Cooling a Building Naturally: How Reflective Roofing Systems Reduce Heat Gain

A roof influences how a building handles heat every day. Reducing heat absorption at the roof surface changes how the ...
The Hill

Extreme heat kills inequitably: Reflective pavements can help, but city action is required

Extreme heat is the deadliest natural hazard in the United States. Between 1992 and 2021, it killed an average of 148 people every year. In the same 30-year period, floods killed about 88 annually ...

Reflective Roofing Systems Help Regulate Building Temperatures and Energy Use

Reflective systems allow the roof to work with the building instead of against it”— Thad Brown WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI, ...
AZOM

Tackling Urban Heat Islands’ Contribution to Global Warming with Retro-Reflective Materials

Urban heat islands, created by human activity concentrations, are a causal factor in climate change and Earth’s increasing temperature. Retro-reflective materials could be used to mitigate the ...
Mother Jones

The Surprisingly Simple Way Cities Could Protect People From Extreme Heat

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The city is a growing paradox. Humanity needs its many efficiencies: people living ...
WBUR

How pavement can help cool overheated cities, even in chilly Mass.

On a typical summer day, it might be 10-12 degrees cooler in leafy sections of Boston than it is downtown, because unshaded pavement and roofs absorb and radiate so much heat. Reducing pavement or ...
Next City

L.A.’s New Reflective Streets Bounce Heat Back Into Space

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. When the scientists aboard the International Space Station ...
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Family shares simple trick to save on heating bills this winter: 'It's a game-changer'

"It has helped so much." Family shares simple trick to save on heating bills this winter: 'It's a game-changer' first ...
Associated Press

In one Indian city, reflective paint and bus stop sprinklers offer relief from killer heat

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — For 20-year-old Mayank Yadav, riding a crowded bus in the summer months in this western Indian city can be like sitting in an oven. That makes it a treat when he steps off and ...