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Brochure on specifications for PV systems.

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

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.

Best Practices document providing an introduction to current photovoltaic and solar thermal building practices.

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

Website with information for consumers about solar thermal systems for homes.

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.

A PDF containing the SERC Solar PV System Field-Inspection Checklist.

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

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.

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

A document providing guidance on integrating a PV array with a roof system.

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

A report presenting alternative approaches for reducing the costs of roof-mounted, grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems.

This report requires all elements of rooftop PV panel systems to be designed for component and cladding pressures per ASCE 7-10.

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

Standard covering overs mounting systems, including mounting devices, clamping devices and ground lugs for use with photovoltaic modules and panels and contains requirements for ground-mounted and roof systems as part of a nonstructural building component.

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

A structural insulated panel (SIP) roof has no embedded lumber in the structure, and therefore nothing substantial for attaching PV array and solar hot water mounts. Single or double lumber splines could be put into the panels, or I-joists at 4-foot intervals could be added.

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.

A research paper exploring the installation and mounting of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on rooftops and the challenges faced by system designers and installers.