3 Age Resistant Reflective Roofing

Energy star estimates that the average heating air conditioning costs for homeowners in the u s.

3 age resistant reflective roofing. In the earlier leed 2009 requirements cool roofing did not consider aged sri as an option for qualification. As shown in table 1 the minimum sri for cool roofing has increased in the newer leed v4. A cool roof under the same conditions could stay more than 50 f cooler and save energy and money by using less air conditioning. When flashing and roof deck protection are still performing hellip if a good roof system is in place roofing over is acceptable.

Infrared radiation is a spectrum of light that generates significant amounts of heat on roof surfaces. Solar reflective shingles are defined as having surfaces that primarily reflect considerably more ir radiation than normal roof surfaces. Cool roofs can be made of a highly reflective type of paint a sheet covering or highly reflective tiles or shingles. Black jack elasto kool 700 5 gallon elastomeric reflective roof coating 7 year limited warranty item 139929.

Standard or dark roofs can reach temperatures of 150 f or more in the summer sun. The cool roofing facts. Projects seeking leed v4 have the option of qualifying using either initial sri or by obtaining the 3 year aged sri value. Black jack silver seal 300 4 75 gallon aluminum reflective roof coating 3 year limited warranty item 12035.

A roof over installation can occur if. Thanks to modern reflective technology you can join the green revolution with timberline cs shingles. When there is only one existing roof and it is lying flat hellip fiberglass shingles will lie flat throughout their life leaving a flat and even surface to roof over. Is 1 000 per year.

For pricing and availability. While not as large as gaf owens corning still makes a good selection of three tab mid range dimensional shingles and a few luxury shingles including. Impact resistant gaf shingles do what they re supposed to do. Timberline dimensional shingles in several lines including impact resistant and solar reflective shingles premium lines like camelot and grand canyon with high definition profiles owens corning.

Our highly reflective shingles can help to reduce temperatures in your attic so your home will stay cooler in the summer to help save on air conditioning costs. The cool roof rating council crrc estimates that the average energy savings for reflective shingles to be between 7 and 15 of cooling costs. Gaf timberline armorshield ii and grand sequoia armorshield shingles are both ul 2218 class 4 rated. 1 according to the cool roof rating council cool roofs may save homeowners an average of 7 15 on their total cooling.

Class 4 shingles withstand being hit twice in the same spot with a 2 steel ball dropped from 20.