Yesterday started the 2013 United School Administrators of Kansas conference in Wichita which is being held January 23-25 at the Hyatt and Century II Convention Centers. Washington Roofing & Insulation (WRI) has set up a display during the convention with Chuck Carpenter, Owner and John Williams, Sales and Service, attending.
"Chuck has been a valued exhibitor for over 20 years now," said Moriah Carpenter, estimator for the company. "We use this experience as a chance to reconnect with old clients and friends and are able to provide them with updated information on spray polyurethane foam (SPF) roofing and roof coatings."
WRI has worked with 82 school districts in the state of Kansas to provide them with quality roofing for their buildings. There are 293 districts in the state.
"We do a lot of work for schools in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma," Moriah said. "They use us because we continue to service them through proper maintenance which allows the roof to last the life of the building."
Several hundred exhibitors are supporting the annual conference this year. If you are in the area today and tomorrow, stop by and get your picture taken with Chuck or John and ask them about commercial roofing solutions for the future.
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Urban Heat Island and Trees
Friday
Last year we discussed Urban Heat Islands and the effect that they have on the environment and how building owners could help diminish it. One of the ways was to install a cool roof system on a building, like an elastomeric coating system. The other was to increase vegetation around the building.
Many cities have put into place a Tree Protection ordinance, prohibiting removing or pruning of trees without a permit. San Antonio, Texas actually requires different levels of free protection based on tree class or location.
There are also Street Tree ordinances that govern how to plant and remove trees along public right-of-ways and land that is privately owned but accessible by the public. For example, Orlando, Florida specifies that trees must be planted along both sides of a street, with one tree every 50 to 100 feet.
Parking lot shade is another way to help reduce the heat island effect and increase vegetation. In Sacramento, California, for example, a code in their zoning code requires that enough trees be planted to shade 50 percent of new parking lots after 15 years of tree growth.
So if you are looking to build or renovate your building, keep environmental concerns in mind and contact your city and see what steps can be taken to minimize the Urban Heat Island.
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There are also Street Tree ordinances that govern how to plant and remove trees along public right-of-ways and land that is privately owned but accessible by the public. For example, Orlando, Florida specifies that trees must be planted along both sides of a street, with one tree every 50 to 100 feet.
Parking lot shade is another way to help reduce the heat island effect and increase vegetation. In Sacramento, California, for example, a code in their zoning code requires that enough trees be planted to shade 50 percent of new parking lots after 15 years of tree growth.
So if you are looking to build or renovate your building, keep environmental concerns in mind and contact your city and see what steps can be taken to minimize the Urban Heat Island.
The Benefits of Cool Roofs
Thursday
The term "cool roof" refers to how much it reflects and emits the sun's heat back to the sky instead of transferring it to the building. According to the Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC), "Coolness" is measured by solar reflectance and thermal emittance. The higher the value, the "cooler" the roof.
A cool roof is either white or is another "cool" color which use darker-colored pigments that are highly reflective in the near infrared portion of the solar spectrum. It is like wearing a light shirt versus a dark shirt out in the sunshine: the light shirt keeps you cooler.
Benefits of a Cool Roof are numerous and include:
Source: Cool Roof Rating Council
A cool roof is either white or is another "cool" color which use darker-colored pigments that are highly reflective in the near infrared portion of the solar spectrum. It is like wearing a light shirt versus a dark shirt out in the sunshine: the light shirt keeps you cooler.
Benefits of a Cool Roof are numerous and include:
- Energy savings and global warming mitigation
- Reduction in urban heat island effect and smog
- Improved occupant comfort
- Comply with codes and green building programs
Source: Cool Roof Rating Council
Urban Heat Islands
Have you ever noticed while driving out of the city into a rural area that the temperature seems to suddenly drop? This is the result of what is called the Urban Heat Island effect, which is a heat bubble that builds up around cities due to buildings, pavement, lack of vegetation and other permeable surfaces.
Scientists have been measuring Heat Islands for years and, as cities grow, so do the Urban Heat Islands. As Heat Islands grow so does energy consumption (more electricity to cool things down) which increases emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from power plants. The increased heat also causes the quality of water to become impaired as hot rooftops and pavement shed their water into the drainage system and out into streams, ponds and other bodies of water, causing rapid fluctuations of temperatures which is stressful to the aquatic ecosystem.
There is a also general discomfort for humans with higher air pollutants and higher temperatures.
The EPA sites four main ways that helps counteract Urban Heat Islands:
High performance fluid-applied roofing systems designed and applied by a certified professional roofing contractor are proven to reflect up to 85% of the sun's rays, reducing the temperature by nearly 60 degrees than that of traditional black roofs. Washington Roofing & Insulation uses only the highest quality of material that is ENERGY STAR, LEED, CRRC, Miami-Dade County approved and / or certified.
Source: EPA Website: What is an Urban Heat Island
Scientists have been measuring Heat Islands for years and, as cities grow, so do the Urban Heat Islands. As Heat Islands grow so does energy consumption (more electricity to cool things down) which increases emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from power plants. The increased heat also causes the quality of water to become impaired as hot rooftops and pavement shed their water into the drainage system and out into streams, ponds and other bodies of water, causing rapid fluctuations of temperatures which is stressful to the aquatic ecosystem.
There is a also general discomfort for humans with higher air pollutants and higher temperatures.
The EPA sites four main ways that helps counteract Urban Heat Islands:
- Increasing tree and vegetative cover
- Creating "green" roofs (rooftop gardens or "eco-roofs")
- Installing cool roofs
- Using cool pavements
High performance fluid-applied roofing systems designed and applied by a certified professional roofing contractor are proven to reflect up to 85% of the sun's rays, reducing the temperature by nearly 60 degrees than that of traditional black roofs. Washington Roofing & Insulation uses only the highest quality of material that is ENERGY STAR, LEED, CRRC, Miami-Dade County approved and / or certified.
Source: EPA Website: What is an Urban Heat Island
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