PAINTING a corrugated roof is a DIY job that can boost both the kerb appeal and value of your home. The first thing to decide before painting your roof is what colour to use. You can buy specialist ...

Is it possible that painting the roofs of buildings could reduce your air conditioning bill and also cool the planet?? I calculate that by painting your roof white, you could reflect 50 percent of the ...

NEW YORK - Herb Van Gent points his infrared gun at a square of still unpainted gray shingle and clicks the trigger. He gets an immediate temperature reading: 143 degrees and rising. Then, he aims it ...

Painting roofs white has been–like changing lightbulbs–one of the well-cited easy ways out of climate change. By reflecting more light and heat back to the atmosphere, a white roof should act like a ...

Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard that simply painting your roof white can reduce household electricity bills by 40 percent. Is this something any of us can do? – Susan Pierson, Sumter, S.C. Yes anyone can ...

Solar roof paints and coatings are ideal for all sorts of architectural surfaces and feature fading-resistant inorganic pigments. Applying a good solar roof paint solution on your roof restricts ...

One of the easiest, fastest and cheapest ways to cut a building’s energy costs is to paint its roof white. The Department of Energy promotes the idea, and some states actually require government ...

I’m drawn to “boring” ways to change energy use: things like daylighting, reducing packaging, and making company supply-chains more efficient. Without these methods to help reduce our energy demand, ...

Florida Power & Light reimbursed contractors to paint thousands of homeowners' asphalt shingle roofs white to reflect sunlight – against the advice of the federal government and major roofing ...