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Environment International, 2021 Human health can be negatively impacted by hot or cold weather, which often exacerbates respiratory or cardiovascular conditions and increases the risk of mortality. Urban populations are at particular increased risk of effects from heat due to the Urban
Revati Phalkey +2 more
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“The heat really troubles us”: community perspectives on a cool roof intervention, Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa [PDF]
Frontiers in ClimateIntroductionClimate change disproportionately affects communities experiencing social and environmental vulnerabilities. In South Africa, rising temperatures pose a significant risk to peri-urban communities.
Saloshni Naidoo +11 more
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Acceptability of cool roofs: a qualitative study in Nouna, Burkina Faso [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Structural passive cooling interventions such as cool roofs are used to reduce indoor ambient temperature. However, it is unknown how acceptable and desirable cool roof technology is in rural low-income settings in sub-Saharan Africa, where ...
Kate Bärnighausen +13 more
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Energies, 2021 While it is well-known that cool roofs can efficiently reduce cooling demand in buildings, their overall energy performance in mixed and cold climates has been a topic of debate.
Athanasios Tzempelikos
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Impacts of urban adaptation on reducing temperatures and heat-related deaths in Belgium
Environment InternationalExtreme heat poses increasing risks to urban populations, yet the effectiveness of adaptation strategies at larger scales beyond neighbourhoods remains poorly quantified. The July 2019 heatwave in northwestern Europe, one of the hottest on record, offers
Fien Serras +7 more
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State-of-the-Art Review: Effects of Using Cool Building Cladding Materials on Roofs
BuildingsCool roofs are roofing systems designed to reflect significant solar radiation, reducing heat absorption and subsequent cooling energy demands in buildings.
Sudhakar Molleti, Chetan Aggarwal
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Economic comparison of cool and grey roofs of a small office building in the USA [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2023 EnergyPlus V9.0 simulations of a typical small office building prototype in five USA cities (Albuquerque, Atlanta, Buffalo, San Diego, Rochester) indicate that adding a cool roof (albedo 0.6) for an aged grey roof (albedo 0.2) would reduce the annual ...
Wang Zixin
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Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 2023 This paper investigates the thermal performance of green roofs, cool roofs, and their combined effects in tropical climates. Although each technology has been studied independently for its potential to reduce cooling energy consumption in buildings ...
Mdlalose Nonkululeko Portia +3 more
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Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023 Building energy, particularly air conditioning energy, makes for a significant fraction of overall societal energy usage. The heat island effect is a common urban environmental concern that threatens human sustainable development. Roofs, which cover more
Shanguo Zhao +2 more
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Results in Engineering, 2023 This paper focuses on the impact of three types of roof retrofitting: green, high albedo-coated, also called ‘cool roofs’, and recently developed ‘super cool’ materials—in mitigating the effects of summer urban heat islands (UHI) and enhance overall ...
Mohamed H. Elnabawi +2 more
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