North American Roofing Wins Energy Management Award for IKEA Solar Project North American Roofing was

awarded a 2013 "Excellence in Energy Management" hono rable mention for their IKEA Perryville project, by the Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing. Asheville, NC, February 24, 2014 -- North American Roofing was awarded a 2013 " Excellence in Energy Management" honorable mention for their IKEA Perryville pro ject, by the Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing, according to Craig Silvertooth, president of The Center. Writing in behalf of The Center and RoofPoint , Silvertooth stated in the award lett er that "the project demonstrated a leading application of RoofPoint Energy Mana gement Credits, including roof energy efficiency and rooftop clean energy produc tion." RoofPoint is a voluntary, consensus-based green rating system developed b y the Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing to provide a means for buil ding owners and designers to select nonresidential roof systems based on long-te rm energy and environmental benefits. The North American Roofing Energy Solar Group installed 36,000 solar laminate pa nels to generate and add 5.2 million megawatts to the power grid. The project required more than 1.8 million square feet of solar roofing - the e quivalent of almost 36 football fields - to be installed on the IKEA distributio n center in Perryville, MD. Now the 3rd largest commercial and industrial roofing company in the United Stat es, since 1979, North American Roofing, Asheville, NC, has been a pioneer in the commercial single-ply roofing industry, specializing in commercial and industri al low-slope roof systems. Executive Vice President Kelly Wade said, With our crew capabilities, and the direc tion our business is going with more national customers wanting solar, this proj ect fit perfectly with North American Roofing s strategy. Like IKEA, we are focused on sustainability as part of our culture in everything we do. About North American Roofing: Now the 3rd largest commercial and industrial roofing company in the United Stat es, since 1979, North American Roofing, Asheville, NC, has been a pioneer in the commercial single-ply roofing industry, specializing in commercial and industri al low-slope roof systems. A leader in service, installation, quality, safety an d innovation, North American Roofing continues to offer pioneering solutions for today and the future: For facility managers, RoofGuard was created as a preventati ve-maintenance fixed cost program. And, as environmental concerns continue to gr ow, North American Roofing s Energy Services Group offers complete turnkey solar ene rgy solutions providing engineering, procurement and installation of today's mos t advanced high caliber solar arrays. Continuously in operation for three genera tions, and becoming employee-owned in 2012, North American Roofing has installed and serviced more than 950 million square feet of roofing on over 19,500 facili ties across the United States, in its 34-year history. About Roofpoint: RoofPoint is a voluntary, consensus-based green rating system developed by the C enter for Environmental Innovation in Roofing to provide a means for building ow ners and designers to select nonresidential roof systems based on long-term ener gy and environmental benefits. According to the RoofPoint, the rating system pro vides a simple, transparent and professional measure to ensure that new and repl acement roof systems are designed, installed and maintained in accordance with t he best sustainable practices available today.

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