Cool Roof Legislation - Past And Present

摘要

On August 8,2005 President George W. Bush signed into law the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct05). That legislation had an impact on the use of cool metal roofing because tax incentives in the law pertained to energy efficient building improvements. The bill provided up to $2000 in tax credits to contractors involved in new home construction. For renovations to homes, a $500 tax credit was available to homeowners if they used a cool metal roof as a "qualified energy efficient improvement" to the home. The law defined Qualified Energy Efficient Improvements as "any energy efficient building envelope component which meets the prescriptive criteria for such components established by the 2000 IECC (or in the case of a metal roof with appropriate pigmented coatings which meet the ENERGY STAR program requirement.)