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RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] SRI/Refelectivity study




For a so-called ?cool roof? change the Material object that is outermost in the Construction object for the roof.  The values to use depend on dirt accumulation, age, type of coating etc, but I usual values are a solar absorptance of 0.45 and a thermal absorptance of 0.75 ( from ASHRAE 90.1-2007 Table 11.3.1 No. 5.c) .



From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Javed Iqbal
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 1:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] SRI/Refelectivity study





Thanks for your response. I found a document on Cool roof and it says:



"The most important feature of an ideal cool roof is that its surface strongly reflects sunlight. 

The surface of an ideal cool roof should also efficiently cool itself by emitting thermal radiation. 

Thus, a cool roof should have both high ?solar reflectance? (ability to reflect sunlight, measured 

on a scale of 0 to 1) and high ?thermal emittance? (ability to emit thermal radiation, also 

measured on a scale of 0 to 1). The solar reflectance and thermal emittance of a surface are 

called its ?radiative? properties because they describe its abilities to reflect solar radiation and 

emit thermal radiation".  




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