Heat Reflective Roofs

A reflective roof coating is applied to roofs to help reflect more sunlight from the surface thus reducing the amount of heat absorbed by the structure.

Heat reflective roofs. There are many small scale initiatives in cities to make roof surfaces more reflective. For pricing and availability. Energy star certified roof products reflect more of the sun s rays. Cool your roof walls and or any external hot surface with solacoat heat reflective paint coatings using the latest technology.

Volunteers have taken white paint to nearly 7 million square feet of tar roofs in the city though that is still only about 1 percent of the potential roof area. Black jack elasto kool 700 5 gallon elastomeric reflective roof coating 7 year limited warranty item 139929. Infrared radiation is a spectrum of light that generates significant amounts of heat on roof surfaces. Thus a house warmed by its heating system in winter loses some heat through the roof by infrared radiation to the night sky and it is not blocked by solar reflective paint.

Reflect tec combines industry leading kynar aquatec technology with patented heat reflective technology making it a superior one component coating. This can lower roof surface temperature by up to 50f decreasing the amount of heat transferred into a building. The tex cote reflect tec coating system is a revolutionary field applied infrared heat reflective coating specifically designed for metal and tile roof and wall surfaces. Solar reflective shingles are defined as having surfaces that primarily reflect considerably more ir radiation than normal roof surfaces.

Solacoat topcoats now come with a 15 year limited performance warranty please note for all sales and order enquiries for australia please go to our australian resellers page excluding rail networks. Gaco 5 gallon silicone reflective roof coating 50 year limited warranty item 673277. Nearly any type of building can benefit from a cool roof but consider the climate and other factors before deciding to install one. The leed for homes rating system even rewards points for buildings who s roof surface meets a certain reflective criteria 29 sri solar reflective index what is new about this is that it is a doubled layer paint so it has heat reflective qualities but it is not limited to white.

Energy star certified roof products can help reduce the amount of air conditioning needed in buildings and can reduce peak cooling demand by 10 15 percent. Just as wearing light colored clothing can help keep you cool on a sunny day cool roofs material that is designed to reflect more sunlight and absorb less heat than a standard roof.