A novel technique for the production of cool colored concrete tile and asphalt shingle roofing products

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 946-954

  Levinson, Ronnen ^a   Akbari, Hashem ^a   Berdahl, Paul ^a   Wood, Kurt ^b   Skilton, Wayne ^b   Petersheim, Jerry ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARKEMA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphalt shingle; Concrete tile; Cool colored roof; Polyvinylidene fluoride; Solar reflectance; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT SHINGLES; CONCRETE TILE; CONCRETE TILES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SOLAR REFLECTANCE;

ASPHALT; COATINGS; CONCRETE PRODUCTS; GLOBAL WARMING; INFRARED DEVICES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTORESISTS; REFLECTION; ROOFS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 77950863595     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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