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To Slow Global Warming, Install White Roofs


Green Lifestyle  (tags: architecture, roofs, housing, CoolStuff, globalwarming, greenliving, home, protection, design, NewTechnology, study )

Robyn
- 466 days ago - enn.com
Builders have known for decades that white roofs reflect the sun's rays and lower the cost of air conditioning. But now scientists say they have quantified a new benefit: slowing global warming.
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Daniel Barker (35)
Friday September 12, 2008, 1:39 pm
Contacted chemical engineers with a patent I came up with some time ago.

A chemical that darkens when cools and lightens when heats. In the winter time when it is cold, the roof would be dark to absorb heat. In the summer when it is hot the roof would be light to reflect light and heat.

I am not a chemist or I would have developed it myself.
 

Locan Sleeping-Squirrel (94)
Friday September 12, 2008, 11:40 pm
Good job Robyn, Thank you. Great idea Daniel, please as you can more info. Thanks
 
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