Berkeley Lab engineers have developed a roof coating that can keep a building warmer or cooler, depending on the weather. When it’s warm out, the material will reflect sunlight and heat, but this ...

Q: When you were writing about roof repair and replacement, I never saw anything on tar-and-gravel roofs. I just bought a house. At my prepurchase inspection, I was told the roof was in pretty good ...

Adding a white, reflective coating to a rooftop can help keep a house cooler in the summer and save on air-conditioning bills. But if you live in a city with cold winters, the same coating leads to ...

CANTON, MA – Sika Sarnafil announced the availability of Sikacoat roof coatings, the latest addition to the company’s roofing product line and an economical solution to extend the life of existing ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — The American Chemical Society held a news briefing March 21 to feature a new energy-saving technology. It’s an ostensibly “smart” coating for roofing materials that knows when to ...

Q:We would appreciate your advice regarding our San Francisco home's roof. We have a 1915 Edwardian with a flat tar-and-gravel roof in one of the "sunny" San Francisco neighborhoods. We've had the ...

Q–Part of our house is under a flat gravel roof that has no insulation. Is there anything we can do to make that part of the home more comfortable? It is always so hot in the summer. A–Researchers ...

Rising construction costs are driving New Zealand commercial property owners to explore alternatives to traditional roof replacement, with coating-based restoration emerging as a practical solution ...