[Greenbuilding] The Myth about the "Cool White Roof" materials

Clarke Olsen colsen at fairpoint.net
Wed Mar 26 15:28:42 CDT 2014


My flat roof has maybe 6" of spray foam on the underside, and 1.5" ridged foam under the EPDM. 
Heat still came through, so I painted it reflective silver.
Clarke Olsen
clarkeolsendesign.com
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165 
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at taconic.net




On Mar 26, 2014, at 4:05 PM, Peter Kidd <peterkidd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> how much insulation would that be?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn <info at ecobrooklyn.com>
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] The Myth about the "Cool White Roof" materials
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:53:29 -0400
> 
> Interesting. I see that as one more reason to have a green roof. Also, white, black or green, it doesn't matter to the inside of the building after a certain amount of insulation. 
> Gennaro Brooks-Church
> Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
> Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
> www.EcoBrooklyn.com
> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
> 
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