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Making Roofs Cooler in New York City

Posted by: Nate Berg

26 September 2009 - 7:00am

Under a new service program called NYC Cool Roofs, volunteers are painting New York's rooftops white to try to lower urban temperatures and save energy.

It's part of an effort to reduce the city's carbon emissions by 30% by 2030.

"While the Building Code now requires many new buildings to have white roofs, the city's sustainability czar, Rohit Aggarwala, noted that 85 percent of buildings that will exist by 2030 are already built. 'As a result, we must include existing buildings in our efforts to cool the City,' he said."

Full Story: Bloomy: Paint It White
Source: The Architect's Newspaper, September 24, 2009
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