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How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter (www.theguardian.com)
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As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules

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[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days ago

I lived in SanDiego for 20 years and I can tell you that adding a deflective aluminized mylar to the interior of the roof basically lowered the temp by 10F or more. So doing the same to the actual top surface would definitely kick butt. I think people just need to get used to white and reflective roofing.

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