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Tecta America | 11 In terms of the benefits for customers, Hagan explains than on any 90 degree day, typical roofs will swelter to a blazing blast of 160 degrees, which puts a sufficient burden on cooling systems that have to work doubly hard. A green roof, however, stays closer to the ambient temperature, thus helping in- terior spaces stay cool right along with util- ity costs. Green roofs also help extend the overall life of a roof (with some case studies showing these to have double the lifespan of conventional roofs) because they better mitigate impacts from UV rays or other en- vironmental conditions. Vegetative roofing systems not only allow for increased energy efficiency and environ- mental protection, but also an important benefit resulting from reduced storm water run-off. Hagan says vegetation can help re- tain large amounts of storm water, which ul- timately gets evaporated rather than drain- ing into a retention pond or sewage system, which again poses genuine economic ben- efits. Tecta’s daylighting systems have also prov- en effective to diminishing utility costs. Arti- ficial interior lighting can constitute as much as a third of a business’ total energy costs. Specially designed to provide maximum streaming of the sun’s natural illumina Augustine