White Roofs Could Reduce Urban Heat Island Effect By 33 Percent
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 12:14
in Earth & Climate
Painting the roofs of buildings white may reduce the impact of the urban heat island effect by as much as 33 percent, significantly cooling off cities and helping society adjust to the changing climate, suggests a new study soon to be published in Geophysical Research Letters. The study's authors used a newly developed computer model to simulate the amount of solar read more