Re: How To Cure Solar Warming...

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On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:42:38 -0800 (PST), Steve Stein
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On Nov 28, 2:52 pm, "mr d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<foster...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We all know that the sun is more attracted to light colors
than dark colors.

So if we all wear white (yes even after Labor Day) we will
reduce and possibly eliminate Solar Warming!!!

mr dude (cares about the environment)

Even the clueless troll is right sometime:

Wearing white might not mean much, but if you live in a hot,
sunny place painting your roof a light color will keep your
building cooler and lower your energy consumption (air
conditioning). And having concrete-colored roads instead of
blacktop lowers the ambient temperature.

"the planting of trees and the lightening of roofs and pavement
could lower the average summer afternoon temperature in the Los
Angeles heat island by 5°F, cutting the need for air
conditioning by 18 percent and significantly lowering the levels
of smog."

http://eetd.lbl.gov/HeatIsland/PUBS/PAINTING/

Science. It works, bitches.

I saw a good piece on roof top green gardens in major cities and
how much it would lower the ambient temperature just a few days
ago somewhere...not sure if it was one of the network news or
something like 60 Minutes or Sunday Morning.

I painted my house a few years ago with an additive called
Insuladd, that has 'ceramic microspheres' that inhibit sun
absorption, so I did my part! The company says it can cut down
heat by up to 30 percent in the summer, but who knows?

I'll assume the paint job was for the exterior. After the
painting, did you notice that
the house was cooler on sunny summer days, or your A/C costs were
less?

I noticed it mostly on really hot days, that it didn't get as blazing
as it used to. It likely saved my (rough guess) $30-40 per summer.
The additive cost about $50 for $250 worth of paint. I don't kow
that I'd bother with it again, mainly because it makes the paint
fairly thick. BTW, you can also use it on the inside, which adds a
little more insulation. Of course if the house is poorly insulated
to begin with, this won't help much. DO the big things first. This
is one of the little things. I painted a brown house white, which
helps too.

A big heat saver is the Shrink plastic for the windows. We had a
client who covered her three basement windows and raised the temp,
there 5 degrees, with no other change! $20 could save you hundreds
with today's heating costs!


Absolutely, depending on where you live and what kind of windows you
have. I put storm windows up last year because I only have single-glaze
1970 windows, and that help a lot as well. Supposedly, something 70
percent of heat loss goes out through the glass.
.

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