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Climate Resiliency of Membrane Roofing Systems
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7731-4735
Climate change and its impacts are an immediate problem due to Canada warming at twice the global rate. As a result of the increased warming rate, the occurrence of extreme weather is expected to increase as is its impact on roofing systems across Canada. These changes can affect the low slope membrane roofing systems’ integrity and increase the probability of failure. Designing roofs to mitigate the effects of climate change requires a holistic solution. This includes access to climate projections that take into account local climate severity, proper resistance evaluation, and integration of quality assurance. The combination of these three elements forms the basis for the holistic approach and allows Canadians to have roofs that will be resilient and climate adaptable. This paper will focus on the standard developed by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) “CSA A123.26 Performance requirements for Climate Resilience of Low Slope Membrane Roofing Systems”. How this standard is composed and how it can be practically applied to increase the climate resiliency for new low slope membrane roofing systems across Canada will be achieved by initially discussing the inclusion of climate data, which is an essential input variable in the design of low slope membrane roofs. Furthermore, the current state of practice will also be discussed followed by select requirements of the standard.
Climate Resiliency of Membrane Roofing Systems
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7731-4735
Climate change and its impacts are an immediate problem due to Canada warming at twice the global rate. As a result of the increased warming rate, the occurrence of extreme weather is expected to increase as is its impact on roofing systems across Canada. These changes can affect the low slope membrane roofing systems’ integrity and increase the probability of failure. Designing roofs to mitigate the effects of climate change requires a holistic solution. This includes access to climate projections that take into account local climate severity, proper resistance evaluation, and integration of quality assurance. The combination of these three elements forms the basis for the holistic approach and allows Canadians to have roofs that will be resilient and climate adaptable. This paper will focus on the standard developed by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) “CSA A123.26 Performance requirements for Climate Resilience of Low Slope Membrane Roofing Systems”. How this standard is composed and how it can be practically applied to increase the climate resiliency for new low slope membrane roofing systems across Canada will be achieved by initially discussing the inclusion of climate data, which is an essential input variable in the design of low slope membrane roofs. Furthermore, the current state of practice will also be discussed followed by select requirements of the standard.
Climate Resiliency of Membrane Roofing Systems
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7731-4735
Climate change and its impacts are an immediate problem due to Canada warming at twice the global rate. As a result of the increased warming rate, the occurrence of extreme weather is expected to increase as is its impact on roofing systems across Canada. These changes can affect the low slope membrane roofing systems’ integrity and increase the probability of failure. Designing roofs to mitigate the effects of climate change requires a holistic solution. This includes access to climate projections that take into account local climate severity, proper resistance evaluation, and integration of quality assurance. The combination of these three elements forms the basis for the holistic approach and allows Canadians to have roofs that will be resilient and climate adaptable. This paper will focus on the standard developed by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) “CSA A123.26 Performance requirements for Climate Resilience of Low Slope Membrane Roofing Systems”. How this standard is composed and how it can be practically applied to increase the climate resiliency for new low slope membrane roofing systems across Canada will be achieved by initially discussing the inclusion of climate data, which is an essential input variable in the design of low slope membrane roofs. Furthermore, the current state of practice will also be discussed followed by select requirements of the standard.
Climate Resiliency of Membrane Roofing Systems
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Desjardins, Serge (editor) / Poitras, Gérard J. (editor) / Shyti, Flonja (author) / Baskaran, Bas (author)
Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference ; 2023 ; Moncton, NB, Canada
Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2023, Volume 1 ; Chapter: 18 ; 239-251
2024-10-01
13 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
ROOFING MEMBRANE, AND ROOFING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE ROOFING MEMBRANE
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