L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoUltra-white ceramic cools buildings with record-high 99.6% reflectivitynewatlas.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down15file-text
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minus-square0ddysseus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoTrees? Not many. Grasses, herbs, wildflowers, and shrubs? Tons of them. And you can pretty easily retrofit over an existing sloped roof. And the weight is no more than a tiled roof.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoWetness could pose a problem to the structure
minus-square0ddysseus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoNot if you use a waterproof base layer. This isn’t some theoretical thing, its tried and tested technology in common use
Trees? Not many. Grasses, herbs, wildflowers, and shrubs? Tons of them. And you can pretty easily retrofit over an existing sloped roof. And the weight is no more than a tiled roof.
Wetness could pose a problem to the structure
Not if you use a waterproof base layer. This isn’t some theoretical thing, its tried and tested technology in common use