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Guide developed to help contractors, building operators, and city officials successfully adopt cool roof and pavement technology.

Fact sheet describing analysis of potential heating and cooling savings from radiant barriers in attics.

Study reporting the results of comparative testing of the effect of finished and unfinished metal roofing systems on cooling energy performance in a test facility.

Study investigating measured cooling energy performance in side-by-side identical homes with varying roof types, including cool roof technologies.

Study describing efforts and outcomes in developing color-pigmented roofing products with coatings to increase solar reflectance.

ENERGY STAR webpage discussing the costs and benefits of cool roofs.

Webpage discussing the characteristics of sunlight and how cool roofs work to reduce solar heat gain.

Tool developed by LBNL to calculate potential savings from increasing wall and roof solar reflectance.

Webpage describing the use of cool roofs to reduce heat islands and and benefits and costs.

Website providing information about the Cool Roof Rating Council including programs, membership, and resources for the construction industry.

Searchable database of over 3,000 roofing products that have undergone solar reflectance and thermal emittance testing.

LBNL webpage providing resources and tools related to cool technologies, including the SRI calculator and the DOE Cool Roof Calculator.

Spreadsheet tool that computes solar reflectance index (SRI) and roof surface temperature based on solar reflectance and thermal emittance using ASTM standard E 1980.

Web page providing information on the types of cool roofs and their benefits to consumers.

Article from Green Building Advisor on strategies to take when building homes to reduce the need for air conditioning, including insulation, windows, site selection, and roofing.

Study reporting the results of comparative testing of the effect of various roof types on cooling energy performance in a test facility.

LBNL webpage introducing heat island effect and cool materials concepts, and providing links to LBNL pages explaining cool pavements, cool roofs, and cool walls.

Study investigating measured cooling energy savings in homes across the U.S. from the installation of roofing with higher solar reflectance.

Article from RMI on how climate change is leading to an increase in critical extreme heat hours and what smart building strategies can be taken to mitigate some of these effects including paint color and insulation.

Large scale simulation study investigating the effects of cool roofs and walls on buildings of various vintages across the U.S., with special attention given to California.