Roof Monitor February Round-Up: News in Roofing, Architecture, Weather, and Technology

Blizzards like this one in Calgary have won top billing in the news lately, thanks to winter storm Juno and more. Photo by Colby Stopa, via Flickr with Creative Commons License

Blizzards like this one in Calgary have won top billing in the news lately, thanks to winter storm Juno and more.
Photo by Colby Stopa, via Flickr with Creative Commons License

Roofing Contractor takes an in-depth look at Michigan-based No Roof Left Behind, an innovative program designed to help local roofers help their communities.

Exciting materials poised to help shape architecture and construction over the next year are profiled in Architect Magazine.

Snow, snow, and more snow: winter storm Juno had everyone talking. Read and watch recaps of the historic blizzard on Weather.com.

The World Expo will run for six months in Milan starting in May, and China’s architectural plans have the whole world talking, via Quartz.

WhaTech details a report on the roofing industry that looks back over the past two years and makes projections through 2019.

Professional Roofing magazine outlines key safety precautions all SPF roof system installers should follow.

Author Lynn Brunelle offers a beyond cool tutorial on how to collect, preserve, and make snowflakes, via NPR’s Science Friday.

The Atlantic asks: could a computer create as many different snowflake shapes as nature?

 

Posted on: February 9, 2015