The Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing is a not-for-profit organisation located in Washington DC, which focuses on the junction between roofing and energy and environmental performance. The Center’s core mission is to”serve as a forum to draw together the entire roofing industry to the common cause of promoting the roofing knowledge base, development and use of environmentally responsible, high-performance roof systems.”
Contents
1 History
2 Founding Members
3 RoofPoint
4 RoofPoint Excellence in Design Award
5 References
6 See also
7 External links
History
In Feb 2008, a grouping of industry leaders and the National Roofing Contractors Organisation established the Center for Environmental Improvement in Roofing, which is a 501 (c) (6) organisation intended to promote the information base, development and use of environmentally responsible, high-performance roof systems. Located in Washington, DC, the Center was created with explicit objectives:
Serve as a repository for info applying to energy, the environment and roofing
Coordinating and inspiring objective research
Function as a research link between academia and industry and providing a forum for ongoing peer review of such research
Safeguard jurisdiction to guarantee new roofing products, systems and services remain in the sphere of the roofing industry
Expand market opportunities
Develop science-based advocacy on behalf of the industry
Coordinate standards and codes, both in the U.S. And abroad
The Center started operations on March 4, 2008.
Founding Members
Firms that have made a major financial commitment over a five year period to the Center are considered”Founding Members.”
Advanced Green Technologies
Carlisle SynTec
D.C. Taylor Company.
The DJX Chemical Company
DRI Energy
Firestone Building Products
GAF Materials Establishment
GSM Roofing
Derbigum
Sika Sarnafil
Tecta America
Tremco
Johns-Manville
Duro-Last Roofing
William Wallace Collins LLC
Jim Giese Roofing
Melanson
United Materials
Roof Connect
RoofPoint
Roofpoint LS Guideline is a voluntary, understanding based document developed by the Study Committee of the Center for Environmental Improvement in Roofing with input from roofing contractors, roof consultants, roofing material manufacturers, roofing research organizations, and other stakeholder groups. Roofpoint LS is designed to guage both new and replacement roofs for commercial and prescribed low-slope buildings. Just like the LEED building rating system does for the environmental impact of buildings, Roofpoint LS provides a means to evaluate roof system environmental performance over the length cycle of the building it covers, providing a handy measure for what constitutes a tolerable roof in design, construction, operation, and decommissioning.
Roofpoint LS is arranged into 5 functional and weighted areas representing the primary environmental contributions of modern low-slope roofing systems:
Energy management (50%)
Sturdiness/Life cycle management (22%)
Materials management (16%)
Water management (7%)
Environmental improvement in roofing (5%)
RoofPoint Accomplishment in Design Award
The Distinction in Design Award was established in 2003 by the National Roofing Contractors Association to recognize people who design long lasting, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly roof systems according to accepted industry practices. In 2008, the Center took possession of the Eminence in Design Award. The Award names an overall winner and category winners for best vegetated roof, best solar roof, and best roof recycling.
The Center named Nations Roof, Lithia Springs, GA the final winner of its Excellency in Design Award competition in the Global Roofing Expo 2009. The best vegetated roof got given to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library, built by Tremco Incorporated. The best solar roof got awarded to the Fresh & Straightforward Warehouse in Riverbank, CA, built by Sika Sarnafil. The best roof recycling was given to Duke College Surgery.
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