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What makes a cool roof “cool”?

What makes a cool roof “cool”?

The correctly designed cool roof will reduce a home's temperature and its energy use, and it can also mitigate a community’s Urban Heat Island Effect. So why then do designers in Australia’s southern states still choose darker roofs? And to what detriment?
Jasmine O'Donoghue
Jasmine O'Donoghue

14 Dec 2016 8m read View Author

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