Dark roofs typically absorb more than 80% of sunlight as heat, making cities warmer. Painting a 1,000 square foot roof white could reduce greenhouse emissions by 10 TONS OF CO2 over the roof’s lifetime.
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dark roofs typically absorb more than 80% of sunlight as heat, making cities warmer. Painting a 1,000 square foot roof white could reduce greenhouse emissions by 10 TONS OF CO2 over the roof’s lifetime.
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Can white, reflective roofs help cool the world’s increasingly warming cities?
Making our roofs lighter and more reflective could help cool our cities and partly offset the effects of global warming.
Smart water quality monitoring can help detect drinking water contaminants in flooded areas
Water management strategies that account for changing climate conditions and extreme weather events can help reduce risks to water security.
Wasted energy is contributing to sea level rise, causing islands to disappear
About 8% of electricity is lost worldwide in transmission, resulting in more greenhouse gas emissions that are having lasting impacts.Join our community!
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