metal roof

With soaring energy costs and a hot summer just beginning, homeowners are looking for any way to keep the months ahead cool.  One option that many do not consider is “cool,” metal roofing.  Cool, metal roofing is eco-friendly, sustainable, and can save you twenty percent or more on your energy bill.

In such a tough real estate market, eco-friendly and sustainable metal roofing can help sell homes by differentiating them from a neighborhood full of cookie cutter look-a-likes.  Metal roofing is attractive as well as energy-efficient, and most systems have lifetime warranties that are transferrable to the next owner.

Southern Metal Roofing, an eco-friendly Atlanta roofing company, posts a blog weekly about how to make your home greener.  This week's blog concerns the use of rain barrels to collect rain water for use on your lawn and garden.  The post also discusses why metal roofs and rain harvesting systems make such a great combination.

This is a great article that discusses eco-friendly alternatives for residential roofing. I was really surprised at the aluminum and steel roofing information.