The Cool Roofs program has officially launched in Pittsburgh. Through the servePGH initiative, the roofs of 10 city-owned buildings will be coated with reflective paint. “In the coming months, ...

The paint reflects 98.1% of solar radiation while also emitting infrared heat. How soon until it's on the shelves at a major retailer? The paint is intended to be used on roofs, including roofing ...

It’s winter there now, but summers in Brisbane, Australia, are warm, with the hottest months in December through February. The country only recently came out of a decade-long drought, so it makes ...

NEW YORK - Herb Van Gent points his infrared gun at a square of still unpainted gray shingle and clicks the trigger. He gets an immediate temperature reading: 143 degrees and rising. Then, he aims it ...

New York and other cities see a climate fix in white paint, which is coating more rooftops as way to cool buildings and cut energy use. They may soon have another option: paint made of glass.

The cool roof research was funded by the City of Melbourne, as part of a larger Green Infrastructure development program at the University of Melbourne Burnley Campus; including green roofs, walls, ...

White roofs are one of those climate solutions that sound too good to be true. Compared to solar panels and electric cars, painting the roof of a building white is a suspiciously cheap, analog way to ...