It’s common sense: When it’s hot outside, don’t put on a dark shirt—wear white instead. A team of researchers at Purdue University has put this common knowledge to work to figure out ways to cool ...

Just like a tennis player might don a white shirt instead of a black one on warm summer's day, researchers see great potential in dressing buildings in reflective white paints to keep them cool. A ...

White roofs are one of those climate solutions that sound too good to be true. Compared to solar panels and electric cars, painting the roof of a building white is a suspiciously cheap, analog way to ...

If you’ve ever redone a room in your house and gone to the hardware store to pick out some fresh paint, you know that there’s a lot of different shades of white on the market. Turns out, there’s a new ...

White or reflective paint is more effective at cooling cities than covering roofs in solar panels or greenery, scientists say, and could offer some relief on extremely hot summer days. Two separate ...

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In what is deemed as a model program for energy conservation, the roofs of buildings on one block in the Lower East Side will be painted with white reflective paint, the Manhattan Borough President's ...

Solar panels serve as a fundamental element of sustainable energy systems, yet roof painting with white colour substantially increases their operational capabilities. Solar panels benefit from white ...

With emissions regulations getting stricter and stricter, car companies are constantly looking for new ways to reduce those dirty emissions and make cars better for the environment. One such way to do ...

Brilliantly whitewashed houses are a familiar sight in hot countries, from Morocco to Greece. In fact, white-painted roofs “have been used to cool buildings for centuries”, said The Guardian. But ...