How they can be made cool.
Cool roof coating for shingles.
1 according to the cool roof rating council cool roofs may save homeowners an average of 7 15 on their total cooling costs.
Cool roof rating council 2435 n.
Residential roofing options include asphalt shingles metal clay tiles and concrete tiles.
Shingle roofs consist of overlapping panels made from a variety of materials such as fiberglass asphalt wood polymers or metals.
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Our highly reflective shingles can help to reduce temperatures in your attic so your home will stay cooler in the summer to help save on air conditioning costs.
Commercial cool roof options include bright white membranes and white coatings.
A study in california examined the cost savings of cool roofing.
Coating existing asphalt shingles to make them cool however is not normally recommended or approved by shingle manufacturers.
It found that the average energy savings was about 0 50 per square foot.
All of these types of residential roofing products are now available with ir reflective color pigments which act to reduce the temperature of roofs and reflect heat away.
1 a cool roof minimizes the solar heat gain of a.