Decreasing your electric bill by painting your roof white - 07/09/10 04:52 PM
This is way cool! Literally.  I'm always happy to be able to pass on good energy saving information.
Via Jim and Linda Arnold (Coldwell Banker Gundaker-St. Louis, MO):
KSDK -- Mark Specht is a vanguard of sorts.  He hopes to paint all the blacktop flat roofs in St. Louis white.
"This is going to save people money in air-conditioning bills and extend the life of the roof by ten years," Specht said.  "A black roof can absorb up to 95 percent of the sun that hits it.  The white is going to reflect about 84 percent of the sunlight that hits it.  It's a huge difference."
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Gayle Fleming, Your Going Green Realtor

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