How can we help to promote the use of test fence values for 3-year TSR values?
The word can be spread to code officials and architects. The EPA Energy Star Roof Products Program is studying a proposed protocol that would allow exposure panels to be used for the 3-year TSR values. Charter members need to vote on the protocol before it becomes an alternative procedure. The Cool Roof Rating Council is planning to use weathering farms to obtain 3-year reflectivity and emissivity values for their labeling program. Aged values are much easier to obtain on test panels rather than on actual roofs, so more companies can start labeling products with these values. We all know light colors and/or reflective pigments are better to reduce cooling costs, but until we can label our products, no one is using these superior products. We can all also campaign for more realistic aged values obtained by not washing the aged samples before testing. Metal does much better than most roofing products in the unwashed condition. Since no one ever washes their roof on a regular basis, these
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