Summer is just around the corner and the weather is starting to heat up. When things get warmer, spending time outside hiking, biking, and simply lounging around become the norm. What also becomes typical is flipping on the air conditioning to help keep your home cool and comfortable. There are many factors that go into passively keeping your home cooler to reduce your electric bills. Saving cash is what it's all about these days.
Everyone knows replacing your old single pane and aluminum windows with Low E, Argon and Kryton gas filled panes helps to reduce infiltration of the ultraviolet light from the sun which in turn reduces the heat absorbed by your home. One element most people don't think about is the amount of heat absorbed by their roof. We all know dark objects get extremely hot when placed in the sun. This occurs because dark objects absorb heat (up to 80% of solar enery) rather than reflect the heat light a light colored roof (which reflect 75% of the solar energy). Prior to some advances in recent technology, the only way to reduce absorption of heat by your roof was to install a light colored roof which many people find less attractive. Well that is all changing.
New materials and techniques are being fabricated to allow for a dark roof to reflect solar energy by reflecting a high percentage of the solar radition as well as releasing more thermal emittance, which is a measurement of solar energy that bounces back into the atmosphere after being initially absorbed. The products available make it extremely likely you can find one to match your needs.
What does this mean to you? Cash in your pocket with lower cooling costs as less energy will be required to help keep your home cool in the dog days of summer. To learn more about this, visit: http://www.coolroofs.org/HomeandBuildingOwnersInfo.html
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