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Green Roof, White Roof, Black Roof, Tiled Roof?

Researchers at MIT have just announced that you can sort of have it all: they’ve developed roof tiles that change color depending on the temperature. Hot summer day? The tiles turn white. Cold, drizzly autumn day? Black, which absorbs as much as sun, they say, as the white reflects.

Published October 19, 2009
Categorized as Blog Archive, Environment, Environment Blog Tagged faroe islands, green roof, greenhouse, heat island, MIT
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