Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC)
Investing in energy efficiency
By Emma Peterson. Learn how an $18.1M grant is powering Hawaiʻi’s push for energy efficiency. Building a more environmentally friendly future is not only crucial to mitigating the future effects of climate change, but it also provides economic and health benefits for people right now. A huge part of doing this is ...
Building smarter: How cool walls transform energy efficiency
By Howard Wiig, Hawai‘i State Energy Office. Explore the benefits of cool wall technology and its role as a sustainable solution for modern construction in a warming world. For centuries, homes in hot climates like the Mediterranean have been painted white to help reflect heat. As global temperatures rise, this ...
Staying cool from roof to wall
By Emma Peterson. Learn a bit about the science behind having a cool home and why it’s so important. As the pressure of rising heat levels continues to emerge, issues like urban heat islands and overstressed energy grids are becoming more and more common. In this AskARoofer podcast episode, Megan ...
Westlake Royal Building Products™ to unveil new roofing launches, feature durable and efficient roofing lines at International Builders’ Show
New launches include Unified Steel Material List Generator, Unified Steel Cool Roof Colors, CEU Course on underlayments for architects and e-books and a new DaVinci color exterior support series. Westlake Royal Building Products™, a leader in efficient and durable roofing systems and components, will exhibit its energy efficient and weather resistant ...
Chimney flashing, cool roofs, comedy and more!
By Dani Sheehan. Celebrate the top content from 2023 and see what topics are top of mind for home and building owners like you! When you have questions, we find the answers! No matter the topic, we strive to connect roofing contractors with homeowners and building owners to provide education ...
Unified Steel™ Cool Roof Color Collection Expands With Two New Popular Hues
Westlake Royal Roofing Solutions has just released two new Unified Steel™ Stone Coated Roofing cool rated colors. The two new hues, Harborwood and Stirling Gray, are each available in Unified Steel’s PINE-CREST Shake and PACIFIC Tile profiles and each provides a high Solar Reflective Index (SRI), helping to keep homes significantly ...
Women in Roofing Join Forces to Reroof Building of Homeless Nonprofit Organization
By Evelyn Witterholt. Bliss Roofing and National Women in Roofing teamed up to fix the roof of the Project Homeless Connect building in Washington. For National Roofing Week, Bliss Roofing and National Women in Roofing (NWiR) worked together on a reroofing project for the Project Homeless Connect building in Washington ...
10 Sustainable Roofing Materials Everyone Should Know About
By Evelyn Witterholt. In honor of Earth Day, we are highlighting 10 of our favorite eco-friendly roofing products that everyone needs to know about. Earth Day is right around the corner, a day where we all come together to make changes that will better our planet. But these changes don’t ...
Beat the Heat With a Cool Roof
By Evelyn Witterholt. Learn more about what a cool roof is and how you can benefit from having one on your home or building. With summer coming up, home and building owners are looking for the best ways to cut back on their energy spending. One of the best ways ...
How Cool is Your Roof? - PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of an live interview with Audrey McGarrell and Sarah Schneider from Cool Roof Rating Council. You can read the interview below or listen to the podcast. Speaker 1: Have you ever had a question about your roof and didn't know who to turn ...
