Energy Efficient Home Design

We believe that energy efficient home design begins with energy efficient metal roofing! And, when Low-E Reflective Insulation is used in conjunction with your metal roof you have an even bigger WIN!

10. Does a Residential Metal Roof have any Energy advantages, or will it cost me more to heat and cool my home? Or, Will a Metal Roof make my house hotter?

A Metal Roof fits with energy efficient houses as they will not make your home hotter and they will lower your cooling and heating bills. In fact many metal roofing systems are Energy Star products and will cut your energy bills by as much as 20%, more using certain techniques.

Plus, an energy efficient Metal Roof can now cost you up to $1,500 less from the Energy Tax Credit available throughout 2009 and 2010.

A quality metal roof will not make your home hotter. For example, a great deal of the Sun’s radiant heat will be reflected off your roof when using a residential standing seam manufactured with a “Cool Roof” reflective paint system. The darker colors will even reflect 25% of the radiant heat from your roof while the lighter colors will reflect over 60%.

The reflective coatings used on metal roofing will reduce your energy costs year round. While they reflect the sun’s heat away in the summer they work to keep winter heat in your home. You therefore use less energy in both cooling and heating. With a metal roof you are well on your way to an energy efficient home design.

Let me speak to the “using certain techniques” mentioned above in regard to reducing energy costs. Using quality treated metal is a start. Using Low-E Reflective Insulation is another product that will play a major role in reducing your home energy costs even more.

By adding Low-E Reflective Insulation to your roofing system you will reflect 97% of the radiant heat away from your home. To find out more about the Low-E insulation and 3 roofing application techniques please click here.

Note: this is not a bubble wrap insulator. The bubble wrap does not have a fire rating whereas the Low-E has a Class A(1) fire rating - the best fire rating you can get. This is a HUGE consideration whether constructing a new home, remodeling or re-roofing.

To learn more about the energy advantages with Energy Star classified metal roofing please click here.

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