Green
Roofing
Your home’s roof is
the most
important line of defense against the harmful effects of Mother Nature.
A
roof’s job is to successfully route water away from the vulnerable
interior
systems of your building. While quality roofs can last quite a
long time,
it’s no secret that at one time or another, your home or office’s roof
is sure
to fail. When this happens you have two options; roofing repair
or
complete replacement. A skilled local roofer will be able to
inspect your
roof to figure out exactly what your options are, and can install a new
roof
for you quite quickly.
Green
Roofing Options
Take into account a
few green
roofing options which will help do your part in saving our precious
environment. Just about any home improvement project these days
can be
tailored to be a green project, which means great things for home and
business
owners who would like to be environmentally friendly.
Green roofing is
actually a great
subject, because it has two meanings. It can be taken literally,
where plants and grass are
actually grown on top of a home’s roof.
Your roof can be covered with a water proof lining which
prevents anything from penetrating into the interior of your
home. Then
soil and seed is laid down to start an actual garden on your
roof. This
actually has quite a few benefits that you might not normally
expect.
Roofs of this type can help to reduce heating and cooling by the added
mass
increasing your roofs thermal resistance level. Green roofs also
help
reduce run-off water which can cause issues with your home’s foundation
during
very strong storms. Planted roofs will also help prolong the
lifespan of
the roofing materials underneath; helping to protect them from the
weather. Lastly all your new plants will help reduce CO2 levels
in your
area, again greatly helping the environment.
Solar Panels
on Your Roof
The
other form of green roofing is roofs that help power your home.
Roofs can
be equipped with solar cells attached to panels or shingles which
convert the
Sun’s radiant energy into usable 12 volt power for your home.
This helps
to drastically cut your energy usage and sometimes can take a home
completely
off the grid, which means they only use power that they create
themselves.
Solar power was one of the first means of green
energy,
and now you can install panels and shingles on your home which blend in
quite
well. Not only will your home be environmentally friendly but you
will
pay for the entire system fairly quickly with the money you save on
your
electric bill.
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