White or reflective roofs significantly reduce temperatures. Atlanta is the latest city to mandate their adoption.

Broken air conditioning? Afghan taxi drivers have come up with an inventive way to beat the intense heat.In Kandahar, a city ...

A Spanish-Algerian reserch group has tested how "cool roofs" could help increase power yield in rootop bifacial PV systems. Cool roofs are based on coating materials with high reflectance properties.

Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered 'green roofs,' street-level vegetation or solar panels ...

Boston University researchers found that planting about 2,500 trees and installing 3,000 “cool roofs” could bring relief to ...

To protect urban residents from heat during summer, simply painting every rooftop white or opting for a reflective coating could help reduce outdoor temperatures across a city by 1.2 degrees ...

Cool roofs are designed to reflect more light and absorb less heat than conventional roofs. Building overheating problems are addressed with cool roofing systems.

If you find yourself battling increasingly expensive utility bills, then you might want to consider how your home's roof shape could be part of the problem.

The system is modular, with a pre-packaged design that is scalable for different applications. HVAC company unveils futuristic 'ice battery' that could transform how we cool buildings — here's how it ...

SunGreen Systems specializes in commercial solar, LED lighting, cool roof systems and battery backup. It offers products from Mitsubishi Electric and Sharp. Its service area extends across ...

Philly gets federal money to explore ‘cool roofs’ The U.S. Department of Energy grant will also help the city expand energy efficiency education and plan to grow the clean energy workforce.