Many simple specification or material adjustments can save you money on installation costs as well as future utility, maintenance and replacement costs.

A patio roof can be a great way to better utilize your roof space and create some unique features to maintain or increase tenant satisfaction.

"The roof is my building's most important asset," a property manager stated when approached about initiating a preventive maintenance program for his roof.

The concept of propagating plants on a roof has ancient and pioneer origins, dating from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to sod-covered dugouts of American expansion into the Great Plains and Great Basin.

One of the original intentions of cool roofing was to combat the effects of a phenomenon called an “urban heat island” (UHI).

In the past decade there has been an increasing demand to turn the buildings roof component into livable or usable space.

The 2,300-square-foot garden on the second floor roof of the Unified State Laboratories in Taylorsville was commissioned in an effort to minimize the cost of cooling the recently completed, high-performance structure.