Heat stress: adaptation measures in South African informal settlements by Jan Marais Hugo

“…This involved assessing the efficacy of using cool roof paints and improved thermal insulation under current and future climate change-affected conditions. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Heat Transport from the Electric Arc Furnace to the Heat Recovery System by Milan Malcho, Jozef Jandacka, Richard Lenhard, Stanislav Gavlas, Tadeas Ochodek

“…The paper presents a numerical model of heat transport from melting charge of the electric arc furnace designed for ferroalloy production, into a cooled roof of the electric arc furnace from which waste heat is led to the heating system of a company. …”
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Simulation of roof retrofitting strategies to mitigate attic overheating issues of the terrace house under hot and humid climate by Yi Chong Jia, Zaki Sheikh Ahmad, Tuck Ng Wai, Rijal Homs Bahadur

“…The study shows that high albedo cool roof paint is the most effective roof retrofitting strategy compared to other approaches.…”
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Considerations on the environmental performances of deck-ventilated roofs for developing contexts by Gian Luca Brunetti

“…The results stress the importance of redundancy of devices hindering the transmission of heat in “cool” roof configurations for obtaining good performances at a low cost. …”
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Green Building and Low Energy Building Engineering / by Hammer, Hector, author 651224, Hoyle, Basil, author 651225

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Bringing albedo to the GHG market by Roel Hammerschlag

“…Taking Los Angeles, CA as a test site for urban global warming mitigation actions, a residential “cool roof” project offers approximately seven times as much radiative forcing benefit from albedo change as from GHG reduction of energy efficiency; and a citywide increase to commercial building roof albedo offers radiative forcing benefit equivalent to the first 6½ years of all commercial sector GHG emission reductions proposed in the City of Los Angeles climate action plan. …”
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Dry deposition of dirt on building surface fouling by Muhammad Junaidi Arip

“…Deposition of dirt particles on various cool roof coating coupons were investigated. Typically, particle capture for rougher surface shows a higher particle buildup than those with a smoother surface. …”
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A Review of Roofing Methods: Construction Features, Heat Reduction, Payback Period and Climatic Responsiveness by Majed Abuseif, Zhonghua Gou

“…They are concrete roof, cool roof, insulated roof, roof garden, photovoltaic panels’ roof, biosolar roof, double-skin roof, roof ponds, skylight roof, and wind catcher. …”
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Perspectives on the Applications of Radiative Cooling in Buildings and Electric Cars by N. S. Susan Mousavi, Brian Azzopardi

“…It also provides a rough estimate of the amount of energy saved when applying a radiative cool roof to a model building. It is shown that by using radiative cool materials on roofs, the share of electricity usage for cooling can be reduced to 10%, leading to a reduction in cooling load by 90%. …”
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Cooling Potential Of Passive Roof Treatments On The Concrete Flat Roof In Penang, Malaysia by Ismail, Asmat

“…The indoor and outdoor environments were monitored in this research to evaluate the most effective passive cooling roof treatment between the potted plant green roof (roof with potted plants), double roof (roof with 6 inches ventilated air gap) and white roof. …”
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A literature review on the improvement strategies of passive design for the roofing system of the modern house in a hot and humid climate region by Roslan, Qairuniza, Ibrahim, Siti Halipah, Affandi, Rohaida, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun, Baharun, Azhaili

“…Thus, this study concentrates on reviews on passive design and suggests recommendations for future developments.New proposals or strategies are proposed to improve the current passive design through ventilated and cool roof systems. It is possible to achieve the comfort level inside a house throughout the day by reducing the transmitted heat into the indoor environment and eliminating the internal hot air.These recommendations could become attractive strategies in providing a comfortable indoor temperature to the occupants as well as in minimizing energy consumption.…”
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Effectiveness of Nanomaterial in the Roof of the Building to Achieve Energy Conservation for Indoor Environment of the Building by Duaa Al-Ali, Ghada M.Ismael Kamoona

“…In this research, simulation of the standard roof with nanomaterial, cool roof, and standard roof systems has been done using the Ecotect program. …”
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Study on ageing process of cool coatings in tropical climate by Yang, Xingguo

“…Then they were embedded into an existing Cool Roof Heat Transfer (CRHT) model to improve the accuracy of heat transfer prediction. …”
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Analytical Study of Urban Heat Spot Patterns in Colombo District from 1988 – 2019 based on Landsat Data by Saumya Chathuranga, Chandana Jayaratne

“…Considering this critical situation, it is highly recommended that to move mitigation strategies like urban greening methods, cooling pavements and cooling roofs, etc.  These results could be used towards a well-designed urban planning system to maintain the ecological balance within the study area.…”
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Effects of Natural Weathering on the Performance of High Solar Reflective Index Paint Surfaces Exposed in Harsh Climatic Conditions of United Arab Emirates by Tirumala Uday Kumar Nutakki, Waqar Ullah Kazim

“…The solar reflective index (SRI) is one of the important parameters in the analysis of a building’s energy and thermal performance, especially for “cool” reflective paints or coatings and also for cool roof membranes. However, there exists less information on the typical performance of the cool materials exposed for long term in the Middle East and more specifically in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). …”
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Roof Color-Based Warm Roof Evaluation in Cold Regions Using a UAV Mounted Thermal Infrared Imaging Camera by Kirim Lee, Jinhwan Park, Sejung Jung, Wonhee Lee

“…Existing studies on reducing urban heat island phenomenon and building temperature have been actively conducted; however, studies on investigating the warm roof phenomenon to in-crease the temperature of buildings are insufficient. A cool roof is required in a high-temperature region, while a warm roof is needed in a low-temperature or cold region. …”
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Analysis on selection of building materials to reduce energy consumption in commercial buildings by Ong, Zi Yang

“…Proposed green materials for future construction work includes Superior Innovative Coating Concepts (SICC) coatings, Cool Roof and Biowall. The research analysis on the Singapore construction landscape and current BCA schemes such as the BCA Green Mark, suggest a need to improve awareness of benefits of green materials amongst developers, and improvements in BCA scorecards to incentivize adoption of these materials. …”
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Development and characterization of a reflection paint with nano-ilmenite material for energy-saving in buildings by Prasan Chaisaenrith, Natee Srisawat, Chanprapha Phuangsuwan, Varistha Chobpattana, Narongchai O-charoen, Sorapong Pavasupree

“…Low-rise buildings are suitable for cooling roofs to save energy in hot climates. Thermal reflection paints using titanium dioxide micronized particles, nano P-25, and nano-ilmenite were compared with commercial thermal reflection paints to evaluate thermal performance. nano-ilmenite material was synthesized using a hydrothermal technique. …”
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Reduction in thermal loading of buildings by high-albedo materials by Lau, Jia Hui.

“…Various passive cooling methods had been developed over times to reduce the inward thermal loadings, such as the high albedo roof coating (known as cool roof) and vegetation roof. Among these methods, the high albedo roof possesses some important advantages such as its higher lifespan and the ease of application. …”
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