Experts from the solar PV and metal industries discuss synergies between metal roofing and rooftop solar installations.
Inovateus Solar, South Bend, Ind., now is offering videos on YouTube focused on solar energy.
Cognex Corp. has expanded its range of inspection solutions for solar cell manufacturing processes with the VisionPro Solar Toolbox.
There are many things to think about before selling and installing a rooftop solar energy system.
A mock metal and roof assembly was built by University of Tennessee at Knoxville students and showcased at METALCON International last...
At first glance, the Aerzen USA plant in Coatesville, Pa., looks like any other manufacturing facility. Upon closer inspection, however...
This northern California house was designed and built by Joshua Moore of Red Co., Arcata, Calif. At 2,000 square feet (186 m2), the house...
The Green Building Initiative has completed the first commercial building rating system.
Englert Inc., Perth Amboy, N.J., has three new colors that are Energy Star-approved: stone white, standard teal and Pacific blue.
Butler Manufacturing’s headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., received Energy Star certification from the Washington, D.C.-based Environmental...
The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Energy Information Administration confirms that buildings are the greatest consumers of energy in the U.S...
Federal tax credits are available for commercial and mixed-use buildings that incorporate green elements and meet certain performance...
If it's true that almost every challenge comes with an opportunity, why should high-performance construction be any different?
LCA is an analytical process to estimate the sustainability profile of a product, process or service.
The Metal Construction Association, Glenview, Ill., has submitted a Request for Proposals to five Life-cycle assessment consulting firms...
Whirlwind Steel Buildings Inc.’s Solar Energy System is an amorphous photovoltaic peel-and-stick system that is factory- or field-applied...
Metal roofing also has a great deal to offer as a green-building product.
Big Ass Fans, Lexington, Ky., recently received LEED Gold certification from the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council.
As part of the release of LEED 2009 earlier this year, the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council is requiring building owners...
Linthicum, Md.-based Hydro’s Extrusion Americas unit recycled more than 207 million pounds of scrap aluminum in 2009
Follow the life of 2 ounces of steel from your shopping cart to the roof over your head.
Featuring a surface that looks like real wood, Reynobond Wood Grain aluminum composite material from Alcoa Architectural Products is made...
Englert Inc. now offers a rainwater harvesting certification program for roofing contractors who want to add a line of rainwater harvesting systems to their products and services.
The roof surface is the foundation of a rainwater catchment system and metal roofs offer many advantages.
Englert Environmental has unveiled the Englert Rainwater Harvesting System, a rainwater-harvesting solution that integrates metal roofing and rainware products with rainwater-harvesting technology.
