Italian physician Santorio Santorio is the father of the thermometer, inventing the heat-measuring device way back in the early 1600s. About a hundred years later, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (yes, the inventor of the heat-measuring scale) improved on Santorio’s thermoscope by coming up with its modern-day design — the mercury-based thermometer. Even then, 400 years ago, they […]
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The number one goal of any roof system is simple: Keep water, in all its forms, out of your structure. Here are the top five reasons it can fail: 1) UV Oxidation and Thermal Load The sun is the source of all life on Earth, and one of the main sources of roof degradation. The […]
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They call it “garbage coffee,” and we’re not talking about those double-doubles that pass as caffeinated beverages. It’s the leachate that oozes out of landfills, a vicious brew of heavy metals and chemicals that can contaminate the groundwater table. There is no such thing as a safe landfill, despite the proliferation of modern liners and […]
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The roofing industry leaves a massive carbon footprint, no better illustrated than by the number of large gas and diesel-powered vehicles that dominate the trades vehicle pool. Many of the large firms that specialize in roof replacements have multiple tandems, tractors, boom trucks, etc. — all large carbon emitters.
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As RMS’s business model is to preserve roofing assets, it is incumbent on us to not benefit from those large-scale roof replacements and installations, allowing us to avoid conflicts in our approach and culture.
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The roofing industry leaves a massive carbon footprint, no better illustrated than by the number of large gas and diesel-powered vehicles that dominate the trades vehicle pool. Many of the large firms that specialize in roof replacements have multiple tandems, tractors, boom trucks, etc. — all large carbon emitters.
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