Advanced Residential Roof Systems (September
2005, 34p)
This Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH)
report outlines a research agenda for developing residential
roof systems that serve multiple functions and improve performance
over current systems. The scope of this agenda covers residential
single-family type buildings, roofs of all ranges of pitch,
and roof systems encompassing all components and subsystems
from the top of the wall at the ceiling to the roof covering.
In particular, five sets of strategies are detailed to achieve
gains in (1) hazard mitigation, (2) energy performance of
roofs, (3) safety and efficiency in roof system construction,
(4) roof functionality, and (5) improving the environmental
impact of roofs.
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