Building Sustainability: What’s Roofing Have to Do with It?
Usually, with Earth Day landing in April, the issue of building sustainability comes to the forefront this time of year. But since building sustainability impacts your bottom line, it’s something that any owner of a commercial building, as well as any facility manager, should keep in mind year-round.
So, what’s roofing have to do with building sustainability? Your roof choice can affect the environment. Certain cool roof systems can conserve energy.
How Does Your Roof Affect the Environment?
Our commercial roof systems can play a role in the design and build of an energy-efficient building. J. Smucker is one of the leading commercial roofing contractors in the Mid-Atlantic region specializing in commercial roofing system coatings and “cool roof” restoration techniques that can help lower your building’s energy usage and its total operational costs.
Conklin roof systems are cool roof coating systems that reflect the sun’s heat away from your roof, which keeps commercial buildings cooler. These quality roof coatings can be applied over an existing roof and meet all Energy Star requirements.
Moreover, elastomeric acrylic coatings are environmentally safe with low VOC levels. We’re proud to be an authorized dealer and distributor for Conklin roofing products.
Let’s look at other ways commercial roofing choices might impact building sustainability.
Pair Solar Panel Installations with Roof Repair
You can pair commercial solar panel installation with your re-roofing or roof replacement services through J. Smucker. Solar energy is one of the cleanest energy sources available.
Our cool roof systems and solar panel installation combined can offer an energy-saving environmental boost.
(Find out how a solar panel installation could qualify you for a 30% tax credit.)
Building Sustainability Benefits Your Community
Choosing a cool roof system not only provides benefits to your business, but it can benefit industrial buildings located nearby. Most especially in urban areas, a cool roof can help reduce the heat island effect. The heat island effect is when buildings and roads near each other absorb the UV rays of the sun and then re-emit that heat. It can make the entire region significantly warmer than a rural industrial park that’s less dense.
Urban “heat islands” increase energy needs, with more demand for air conditioning. They also raise air pollution levels and can cause heat-related illnesses.
Choosing a cool roof will help your building mitigate the heat island effect and create a smaller carbon footprint.
Cool Roof Systems for Commercial Buildings
Smucker Contracting specializes in commercial roof restoration and commercial roof installations. We offer several ideal roof restoration solutions that can restore your flat roof and leave your building energy-efficient and leak-protected.
We require no downtime on your end, so your business operations go uninterrupted while any repairs or restorations take place. Our cool roof restorations cost nearly half as much as a full industrial roof replacement yet come with a non-prorated 18-year warranty. These energy-saving coatings can be applied to all of the most common roof varieties, including metal, EPDM, and TPO roofs.
Ready to choose the best roof coating for your building? Call today to start the conversation!