Roofs that were painted white or with other reflective colors not only look aesthetic but they could, in fact, be life-saving ...

The study also found that solar panels could reduce temperatures while generating energy. View on euronews ...

Things have changed since the Greeks and Romans used overlapping tiles as roofing materials. They weren’t unlike the clay and ...

An Algerian-Spanish research team has looked at how cool roofs (CR) could help increase power yield in bifacial rooftop PV systems and has found that the proposed combination offers higher energy ...

Ask about the type of shingles they install and recommend, the class designations for impact, wind and fire, and use the Cool Roof Rating Council’s database of roof products to check solar ...

As many as 249 lives could have been saved in London during the 2018 record-setting hot summer had the city widely adopted cool roofs, estimates a new study. As many as 249 lives could have been ...

The Federal Energy Management Program estimates you can save as much as $1.11 per square foot of roofing with an ENERGY STAR-qualified cool roof in ideal conditions. You can increase the energy ...

Researchers at University College London (UCL) and the University of Exeter used computer modelling to analyse the impact of “cool roofs” – painted white or reflective colours – on ...

This study models the effects of cool roofs and rooftop photovoltaics (RPVs) on air temperature and heat-related mortality in ...

or living roofs, can offset the effect of heat islands, a phenomenon that happens when buildings absorb and release heat without enough plant life around to cool the air. Green roofs can also ...

The researchers found that had cool, light-coloured roofs been widely installed throughout London, it could have cooled the city by about 0.8 degrees C on average, preventing the heat-related ...