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MEREDITH — Tim Carter decided to research the deficiencies of modern asphalt shingles when he noticed the roof on his home in Meredith was starting to fail just nine years into a life span that was supposed to last 30 years.

At the U of T rooftop lab, researchers are looking to fine-tune a growing technology.

  MANHATTAN — Macy’s 11-floor flagship store in Herald Square is considering transforming its roof into a park with restaurants and green space.

Gazing out at a secret network of roof terraces from the rooftop of a ceramics shop, I realise why Chios in the Aegean Sea is no ordinary Greek island.

Years from now if Michael Horn has kids and they ask him what he did while he was a student at Emmaus High School, he can point to a green and gray building with a retractable roof behind the school and say: “I designed that.”

Bilt-Well Roofing was established in 1936 in Los Angeles and built on the foundation of integrity and professionalism, and with the promise of delivering premium quality commercial and residential roofing. The company provides elite workmanship using a professional team of licensed, well-qualified, in-house labor subcontractors.…