Sunday 19 April 2015

New 'cool roof time machine' will accelerate cool roof deployment

ENERGY TECH
New 'cool roof time machine' will accelerate cool roof deployment
Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2015 - Cool roofs can help keep buildings cool, thus lowering the building's energy use, while also mitigating the urban heat island effect by reflecting sunlight away from buildings and cities. But as cool roofs age and get soiled, how much of their reflectance do they lose? A collaboration led by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has established a method to simu ... more


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