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Cool roofs 101: Planning and specification considerations

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Cities tend to be hotter than surrounding less-developed areas because they absorb more solar radiation, have less vegetation, release built-up heat more slowly, and generate more waste heat from vehicles and mechanical (or active) cooling. Heating and cooling degree by decade. By Kurt Shickman. percent by 2100.

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