In many cold-storage designs, the roof membrane serves as both the vapor retarder and the air barrier and must tie continuously into the wall air barrier, as discussed in Building Enclosure Online’s ...

A commercial roof is one of a building’s longest-lived assets, and it sits directly in the path of any future rooftop solar array. If reroofing and photovoltaics (PV) are planned separately, owners ...

Panelized wood roofs have been in use for more than 40 years west of the Mississippi, where wood has always been plentiful, but the roofing system is new to regions east of the mighty river and in ...

Structural risks from solar panel installations primarily involve weight distribution problems and roof integrity issues ...