Johns Manville, which is calling 2012 “JM’s Year of EPDM”, is joining with Firestone Building Products and Carlisle SynTec as a member of ERA (the EPDM Roofing Association).
OMG has extended its line of EverSeal Roof Repair Tape with new 4-inch-wide EverSeal Tape. EverSeal Roof Repair Tape bonds instantly to all common roof materials for long-lasting, watertight repairs.
The EPDM Roofing Association, (ERA), as part of its advocacy work on the issue of VOC regulations, is monitoring the countdown to the Jan. 1, 2012 full implementation VOC regulations in key Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States.
Contractors and architects in search of sustainable and energy-efficient roofing products increasingly face a broad range of new choices. But a recent study suggests that a frontrunner in the race to be green may be one of the most tried and true products in the marketplace.
Energy efficiency, re-use, and recyclability are buzzwords in the roofing industry, and while such terms have a tendency to lose their meaning over time, some in the business take them very seriously. With landfill space at a premium, recycling has become much more than a fad. Instead, it is increasingly providing a cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and easy alternative to skyrocketing waste disposal rates.
The historic Kent County Administration Building in Grand Rapids, Mich., began its road to renovation with a new roofing system specified to replace an aging modified bitumen roofing system.
In just a few short years, recycling EPDM roof membrane has transformed from a nascent concept full of potential into a cost-efficient, environmentally sound reality that is being embraced by roofing professionals on tear-off re-roof projects across the United States and portions of Canada.
Photo courtesy of the EPDM Roofing Association. Low-slope roofing systems are defined by code as roof systems applied on slopes of 2:12 or less. It is the architect or designer’s responsibility.
