Preliminary survey of the solar reflectance of cool roofing materials

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-158

  Berdahl, Paul ^a   Bretz, Sarah E ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Washington Off Lawrence Berkeley N   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning energy savings; Roof material properties; Roofing materials; Solar absorptance; Solar reflectance

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; ROOFS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

COOL ROOFING MATERIALS; ENERGY SAVINGS; SOLAR ABSORPTANCE; SOLAR REFLECTANCE;

THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 0031098145     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-7788(96)01004-3     Document Type: Review

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