Sustainable Metal Roofing Information Resource

Welcome to Metal Roof Manufacturers, a non-profit informational resource dedicated to educating homeowners about benefits and advantages of residential metal roofing. Metal is a sustainable building material offering durability and energy efficiency that translates into a long lasting and energy efficient metal roof for your home, and contributes towards greener and healthier environment.

Energy Efficient and Long lasting Roof

Metal roofing, a fastest growing roofing product in America, is a smart green roofing alternative to the conventional asphalt shingle roofs. While asphalt shingle bakes in the sun and drives heat into your home, metal roofing reflects solar thermal radiation helping you save anywhere from 25% to 40% on your cooling costs. The average lifespan of an asphalt shingle roof is only seventeen years. The asphalt shingle roof may require re-roofing every ten to twenty years. A Metal roof can easily last well over 50 years providing energy savings, and reliable protection for your home.

Metal Roofing - a green building material

Asphalt shingle is a petroleum based roofing material that is destined to end up in our landfills. Every year, thirteen billion pounds of asphalt shingles go into landfills to decompose in the earth polluting our environment. Metal roofing, on the other hand is a 100% recyclable at the end of its very long service life. Energy efficiency, sustainable reliability, and being 100% recyclable are the ingridients that make metal roofing a true green roofing material.

Residential Metal Roofing

Below you can see residential standing seam roof made from aluminum, a fully recyclable metal roofing material, installed on a new construction residential house in Boston, Massachusetts.

Residential metal roofing styles are designed to appeal to building owners of both, contemproary and historical buildings. Modern metal roofing styles avialble to the homeowners inlcude metal shingles, shakes, slate, and tiles. Standing seam sheets, and corrugated metal roofing offer another option that is more suitable for modern, and agricultural styles, respectively.

Metal Roofing Systems

Standing seam metal roof comprised of vertical roofing panels is a light weight roofing alternative to asphalt shingle. Standing seam panels can be made out of aluminum, steel, zinc, and copper. Coated with solar reflective paint standing seam roofs reflect solar radiant heat, which explains how it can save from 20% to 40% on cooling costs. Standing seam roofing is just one of the many metal roofing options available to the building owners.

Higher initial Price of Metal Roofing, is it justified ?

One of the major arguments causing much resistance to metal roofing is its higher initial cost of investment. It seems much more compelling to pay less for an asphalt shingle roof, but this thinking holds true only for the short run. (Such as when you need to quickly solve the leaky roof problem, or flip the house. And even then, metal roofing can actually make your property more attractive in the eyes of a potential buyer!)

Over a long run, metal roofing outshines and outlasts asphalt shingle roof. It significantly reduces energy consumption of cooling a house, which reduces your monthly and yearly cooling expenses. By not having to replace your roof every 10 to 20 years, you can really start reaping the benefits of metal roofing. Factor in the curb appeal and a lasting increase in the value of your home, (with over 90% of the initial remodeling costs recouped, and sustainable over time, plus the ongoing energy savings.) and metal roofing becomes a financially savvy remodeling decision.