This ultra white paint has amazing cooling properties

We’ve written about the benefits of white paint on a hot tar roof in the past, at least a couple of times. And the fact that they can’t slow global warming.  White paint is what people paint the roofs of their apartment buildings in Tel Aviv to keep the insides cool. It’s certainly something that designers and architects in the Middle East already know and that’s why mashrabiya were invented.

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Mashrabiya

People in the Middle East or Texas who don’t want to enter an inferno 6 months of the year buy white cars. And if you have a black roof home or even a panel of glass windows that face the sun, expect to have your air conditioner bill go through the roof for 6 months of the year. Continue reading