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Bob Zabcik | Jul 27, 2016

Metal Roofs Have Solar Advantage

Ā A large roof can become a resource that saves significant money on energy consumption and helps reduce emissions of CO2 and it turns out metal roofs make excellent hosts for solar panels.


Bob Zabcik | Dec 23, 2015

Taking the LEED in Construction

LEED is a rating system that allows a building to score points for doing things more sustainably, in a variety of ways. There are different kinds of LEED points that relate to materials, energy consumption, jobsite sustainability, and more.Ā 

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The ā€˜fuzz factorā€™ in engineering: when continuous improvement is neither

The biggest threat to human life in a building isnā€™t the potential of natural disasters, but the threat of human error. I believe itā€™s a reality that increases in probability every time a code or standard change is proposed.Ā 

Bob Zabcik

Bob Zabcik
Director of Research and Development
NCI

Bob Zabcik is NCIā€™s Director of Research and Development. He is a LEED Accredited Professional and a Registered Professional Engineer with more than 20 years of experience. He serves on several professional committees such as the MBMA Energy Committee and Sustainability Committee as well as several task groups of those committees. Ā He is also on the Board of the Cool Metal Roofing Coalition and serves as the Director of their technical committee.

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