United Steel Supply offers a variety of colors from which customers can choose for their building projects. We offer a 40-year limited paint warranty for all of our colors and have the capability of providing custom-tailored solutions according to our customers’ unique specifications.

United Steel Supply’s paint coatings provide reflectivity performance levels meeting ENERGY STAR® criteria.

Solar reflectivity or reflectance (SR) is the measure of a material’s ability to reflect solar energy or sunlight from its surface. SR values are numbered zero (0) to 1.0. A value of 0 indicates that the surface absorbs all solar energy and a value of 1.0 indicates total reflectance. ENERGY STAR requires an SR value of 0.25 or higher for steep slope roofing (above 2:12) and an SR value of 0.65 or higher for low slope roofing (2:12 or less). For more information, please visit www.energystar.gov.

The Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) is used to determine compliance with LEED® requirements and is calculated according to ASTM E 1980 using values for reflectance and emissivity. Emissivity is a material’s ability to release absorbed energy. To meet LEED requirements, a roofing material must have an SRI of 29 or greater for steep slope roofing and an SRI value of 78 or higher for low slope roofing. For more information the United States Green Building Council’s Web site at www.usgbc.com.

By using our coils for your metal roofing panels, you have the capability of reducing energy costs and increasing energy efficiency.