Replace the White Picket Fence with a White Roof
Oct.17, 2008 in
Energy, Environment
Is a white roof in your future? Reflective Roofing may in fact be most cost effective geo-engineering option for fighting Global Climate Change. Roof and pavement surfaces with a higher albedo, or ability to reflect the Sun’s energy back into space, may prove to be a critical factor in buying us enough time to lower Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. The Heat Island Group at Lawrence Berkeley Labs suggest reflective roof and pavement in 100 of the largest cities could offset the climate change impact of 44 GT CO2. That’s more than the world emits today. Doesn’t solve the longterm problem, but lowers the impact while CO2 emissions are reduced.
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