Sentences with phrase «high albedo materials»

«Ice911: Developing an Effective Response to Climate Change in Earth's Cryosphere using High Albedo Materials,» Leslie A Field, Peter Wadhams, Terry Root, Satish Chetty, Daniel M Kammen, Shalini Venkatesh, Dolf van der Heide, and Ellen Baum, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2012.

(3) Increasing the Earth's albedo, by, among other things, requiring the use of high albedo roofing materials on all new construction, even requiring the replacement of older, low albedo roofs with higher albedo materials.

Not exact matches

(7) A requirement that building retrofits conducted pursuant to a REEP program utilize, especially in all air - conditioned buildings, roofing materials with high solar energy reflectance, unless inappropriate due to green roof management, solar energy production, or for other reasons identified by the Administrator, in order to reduce energy consumption within the building, increase the albedo of the building's roof, and decrease the heat island effect in the area of the building, without reduction of otherwise applicable ceiling insulation standards.

This could also include items like paving materials - very light colored concrete or white gravel has a much higher albedo than tar or asphalt roads and parking lots.