01
Nov
Since being appointed as the Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu has been talking all about the benefits of white roofs. Now he's going to put his own department where his mouth is by...
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01
Nov
SAN FRANCISCO — Returning to their ranch-style house in Sacramento after a long summer workday, Jon and Kim Waldrep were routinely met by a wall of heat.
“We’d come home in the summer, and the...
01
Nov
The Associated Press reports that when the temperature on a roof is measured with an infrared gun, white roofs can be 45 degrees cooler than conventional dark-colored roofing material.
This difference means cooler indoors that...
01
Nov
To help combat global warming and urban heating, we might just need to paint the town white.
A new modeling study simulated the effects of painting roofs white to reflect incoming solar rays and found...
01
Nov
NEW YORK -- Herb Van Gent points his infrared gun at a square of still-unpainted gray shingle and clicks the trigger. He gets an immediate temperature reading: 143 degrees and rising. Then he aims...
01
Nov
If every degree Fahrenheit counts in stabilizing the climate, then painting the roofs of city buildings white could offer a significant payoff, according to the first computer modeling study of an idea that's taken...
12
Oct
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UltraBondRS provides a cost effective,...
12
Oct
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01
Oct
President Obama's energy adviser has suggested all the world's roofs should be painted white as part of efforts to slow global warming.
Professor Steven Chu, the US Energy Secretary, said the unusual proposal would mean...