costs of fuel recently.

Ed

Grumpy · 11-03-2008, 08:59 AM

www.chicagogreenroofs.com The site isn't active yet (total piece of garbage actually), but I get a few leads per year from it. I have teamed witha landscape architect who does the garden part of it after I do the roof.

However a "Green" roof isn't only a garden. A green roof is any roof that is energy effecient. That's a cool white roof, that's a solar roof. These roof's are all green.

I even have been published in the Insight magazine for Illionois CPA's in the December 2007 issue discussing various benefits for a garden roof.

When ever I meet with customers I am discussing options which are enviromentally friendly. I may say "TPO is highly reflective roof system which could prove to lower your energy bills. This type of roof is called a cool roof for a reason! Not only will you save money but you also help the enviroment." When I run gutter estimates if they have alot of bushes or flowers or I can tell they take care of their landscaping I bring up rain barrells. I've got quite a few sales based on the rain barrells, because nobody else brought it up.

You're right people are much more enviromentally conscious.

Ed the Roofer · 11-03-2008, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Grumpy

www.chicagogreenroofs.com The site isn't active yet (total piece of garbage actually), but I get a few leads per year from it. I have teamed witha landscape architect who does the garden part of it after I do the roof.

However a "Green" roof isn't only a garden. A green roof is any roof that is energy effecient. That's a cool white roof, that's a solar roof. These roof's are all green.

I even have been published in the Insight magazine for Illionois CPA's in the December 2007 issue discussing various benefits for a garden roof.

When ever I meet with customers I am discussing options which are enviromentally friendly. I may say "TPO is highly reflective roof system which could prove to lower your energy bills. This type of roof is called a cool roof for a reason! Not only will you save money but you also help the enviroment." When I run gutter estimates if they have alot of bushes or flowers or I can tell they take care of their landscaping I bring up rain barrells. I've got quite a few sales based on the rain barrells, because nobody else brought it up.

You're right people are much more enviromentally conscious.

I would be interested in seeing your write up for that publication.

Also, they are more aware and will eventually desire Green/Cool Roofs, but only when the prices are justified with a pay back period, IMO.

Ed

Grumpy · 11-03-2008, 11:48 AM

Don't be so sure on the residential side. It's not always about dollars and cents when people make emptional buying decisions.

In the City of Chicago where back yards are getting smaller and smaller, people want a place to hang out and relax. We do quite a bit of repairs on these roof gardens/decks because they are never properly installed, and it's never a cheap fix since we have to remove decking and dirt. I just got back from one infact directly on the Lake (Sheridan Rd.).

http://www.icpas.org/hc-insight.aspx?id=4998 That's the write up.

Nathan · 11-03-2008, 12:23 PM

Yea, it's everywhere here in Austin. This is a very Green town.
We also just added a Green topic to DIYChatroom.com because of demand. As traffic grows here I know we will need to cover that topic here as well.

tridentroofing · 11-04-2009, 12:11 AM

Since the issue of global warming was raised decades ago, people have been finding ways to address this very important problem. So many solutions have been proposed and so many are still on its way to discovery yet people still lay deaf or blind to these kinds of ideas. Today is the right time to open our eyes and listen to the solutions that may help save the world we live in.

Our houses are the primary place where we can start to help save the world. Most of what we contribute to the issue of global warming is rooted in our life style. There are so many parts of the house that can be converted to become eco-friendly and a specific part would be our roofs. Our roofs are very important to us we even hire roofing contractors like Trident Roofing to address the needs of our roofs. Since it is exposed to the elements of nature why don’t we harvest those elements into something useful?

Typically roofing contractors like Trident Roofing construct our roofs with materials that are not that compliant to being eco-friendly like Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) which is not easily recycled. The concept of the green technology started in Germany 30 years ago; it became widely popular in Europe due to its positive environmental impacts. A green roof green roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and soil, or a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane. It is basically planting a garden on your roofs. This is very different from how roofers like Trident Roofing construct their roofs. The concept of the green roof may sound absurd to some but the approach to the conceptualization of the green roof is very scientific so that it yields positive eco-friendly results. Green roof technology requires an appreciation and detailed knowledge of plant biology, hydraulic engineering and architecture. These are thoroughly engineered systems which address all the critical aspects of design that is also vital to a typical roof construction by roofing contractors like Trident Roofing.

11-02-2008, 03:29 PM	#1
Ed the Roofer Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 584	Green Roofing and Energy Efficient Products Nathan, I think that a Green Roofing forum might wind up becoming more and more popular as time goes on. How can we, as regular contractors get it into not only the consumers minds, but also the city/village officials minds to be proactive in utilizing this environmentally friendlier option for their construction, especially their roofing product choices? There should be some major advances being made in this field in the near future, with everyone becoming aware of the higher costs of fuel recently. Ed __________________ Just Wait A Minute, I Will Be Right Back With A Link For That. http://www.rightwayroofingcompany.com/ www.rightwayroofingcompany.com Roof Estimates, Roof Repairs, Roofers, Roof Leak Help, Elgin, Carpentersville, East Dundee, West Dundee, Sleepy Hollow, Algonquin, South Elgin, Huntley, Lake In The Hills, Illinois

11-03-2008, 08:59 AM	#2
Grumpy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 724	www.chicagogreenroofs.com The site isn't active yet (total piece of garbage actually), but I get a few leads per year from it. I have teamed witha landscape architect who does the garden part of it after I do the roof. However a "Green" roof isn't only a garden. A green roof is any roof that is energy effecient. That's a cool white roof, that's a solar roof. These roof's are all green. I even have been published in the Insight magazine for Illionois CPA's in the December 2007 issue discussing various benefits for a garden roof. When ever I meet with customers I am discussing options which are enviromentally friendly. I may say "TPO is highly reflective roof system which could prove to lower your energy bills. This type of roof is called a cool roof for a reason! Not only will you save money but you also help the enviroment." When I run gutter estimates if they have alot of bushes or flowers or I can tell they take care of their landscaping I bring up rain barrells. I've got quite a few sales based on the rain barrells, because nobody else brought it up. You're right people are much more enviromentally conscious. __________________ -Grumpy Chicago Gutters Chicago Roofing

11-03-2008, 11:48 AM	#4
Grumpy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 724	Don't be so sure on the residential side. It's not always about dollars and cents when people make emptional buying decisions. In the City of Chicago where back yards are getting smaller and smaller, people want a place to hang out and relax. We do quite a bit of repairs on these roof gardens/decks because they are never properly installed, and it's never a cheap fix since we have to remove decking and dirt. I just got back from one infact directly on the Lake (Sheridan Rd.). http://www.icpas.org/hc-insight.aspx?id=4998 That's the write up. __________________ -Grumpy Chicago Gutters Chicago Roofing Last edited by Grumpy; 11-03-2008 at 11:52 AM.

11-04-2009, 12:11 AM	#6
tridentroofing Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 13	Since the issue of global warming was raised decades ago, people have been finding ways to address this very important problem. So many solutions have been proposed and so many are still on its way to discovery yet people still lay deaf or blind to these kinds of ideas. Today is the right time to open our eyes and listen to the solutions that may help save the world we live in. Our houses are the primary place where we can start to help save the world. Most of what we contribute to the issue of global warming is rooted in our life style. There are so many parts of the house that can be converted to become eco-friendly and a specific part would be our roofs. Our roofs are very important to us we even hire roofing contractors like Trident Roofing to address the needs of our roofs. Since it is exposed to the elements of nature why don’t we harvest those elements into something useful? Typically roofing contractors like Trident Roofing construct our roofs with materials that are not that compliant to being eco-friendly like Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) which is not easily recycled. The concept of the green technology started in Germany 30 years ago; it became widely popular in Europe due to its positive environmental impacts. A green roof green roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and soil, or a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane. It is basically planting a garden on your roofs. This is very different from how roofers like Trident Roofing construct their roofs. The concept of the green roof may sound absurd to some but the approach to the conceptualization of the green roof is very scientific so that it yields positive eco-friendly results. Green roof technology requires an appreciation and detailed knowledge of plant biology, hydraulic engineering and architecture. These are thoroughly engineered systems which address all the critical aspects of design that is also vital to a typical roof construction by roofing contractors like Trident Roofing. __________________ to much / removed.

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11-03-2008, 12:23 PM	#5
Nathan Administrator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 78	Yea, it's everywhere here in Austin. This is a very Green town. We also just added a Green topic to DIYChatroom.com because of demand. As traffic grows here I know we will need to cover that topic here as well.