Procedure for measuring the solar reflectance of flat or curved roofing assemblies

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 648-655

  Akbari, Hashem ^a   Levinson, Ronnen ^a   Stern, Stephanie ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The Cool Roof Rating Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Albedometer; Cool roofs; E1918; Pyranometer; Roof tiles; Solar reflectance; Solar spectrum reflectometer; Spectrometer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; ROOFS;

COOL ROOFS; PYRANOMETER; ROOF TILES; SOLAR REFLECTANCE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPUTATION THEORY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; ROOFS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ALBEDO; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; HOMOGENEITY; REFLECTOMETRY; ROOF; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

EID: 43849089315     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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