When one speaks of going green, you may think of being bestowed with a big responsibility. The truth is, going green means doing the simplest of things as long as they benefit the environment. This doesn’t mean, of course, that you should plant a hundred trees right way. You can, in fact, just make a few adjustments in your own home.
One initiative is to conserve energy. When you reduce energy consumption, you are ultimately reducing carbon dioxide emissions. It’s not particularly about giving up comfort. All it takes is a little enhancement on one of the key areas of your home: the roof.
A Yahoo article entitled, “Make Your Roof Energy Efficient” points out an energy-efficient way to update your roof:
The older your shingles are, the less energy efficient they become. Aging shingles lose their granules and fiberglass after time. This exposes the black-colored asphalt or organic felt to the surface. As the shingles get darker, they absorb more sunlight and get hotter, decreasing the energy efficiency of your home.
A quick solution would be to have energy-saving shingles installed as they transfer less heat to your home. With a low roof temperature, the amount of energy required to cool your home can be reduced.
Another energy-saving option is having metal roofs installed by professional metal roofing companies in Hampton NH like Performance Roofing. The Yahoo article explains why this is a sustainable type of roofing system:
Metal roofing may be a more expensive roofing material than asphalt shingles, but its green features outweigh the costs and actually saves money in the long term. A metal roof could result in as much as a 30 percent decrease in your home’s energy consumption rates. Another benefit of metal roofing is it ages very slowly. A metal roof will outlive you. A typical metal roof will last easily over one hundred years.
During the summer, a metal roof can help you save up to 40% energy in cooling cost. Since it’s designed to reflect a significant amount of heat from the sun back into the atmosphere, attic and home temperature can decrease comfortably in the process. As for the winter months, the metal material can also act as a heat insulator to keep your home warm throughout the season.
Apart from its energy-saving factor, metal roofs are recycled and you can easily install them on top of an existing roof. Best of all, as a maintenance-free material, metal roofs can give your home long-lasting protection. So, go green and save energy—consider metal roofing and call a Hampton NH metal roofing company to learn more about the benefits.
(Article Excerpt and Image from Make Your Roof Energy Efficient, Yahoo, Feb 7, 2011)
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