Buy cool asphalt shingles which use specially coated granules that provide better solar reflectance.
Cool roof coating colors.
Shingle roofs consist of overlapping panels made from a variety of materials such as fiberglass asphalt wood polymers or metals.
Kool seal 7 year elastomeric roof coating is a 100 acrylic reflective roof coating with the ability to expand and contract with the roof.
Residential roofing options include asphalt shingles metal clay tiles and concrete tiles.
For pricing and availability.
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How they can be made cool.
Coating existing asphalt shingles to make them cool however is not normally recommended or approved by shingle manufacturers.
There are different cool roof standards for commercial low slope roofs and residential steep slope roofs.
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However a cool roof need not be white.
Kool seal premium roof paint is a 100 acrylic coating that is tintable to a wide range of colors.
Cool roofs like a white t shirt keep the internal temperature of the building lower.
Commercial cool roof options include bright white membranes and white coatings.
There are many cool color products which use darker colored pigments that are highly reflective in the near infrared non visible portion of the solar spectrum.