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NYC White Roof Requirements Update

By Taylor Pineiro On February 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In In the News
The City Council recently made the cool roofing requirements stricter in the NYC building code! We want to thank the members of the City Council who signed on to this important change! Download the Pdf and read the report here: NYC-Cool-Roof-Legislation-Local-Law-21 Int. No. 347-A By Council Member Garodnick, Brewer, Chin, Comrie, Fidler, Gentile, Gonzalez, James, Koppell, Lander, [...]
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White Roofs in Hawaii!

By Taylor Pineiro On January 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Roof Pictures
Our Executive Director went to Hawaii and all we got were these pictures of white roofs! It’s ok though, because we think that they are awesome! Thank you Heather for sharing your beautiful photos! Have you seen a white roof in your travels? Many warm climates have always embraced lighter color building materials to ward [...]
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Join Our Team!

On December 22, 2011 By jcpe
This year, we’ve had much to celebrate. Now it’s time to grow. You’ve been our inspiration from the beginning. Here’s your chance to be part of our team. We are seeking 2 board members, 7 junior board coordinators and grant research volunteers to help make White Roof Project run. Join an exciting team of nonprofit entrepreneurs [...]
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White Roofs in Brooklyn!

On December 2, 2011 By jcpe
A friend recently sent us this picture of white roof tops in Brooklyn’s Fort Green these houses are roughly between Flatbush av., Myrtle Av., Tillary st. and N Portland Av. Beautiful sight!
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White Roof Project Across the Globe!

On November 29, 2011 By jcpe
Recently we were featured in the Danish Newspaper Nyhedsbladet! Unfortunately the WRP team is a little rusty on our Danish, but that doesn’t mean we’re not thrilled to be mentioned!
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NYC Event : 12/8 D3 Green Group – Choose Reality

On November 14, 2011 By jcpe
Our Friends at D3 Green Group are hosting a talk on Climate Change on December 8th, hosted by Paul Reale. It’s going to be a great event! RSVP below! RSVP here — Facebook Event Here To most people, the topic of climate change can feel overwhelming. Many people don’t understand the science; some feel swayed [...]
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White Roofs: Caught in the Crosshairs of Climate Change

On November 8, 2011 By jcpe
White roofing – it’s a time-honored concept that’s gained renewed popularity in past three years when strong advocates like Energy Secretary Chu and other notables began touting its energy saving and climate change benefits. White roofing has been catching on in urban areas; and its execution has occurred largely unfettered by the esoteric language of [...]
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Experience Auction & Raffle Winners!

On October 31, 2011 By jcpe
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our event on Wednesday just in time for the painting season to come to a close with SNOW on Saturday! We raised over $3,500 to go directly to our Model Block as well as a great kick-start to the 2012 painting season! Here are our [...]
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Donate Your Twitter Account!

On October 27, 2011 By jcpe
We just signed up for Donate Your Account! It’s a simple step to help us out over on twitter @roofproject! With Donate Your Account we will automatically re-tweet only our best tweets from your account about once a week (there’s an option for 1 a day but it will probably be less than that!) It’s [...]
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Students in the Philippines Spearhead a White Roof Project

On October 24, 2011 By jcpe
We thought this was a great article about the power of young people and of white roofing. Climate change is a big problem; and white rooftops are only a small part of the larger solution. But, the easy implementation and tangible aspects of white roofs help make them a first step that everyone can get [...]
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