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From price to creative freedom, council approvals, structural integrity and government grants we break down all the reasons why its worth considering a steel kit home...
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7 September 2017
Did you know that COLORBOND® steel can be a good choice for your home, your wallet and our planet?
While it’s widely known that the colour of your roof can make a difference to your electricity bill, it’s less known that five of the COLORBOND® steel colours qualify as solar reflective roofing by Green Star.
Read our article on How To Boost the Eco-Friendliness of your home
In this same league are the remaining COLORBOND® colours (except Night Sky®) which feature Thermatech® solar reflective technology. Thermatech® has been engineered to reflect more of the sun’s heat which can result in less use of air-conditioning and reduce heat stress on your roof.
COLORBOND® steel is durable and resilient against our climate which prolongs its life and conserves resources that may have been exhausted on other products with shorter lifespans. COLORBOND® steel contains recycled content and is itself 100% recyclable.
Through COLORBOND® steels solar reflective technology, durability, longer product lifespan and recyclability our sheds are a responsible choice for your future and the environment.
Read our article on Colorbond vs Zincalume.
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