| Did you know that a commercial roofing contractor | | | | environmentally friendly materials and materials that |
| can not only stop leaks and replace a building's roof, | | | | cut energy costs. A commercial roofing contractor |
| but they also save the owner money on their taxes? | | | | can assess just what types of options are available |
| I will get to that in a minute, because a commercial | | | | to building owners depending on the structural |
| roofing contractor has lots of knowledge regarding | | | | integrity of the building, but think of the possibilities! |
| some things that most people don't know they know | | | | Now a commercial roofing contractor cannot tell the |
| about, like saving money on utilities, and what | | | | commercial building owner just how much of a tax |
| commercial building owners can do to take advantage | | | | credit an owner can claim on their taxes, but they |
| of tax credits that the federal government is offering | | | | can tell the owner which materials qualify and how |
| to building owners wanting green roofing. | | | | much of an initial cost the building owner will have to |
| The newest trends in commercial building construction | | | | pay for the green roofing. Only a tax professional |
| are not only environmentally friendly, but they can | | | | can give commercial building owners advice about |
| also put quite a bit of money back into the owner's | | | | what they need to do to qualify, because there is a |
| pocket. I'm talking about green roofing and how a | | | | certification requirement that must be made, and the |
| commercial roofing contractor can create a beautiful | | | | IRS recommends that commercial building owners get |
| retreat atop commercial buildings. These fabulous | | | | that certificate from a tax professional. |
| gardens can provide a place to soak up the sunny | | | | Commercial building owners should do a couple of |
| Southern California weather and turn it into cash for | | | | things to get started. First, talk to a tax professional |
| commercial property owners. | | | | about the requirements for the tax credits because |
| In some places in the world architects are getting | | | | different types of renovations qualify for different |
| together with commercial roofing contractors and | | | | credits, but in some cases the credits can be equal to |
| designing some really amazing green roofing spaces | | | | the total cost of the job. Then, do some research |
| atop commercial buildings that would normally just | | | | and find a commercial roofing contractor that can |
| soak up the hot sun and transfer that heat into the | | | | help with the details of the retrofitting. There are |
| interior of the building, there by driving utility costs up. | | | | many options that include things like elaborate green |
| Some commercial building owners are then leasing | | | | roofing, water collection system that utilize rain water |
| these spaces out to nurseries or to biotech | | | | as supplemental grey water, and heat reflection |
| companies and thereby increasing their generated | | | | systems that keep the sun from cooking the building. |
| incomes with normally wasted spaces. | | | | Building owners wanting to utilize wasted space and |
| Now here is the best part, the Federal Government | | | | turn a profit should find it easy to find a commercial |
| has passed several different bills that allow | | | | roofing contractor with experience, they just have to |
| commercial property owners to take advantage of | | | | look. |
| tax credits for retrofitting existing building with | | | | |