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GCCA Board Members Explain How Cool Roofs Could Save Money, Save Planet

Ken Miguel (KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA)
Tags: Air Quality, Economics, Energy, Health, Roofs, Urban Heat Island, Videos, albedo, California, climate change, cool roofs, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), reflectivity, video

Publication Date: March 2009

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Cooling energy savings potential of reflective roofs for residential and commercial buildings in the United States

H Akbari (Heat Island Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA)
Tags: Case Studies, Cool Materials Science, Documents, Energy, North America / Central America, Roofs, Scientific Literature, albedo, peak electricity demand, reflectivity

Publication Date: May 1999

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