According to a new study, extensive vegetation coverage on building rooftops might significantly lower temperatures at the city scale and save energy expenditures.
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Cool roofs reflect more solar radiation than they absorb and, as a result, they stay cool in sunlight. These cost-benefit analyses of cool roof implementation come a month after the new NSW Planning Minister, Anthony Roberts, scrapped a previous policy commitment to phase out dark roofs – a policy which would have reduced urban heating and energy costs for new homes.
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