Climate & Nature...

Sep 11, 2008

‘Global Cooling’ With White Roofs

California scientists say white roofs can cut a building’s energy use by 20 percent, and they say they have a formula to calculate how much CO2 can be offset by increasing the reflectivity of rooftops. “The potential energy savings in the U.S. is in excess of $1 billion annually,” said California Energy Commissioner Art Rosenfeld. Along with [...]