While cutting-edge, luxury home design may seem quite irrelevant to the average homeowner, keeping up with the latest trends is actually a valuable tool in maintaining or increasing the value of one's current home regardless of the price range.Just as those crazy,...
Are black roofs accelerating climate change? There's no question that the density of black roofs and the ubiquity of pavement in urban settings are the main contributors to the "heat island effect," in which city temperatures are hotter than the surrounding rural...
Thinking about re-roofing your home next spring? Read up on these two roofing innovations, both of which appeared on TreeHugger.com in the past week. The first is an innovative glass tile thermal roofing system, designed by the Swedish company SolTech Energy. The...
What's the best way to combat air pollution? Install smog-eating roofing tiles. SMOG-EATING Technology roof tiles--or SET Roof Tiles--do just that: eat smog. Well, not so much eat, but reduce, at any rate. Made by Boral Roofing (formerly MonierLifetile), the SET...
Back in February Philadelphia's Mayor Nutter announced the "RetroFIT PHILLY Coolest Block" contest, in which Philadelphia row home owners or occupants enter to have their entire block upgraded for energy efficiency--for free. The winning block will start with an...
Got a few minutes to kill? Then take a look at this fun little tool from Owens Corning called the Roofing Color Compass. By answering 9 simple questions, the Roofing Color Compass can tell you what kind of roof will best fit your personality. Yeah, it's not exactly...
...and then recycle it, please! So could go the hip hop theme song for Owens Corning's recently launched shingle recycling program. The nation-wide program will have Owen's Corning Preferred Roofers pledging to recycle asphalt shingle tear-off and Heritage...
The late, great Michael Jackson once sang, "It doesn't matter if you're black or white." But when it comes to your roof, it really does matter. A black (or dark) roof absorbs heat on a sunny day--which is great in the winter--and a white roof reflects the sun--which...
Do you ever feel bad about your home repair skills (or lack thereof)? Take heart, at least you are not the person who did this. Not many people would think to funnel all the water collected by their gutters into the crawl space under their home. But this person...
Although hurricane season is months away, it's never too early to think about protecting your roof when you live in a hurricane-prone area. Storm-Proof Roof offers an effective, simple and affordable solution. Upon being alerted of a possible hurricane, homeowners...
