Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heat

Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered “green roofs,” street-level vegetation or solar panels, finds Dr Oscar Brousse (UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources).

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