Sustainable Design Roof

The sustainable roof design can go up against different style that when nitty gritty right can ooze a cutting edge feel.

Sustainable design roof. Oddly enough one of the most sustainable roofing products is clay tile. Shakes and shingles are fairly energy intensive to produce and are only moderately durable much less than slate and clay tile. Sustainable design is good business plain and simple. But the benefits of sustainable roofing have a much broader impact as well.

In response the center for environmental innovation in roofing has developed a voluntary consensus based guideline for sustainable roofing systems called roofpoint. Because of the increasing complexity in sustainable roofing more sophisticated design and decision tools are needed. This abundance of materials from which to choose has greatly complicated roof system design. Wood shakes and shingles are arguably the most and perhaps only sustainable roofing materials because wood is a sustainable resource.

But it has also expanded the options for integrating roofing elements into the building to support sustainable design aesthetics and other project goals. It is made of natural product obtained from clay pits is highly durable and recyclable. Of course that assumes the roofing comes from sustainably harvested sources.