Mission & Vision

Mission

The Center established itself as a not-for-profit 501 (c)(6) organization headquartered in Washington, DC to serve as a forum to draw together the entire roofing industry to the common cause of promoting the roofing knowledge base, development and use of environmentally responsible high performance roof systems.

Vision

The Center strives to remain the world's premier organization promoting high performance roof systems. To succeed in this goal, the Center aims to achieve the following objectives:

• Serve as an information clearinghouse for information pertaining to energy, the environment and roofing
• Coordinate and encourage objective research
• Serve as a research link between academia and industry and provide a forum for ongoing peer review of such research
• Safeguard jurisdiction to ensure new roofing products, systems and services remain within the sphere of the roofing industry
• Expand market opportunities for contractors, design consultants and manufacturers
• Perform science-based advocacy on the industry's behalf to ensure a favorable market climate for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies
• Coordinate both US and international standards and codes