Energy Efficiency

Day after day under the harsh sun, your commercial roof is taking a solar beating. When you consider North Texas’s sunny climate, combined with the almost-year-round high temperatures, you can expect premature aging and high utility costs with traditional roofing systems. Are you wondering what you can do about the weather’s effects on your business’s…

The weather in North Texas is a constant factor in our daily routines, affecting our business lives and budgets — weatherproof roofing can bring you peace of mind as a business owner. The summer utility bills skyrocket every year, and constantly changing winter conditions can cause headaches for businesses, too. Have you ever wondered if…

Let’s talk about two things that don’t go together very well — rubber roofing and the Texas weather. The summer weather in North Texas can be disastrous for your commercial rubber roofing. The heat this season will likely be severe, with temperatures for June through August expected to be above average in the region. Such…

In fall 2012, DFW Urethane was brought in by a hotel construction specialist on the renovation of an older hotel in a Gulf Coast-area entertainment district. The multi-story, 200-room luxury hotel had sustained exterior and interior storm damage earlier in the year, and needed to be ready to welcome guests by mid-January. The hotel construction…

Today, all aspects of building are becoming more energy-wise. The lighting industry actively promotes changing to LED and CFL light bulbs. More efficient HVAC systems deliver greater energy savings with higher SEER ratings. And new energy-efficient windows reduce radiant heat and leakage of conditioned air. All of those strategies are great for residential buildings, but…

Many of our customers come to us for help with old buildings, because they have problems with leaks or they get too hot or too cold. While some of those commercial buildings go back to the 1940s to 1960s, we also do a lot of work on older buildings. We’ve been involved in many projects…

For years now, we’ve heard from customers who have discovered a byproduct of their spray polyurethane foam (SPF) roofs: shrinking utility bills. When they hired us to spray their roofs, they were just focused on eliminating the water leaks that put their building’s contents and occupants at risk. The subsequent energy savings have been an…