b'The Green Revolution Johnson By Bill Trend indicators all show aparadigmin new envirsharpshiftonmental thinking, high performan products, innovative technology and alden cegoopportunity moving at warp speed inglobalrket. Do you see the thema tidal wave of positive change upon us? Those who don\'t see the wave may not react and drown because of paradigm paralysis. However, those who embrace and help create this change blessmay ride the wave and have aing of prosperity. Positive change and marketdynamicswillprovidea cleaner, healthierenvironment anda decrease in energy consumption, resulting in savings that help free America from its growing dependence on foreign energy. Doesgoing green mean Baylor? 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At the 2008 It is ap tour business and communityhave aInternational Roofing E in Las Vegas, some s k glymethods com limen thatleaderscrystal xpotri in simple clear vision of the future and that they are diligentlyingthiswere presented to produce solar power, such as placing aonenviwork to achievegridan necessary goal and finding success.ronmen -friendly white TPO roof th producesits own energy. Wind tally at When a roofing contractor begins using the same coatingreduces the thatpower is another energy-friendly system that is reappearing due to high heat signature on Stealth aircraft and M1A2 tanks, you kn that savingenergy prices and advances made in wind systems tech logy.Powno roperty energy has become serious business. Does yourfaiant barrier,owners benefit from tax credits and accelerated depreciation. roo haveradbalancedventilation,reflectivesurfaces,impactresistance,monolithic,The future belongs towho prepare for it.~ , those moisture retarders,solar power? This is alist to assist not only andshortBill Johnson is president ofmember company Johnson Roofing, MRCA with the assembly of your building envelope, but also withmee ICCInc., Waco,Texas. ting codes and whether your roof is leaking air, water orit\'s all the same energy, because it costs you money. Systems designswith life cycle costing (SD) (LCC)aon your investment (ROI). A of these are providegreat returnllcalled high-performance roofs and create value for the property owners.lGSA Announces New Office Coo roofs offer sustainable resultsgive hotcool androofssolutions. Buyers are becoming more astute and educated and look at more thanofHigh-Performance Federal just the initial or lowest price.are looking for long-term value and savThey ings that w l cut costs and produce profitswell as protect the environ Green Buildings il as ment. Some roofs are now considered unclean, including arsenic-treated as asbestosnumber oft T Gen Services Administration (GSA) has establish an Office of wood shakes and shingles, as wellroofs. Afirefighheeraled ers have expressed great difficulty in fighting a fire against awith buildingF l High-Performance Green Bu ings to ensure full coordination of edera ildthese roofs because of the toxic fumes.environmentally-conscious Severalhigh-performance green b grmation and activities within the uildin info govcountries have outlawed them and many landfills do notthe disposal allowernment as mandated by the recently-enacted Energy Independence and re Security Act of 2007. This newly created office will work inwith of these materials; they areferred to as "poison roofs." conjunction vironmentalthe D of Energy\'s office thathave a similar responsibility for Ranchers and cowboys, believe it or not, are becoming enepartmentwill activists andrun light herds to let their pastures breathe. Ranchers h commercial buildings. ave reduced or eliminated enhanced growth hormones,isoning, and fertilizapo The duties of the office outlined in the legislation are to:ad-establishFetion and, in some cases, locked han rather than horns with environmendseral Green Building Advisory Comm ; identify and develop technical itteetalists topreserve thewetlands and protect thepastures bypromotingstandards for high-performan green bu ;lish green practices ceildings estabab grazingflour for operations and maintenance of facilities;and dissustain letechniques that help wildlife and the environment provide information ish. The new generation of rancher knows how to work with the environ seminate research results; identify practices andach high-pertools toieve mentalaspectsforsurvival.Longhorncattle andotherbreedsprovideforman greenbuildingsthroughbu andcontracting;identify cedgeting organically-grown beet thataprice,the market for it is bringspremiumandopportunities toinnovative technologies and concepts; and,~demonstrate growing rapidly. N the same tools that began destroying the environmentidentify in to encourage high-performancegreenbuildings and\'I owcentives progare being used to save it by aram called partnering.technologies. 12'