Tecta America | 19 and support in the environmental roof market. Hagan says by working with the best and brightest in enterprise, Tecta has remained at the forefront of advances which benefit the work of the industry, a position that often finds Tecta testing out new products and applications long before they penetrate widely throughout the market. And rest assured, Tecta’s green roofing solutions are expanding throughout the market. Hagan says he is especially encouraged to see the formation of organizations such as the Washington D.C. –based Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing (CEIR). By focusing on the intersection between roofing and energy and environmental performance, CEIR hopes to provide a forum to more effectively draw the entire roofing industry to develop a knowledge base, bestpractices model and a ratings system similar to that imparted by LEED standards. Those standards are quite aligned with the very techniques Tecta America has been deploying for many years now. Hagan believes that as understanding of the benefits are more understood and more communicated, it will prompt a new era in roofing innovation, which may mean more competition, but as Hagan says, “It will be good for the environment and good for everyone in business.” For those who emerge in these industry applications, there will be certain benefit from work Tecta has already undertaken, not only in terms of education to students or owners and tenants of properties where they’ve worked, but also municipal permitting officials. Even in some of the most progressive communities, Hagan says permitting staffs are sometimes unaccustomed to the applications that Tecta advances. Permitting in these areas requires expenditures of time, explanation and coaching, as Hagan says, some communities are still playing catch-up. “More and more people are beginning to understand exactly what the roof can contribute to the performance of a building. That awareness is going to drive the industry to adopt these methods and I think increasing competition will actually help legitimize the environmental solutions coming to the market,” says Hagan. “We’ve been a lone wolf for a long time, but I think these techniques will make for a better industry and a better future for everybody.”
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