Buildings are becoming a large target for consumption-saving initiatives. This is similar to how motor vehicles have been assessed for the last 30 years. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), commercial buildings account for 18 percent of total energy consumption. Energy costs represent 30 percent of a typical building's annual budget and are the single largest operating cost.
Titus Steel's Metal is durable with a long life expectancy that benefits both building owners and the environment by lowering the demand to produce replacement systems. Green building is a good idea and good for business with both social and monetary benefits.
With the proper design, cool roofs save energy by reducing a building's heating/cooling responsibilities. Many electric facilities offer rebates for cool roofing materials to help save energy and reduce peak demand. Because Titus Steel's Metal roofing systems are coated with infrared reflective Cool Roof finishes, much of the sun's infrared radiation is reflected, offering energy savings, including the reduction of air-conditioning costs by 20%. Metal's low thermal mass will not store heat and radiate it into a building during the evening.
Long-term effects are also prevalent when building green. Cool metal roofing can help to mitigate the "urban heat island" effect by reducing the demand on utilities for electricity generated by the burning of fossil fuels. A heat island is a dark surface with little or no vegetation to provide shade and cool the air that absorbs more heat from the sun than other surfaces. Heat islands are one of the main environmental concerns.
