Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance - Part I: Analysis of roofing product databases

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3385-3399

  Sleiman, Mohamad ^a   Ban Weiss, George ^a   Gilbert, Haley E ^a   François, David ^a   Berdahl, Paul ^a   Kirchstetter, Thomas W ^a   Destaillats, Hugo ^a,b   Levinson, Ronnen ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

California Title 24; Cool roof; Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC); Soiling; Solar reflectance; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; BUILDING ENVELOPES; COOL ROOFING; COOL ROOFS; DATA SETS; ENERGY STAR; FLORIDA; METAL PRODUCTS; MODIFIED BITUMEN; NATURAL EXPOSURE; PRODUCT TYPES; ROOFING PRODUCTS; SITE-SPECIFIC MEASUREMENT; SOILING; SOLAR REFLECTANCE; TITLE 24; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WEATHERING PROCESS;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COATINGS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; RATING; ROOFS; SOLAR ENERGY; WEATHERING;

REFLECTION;

EID: 80053583317     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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