General information

For more information about how to join and participate in CRRC, as well as access its online Rated Products Directory, log on to www.coolroofs.org.

For complete details about California's Title 24 building energy-efficiency code and the new cool roof requirements, visit www.energy.ca.gov/2005_standards.

For more information about ENERGY STAR,® visit www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=roof_prods.pr_roof_products.

For more information about the U.S. Green Building Council, visit www.usgbc.org.

For more information about the Cool Metal Roofing Coalition, visit www.coolmetalroofing.org.

Examples of cool roofs

Demonstration of cooling savings of light-colored roof surfacing for a Florida strip mall: www.fsec.ucf.edu/bldg/pubs/cr964/index.htm#15.%2OResults%20and%20Discussion

ENERGY STAR case study—Jefferson Houston Elementary School, Alexandria, Va.: www.coolroofs.info/docs/case_studies/crcs_jefferson_houston_new.pdf

Case study from Bimbo Bakeries, Escondido, Calif.: www.coolroofs.info/docs/case_studies/crcs_bimbo_bakeries.pdf

Thomas O. Price Service Center, Tucson, Ariz.: www.swenergy.org/casestudies/arizona/tucson_topsc.htm

California cool roof case studies: www.coolroofs.info/case_studies

Links to organizations and technical information

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Heat Island Group
eetd.lbl.gov/HeatIsland/CoolRoofs

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
www.ornl.gov/sci/roofs+walls/index.html

Florida Solar Energy Center
www.fsec.ucf.edu

Department of Energy cool roof calculator www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/software/coolroofcalculator.html

This Web exclusive information is a supplement to The cool roofing movement.