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Thomas Knuckey Brava Roof Tile the building envelope. The industry’ s job now is to be honest about the whole lifecycle: source responsibly, manufacture cleanly, build products that last, make them serviceable with minimal intervention, and give them somewhere to go besides landfill when they’ re done. When durability and recycled content work together, the sustainability benefit is real. ■
Thomas Knuckey is Director of Product Management at Brava Roof Tile, a manufacturer of beautifully authentic, high-performance synthetic roofing products, offering alternatives to cedar shake, slate, and Spanish barrel tiles. The brand’ s mission is to bring innovative, sustainable building products to market. Its tiles are manufactured from up to 85 percent recycled materials that can be recycled at the end of their lifecycle. B offers a 50-year transferable warranty, underscoring the product’ s durability, and all BRAVA products are Class 4 impact-rated, the highest rating in the industry, as well as offered with the highest standards for wind, fire, and impact, and are even UV resistant.
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