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SPACE
Roof looking rough?
Ray Rosewall of DaVinci Roofscapes in Massachusetts offers these insider tips for knowing when it’s time to get a new roof.
- Your neighbors have new roofs and you want to maintain the value of your home.
- Your neighbors have not added a new roof and you want to increase the resale value of your home.
- Your geographic area has seen an increase in severe weather conditions such as hail, tornados or excessive snow.
- Your existing roof is functional but has staining that detracts from the look of the home.
- You want to switch to a low-maintenance roof with a 50-year warranty.
- You don’t want to worry about wood rot caused by wood shakes and termites.
ENERGY
Avoid the paper trail
Direct deposit has helped American businesses save $6.7 billion in the past decade, according to a 2009 survey released by the PayitGreen Alliance, a coalition of financial services companies that is committed to educating consumers and businesses about the positive environmental impact of choosing electronic payments, bills and statements instead of paper. Learn more at or . Just one person using direct deposit over the past decade saved 1 pound of paper, eliminated the release of 4 gallons of wastewater, prevented the release of 1 pound of greenhouse gases and saved a business an average of $176.55. If every U.S. employee had direct deposit, more than 11 million pounds of paper would be saved, more than 105 million gallons of wastewater would avoid being released, 4 million gallons of gas would be saved, and 31 million pounds of greenhouse gases wouldn’t be released into the atmosphere.
