Cool your roof the Daley way

Roof shingles - in metal!

              This morning I subscribed to the Metal Roofing Magazine… What? You want to subscribe to it too?        Well, I see your point: this issue has a lot of cool new products and one of them is metal shingles!        What a great idea for any application!       [...]

Green Roof Plant Suppliers

What makes a green roof green? Plants, of course! So where do these plants come from and what are some of the choices? I have been looking into this and am going to discuss three suppliers: Green Roof Blocks, Live Roof, and Green Grid. Green Roof Blocks provides[...]

Through the Roof with an Elevator “Penthouse”

Part of finding the best location for an elevator is to make sure there are no major obstacles on the roof. It is generally required in order to meet safety clearances above the elevator cab that the roof is raised in the area above the elevator shaft. [...]

using mass to cool your house

using mass to cool your house Wednesday, April 4th in engineering, renewable energy, climate change, house, energy, architecture, italy | No comments… using mass to cool your house[...]

Um, what is keeping up the roof?

The home inspector missed it. Two architects missed it. And for years, we missed it, too. Thanks to our demolition efforts, something caught my eye and led me to ask Matt, “Um, what is keeping up the roof?” The drywall installer had done a nice job of[...]