Spending too much on your energy bills? As a business owner, utility costs can represent a significant financial burden. This is especially the case in Frisco, TX, and surrounding communities, where massive heat can affect your HVAC. Your commercial roofing is your first line of defense against high temperatures.
Upgrading your commercial roofing can lead to:
- Direct energy savings
- Extended lifespan for your HVAC
- Cooler urban environment
At Lonestar General Commercial Contracting, we can help with commercial roofing upgrades for businesses in North Texas. Based in Frisco, we provide construction services in communities throughout the area. Contact us today to request a quote.
How to Lower Your Facility’s Overhead with Commercial Roofing Upgrades
Commercial roofing can lead to lower energy costs in two key ways. First, designing a cooler roof makes it easier to reflect solar rays. The roof bounces sunlight off of it, including infrared and UV rays. This causes the rays to go back into the atmosphere before they have a chance to turn into heat.
A roof made from thermo polyolefin can reflect as much as 80% of sunlight, keeping your roof significantly cooler.
While a roof can’t reflect 100% of the sun’s rays, it can emit the heat it does absorb. Thermal emittance is the roof’s ability to release the heat it captures. High-emittance materials can radiate heat back into the sky as infrared energy, ensuring it doesn’t heat up your business. This helps your building stay cool during long summer days.
3 Ways Commercial Roofing Upgrades Lower Your Business’ Overhead
Using energy-efficient materials for your commercial roofing can lower overhead for your business in three ways:
Direct Energy Savings
Upgrading the color and material of your commercial roofing can drastically reduce cooling demand, even during peak summer months. By installing a white, thermo polyolefin roof, we can reduce the surface temperature by 50 to 60 degree Fahrenheit. This keeps your building significantly cooler compared to a black roof.
Reflecting heat means that it’s not entering your building. As a result, you don’t need to invest in air conditioning costs to keep you, your staff, and customers cool.
Extended HVAC Lifespan
Inefficient commercial roofing means your heating and cooling (HVAC) system has to work twice as hard to keep your building cool. The more consistently your AC unit runs, the more likely it will become strained and drive up energy costs.
Most commercial AC units fail from either constant short cycling or running at 100% capacity all day. Not only does this lead to more expensive energy bills, it also causes premature system failure. In this situation, you would need to invest in a new AC unit, which can cost thousands of dollars.
A cool roof, on the other hand, stabilizes your building’s temperature so that your AC unit runs less frequently. This reduces energy consumption, expensive bills, and emergency repair calls.
Cooler Urban Environment
Large warehouses and retail centers contribute to higher heat levels in their communities. By reflecting heat, you can potentially contribute to a cooler local environment. This benefits residents of the local area, as well as the environment.
It can also benefit your brand image, as customers and investors appreciate businesses that demonstrate corporate social responsibility.
Contact Our Team for Commercial Roofing Upgrades in North Texas
Stop paying an expensive “sun tax” to your utility company. Reduce overhead costs and keep your customers and staff cool with a commercial roofing upgrade. At Lonestar General Commercial Contracting, we specialize in commercial construction work in Frisco, TX, and the surrounding areas. We provide a range of interior and exterior construction services, including:
- Masonry
- Brick work
- Roofing upgrades
- Parking lot construction
- Painting
- Window installation
With years of experience in the industry, you can count on our team to deliver quality work. We’re also dedicated to excellent customer service. We’ll work closely with you to make sure your project stays on schedule and fits your needs.
Ready to lower energy bills for your business? Call (972) 838-1444 or contact us online today to discuss your project.