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Impact Of Sustainable Cool Roof Technology On Building Energy Consumption, Prem Kiran Vuppuluri
Impact Of Sustainable Cool Roof Technology On Building Energy Consumption, Prem Kiran Vuppuluri
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Highly reflective roofing systems have been analyzed over several decades to evaluate their ability to meet sustainability goals, including reducing building energy consumption and mitigating the urban heat island. Studies have isolated and evaluated the effects of climate, surface reflectivity, and roof insulation on energy savings, thermal load mitigation and also ameliorating the urban heat island. Other sustainable roofing systems, like green-roofs and solar panels have been similarly evaluated. The motivation for the present study is twofold: the first goal is to present a method for simultaneous evaluation and inter-comparison of multiple roofing systems, and the second goal is to …