Comments on: New York Roofs: Brighter, Whiter, Cooler http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:52:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dr Adam Taylor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/comment-page-1/#comment-82907 Dr Adam Taylor Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:59:36 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23589#comment-82907 I’ve just published a comparative analysis of white roof vs the default control (red) roof in “Initial data and comparative analysis of a ‘white roof’ installation in New Zealand” in the International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development, 3:3, 210-218.

]]> By: Gary Hemmings http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/new-york-roofs-brighter-whiter-cooler/comment-page-1/#comment-61420 Gary Hemmings Tue, 29 May 2012 10:15:51 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23589#comment-61420 The future of city living could also be transformed by the installation of graphene solar panels that are entirely see-through but which have the added benefit of a high potential efficiency. The most efficient graphene solar panel to date was announced just a couple of days ago but the science is moving so quickly that it is expected this will be out performed very quickly.

The whole science of graphene is likely to transform the world in which we live, and there are even thoughts of it replacing silicon as the new “Age.”

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