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VIVA palma sintética para eliminar las molestias de insectos y murciélagos
Los insectos y murciélagos son una de las grandes preocupaciones para los negocios y residencias que consideran la palma natural para sus techos. Una de las principales razones por las que nuestros clientes eligen nuestra palma sintética sobre la palma natural, es evitar los molestos insectos y murciélagos. En VIVA Palm, amamos la palma natural, [...]
Magagascar Giant Palms On Verge Of Extinction
People too regularly think that natural palm thatch is environmentally friendly, just because it's compostable. The truth is, by the time it's sprayed with layers of pesticide and flame retardant chemicals every couple of years, it's not even a healthy compost material. The truth is the natural palm thatch industry and palm industry has pushed [...]
Benefits Of Green Building Strategies
When designers integrate green building strategies into their projects, they maximize environmental performance. Plus, they maximize economic performance. Plenty of other benefits also exist. For example, green building protects biodiversity and ecosystems. It improves air and water quality. It conserves natural resources. Green building also reduces operation costs and improves worker productivity. It also improves [...]
Choosing Regions Series Thatch Shingles For Commercial Buildings
Designers of commercial buildings are choosing Endureed Regions Series synthetic thatch to appeal to the growing pool of eco-conscious consumers. The beauty and natural feel of our products is far from the only reason to choose these roofing products though. Thermoplastic Resin Endureed’s Regions series shingles are made using thermoplastic resins. This formula affords the end [...]
Estimated Price Of A New Roof
If you're in the market for a new roof, you obviously would like to know an estimated price. Many will reach out to a roofing contractor with the size of their roof and expect to get a close estimate. Unfortunately, multiple factors go into pricing a roofing job. Reputable roofers will need to know more [...]
LEED Certification – Levels And Credit Categories
Somerset-1024x355 Achieving LEED certification really can increase per-room-revenue for hotels and resorts. We discussed the research that indicated the increase in revenue for hotels, which doesn't even take into consideration utility cost savings of increased efficiency, in a previous blog post. So, today, we summarize LEED Certification levels and categories. Even a local [...]
Luxury Tropical Resort Finds Innovative Solution To Rats, Bats, And Snakes
Think about your worst nightmare as a resort owner. Fire, hurricane, bug and rodent infestation, or maybe worse, negative customer reviews. One high-end resort experienced two of those. The issues were discovered when multiple travel sites began to report stories of rodents and snakes checking in unannounced with their paying guests, the management team at [...]
How Long Does A Natural Thatched Roof Last On A Home?
You will hear people say that a thatch roof made of natural water reed will last four or five decades. That sounds impressive, right? It's not quite that simple though. While you can retain parts of the roof for that long, around every eight years you will need to completely replace the roof ridge. Then, [...]
As Hurricane Florence Threatens Category 5 Status, What Kind Of Damage Is Expected?
Hurricane Florence may reach a Category 5 status tonight an into Thursday before weakening. Earlier today, Florence dipped to a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. Still, experts say we can't rule out that Florence could reach the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Our thoughts are certainly with the millions [...]
