This is good news for companies looking to participate as solar power providers in the Ontario Power Authority’s Feed-In Tariff program. The FIT program offers guaranteed payment per kilowatt of power deliver into the grid, but requires participating providers to utilize a minimum of 50 percent domestic content.

All MetalWorks shingles in “cool colors” were recently named Energy Star-qualified products, making them eligible for application for the American Reinvestment & Recovery Act federal tax credits of 2009.

CFR Insul-Solar is a comprehensive insulated solar standing seam roof system. The system utilizes a thin-film solar laminate fused to the surface of the roofing panel substrate. The panel/laminate bond has been proven to withstand winds of 160 mph.

The courses are taught by PPG representatives throughout the United States, and can be scheduled as lunch presentations at architectural firms or at the time and place of a firm’s choice.

A Roofing Professional's Guide to LEED contains background information, descriptions of possible roofing-related points for three of the most widely used LEED project types and an explanation of LEED's professional credentialing program.

Rural Builder Green, a digital magazine you can view right on your computer screen, is growing, with more project stories and more ideas about sustainable products for contractors, roofers and architects!

Utilizing its highly energy-efficient insulated roof systems, Metl-Span can be considered the proven retrofit alternative for building owner’s who need to substantially increase a building’s thermal performance.

NCCER curriculum gets OK from LEED

Installing a new type of PV system may be intimidating, but according to Walter Fox, estimator with Roofing Concepts, there is nothing to fear with ATA-Solar.

Maine Coast  incorporates Dawn Solar with VP building, roofing project that turns into an award winner