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Hygrothermal Performance of Cool Roofs Subjected to Saudi Climates [PDF]
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2019 In regions with hot climatic conditions such as that in Saudi Arabia, a substantial share of energy is used for cooling the buildings. Many studies have shown that cool (white) roofs can help reduce the cooling energy load and thus the demand for energy ...
Hamed H. Saber +2 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 Various types of damage, including health risks, caused by abnormal climate conditions have gradually increased in recent years, particularly in cities with a high degree of complexity.
Sunmin Lee +3 more
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Revisiting the climate impacts of cool roofs around the globe using an Earth system model
Environmental Research Letters, 2016 Solar reflective ‘cool roofs’ absorb less sunlight than traditional dark roofs, reducing solar heat gain, and decreasing the amount of heat transferred to the atmosphere.
Jiachen Zhang +3 more
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Investigating the climate impacts of urbanization and the potential for cool roofs to counter future climate change in Southern California [PDF]
Environmental Research Letters, 2016 The climate warming effects of accelerated urbanization along with projected global climate change raise an urgent need for sustainable mitigation and adaptation strategies to cool urban climates. Our modeling results show that historical urbanization in
P Vahmani, F Sun, A Hall, G Ban-Weiss
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Demonstration of energy savings of cool roofs [PDF]
, 1998 Dark roofs raise the summertime air-conditioning demand of buildings. For highly-absorptive roofs, the difference between the surface and ambient air temperatures can be as high as 90 F, while for highly-reflective roofs with similar insulative properties, the difference is only about 20 F.
Konopacki, S. +3 more
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BuildingsBuilding envelopes play a pivotal role in influencing building energy consumption. Among its components, the roof, as a critical element, directly absorbs solar radiation and serves as a primary medium for external heat exchange.
Shanguo Zhao, Xiaosong Zhang, Xing Jin
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Buildings, 2016 Over the last few decades many bibliographical studies have been conducted on cool roofs, by analyzing both the energy performance during summer and winter seasons and their contribution in mitigating the urban heat island effect.
Benedetta Barozzi, M. Cristina Pollastro
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The effectiveness of cool and green roofs as urban heat island mitigation strategies
Environmental Research Letters, 2014 Mitigation of the urban heat island (UHI) effect at the city-scale is investigated using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model in conjunction with the Princeton Urban Canopy Model (PUCM).
Dan Li +2 more
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Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023 The roof plays a pivotal role as it directly engages with solar radiation absorption and external heat exchange, significantly influencing the building’s overall energy dynamics. To assess the performance of green roofs and cool roofs, a roof performance
Shanguo Zhao +4 more
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Cool roofs : a climate change mitigation and adaptation strategy for residential buildings [PDF]
, 2023 Cool roofs offer a passive solution to reduce cooling demand in buildings. However, they increase heating demand in cold seasons. The annual energy-saving potential of cool roofs greatly depends on climate characteristics and may change over time due to ...
Bamdad, Keivan (R20488)
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