With the high TSR (0.70) required by the CEC – Title 24, is there any reason to sign up as a charter member of the Cool Roof Rating Council if you don’t have a painted product that meets 0.70?
Participation as a Charter Member in the Cool Roof Rating Council could provide an opportunity to influence its mandated criteria. Although you must be a CRRC licensed seller or manufacturer, you do not have to be a member of CRRC to be able to list a product in the CRRC Product Directory. Title 24 currently offers credits for cool roof systems that are CRRC labeled. The 2005 version of Title 24 will also link cool roofs to the CRRC labeling program. Roof products will not be mandated to meet 0.70 reflectance, but those that don’t will affect a building’s energy budget and other adjustments will have to be made, such as smaller windows, more insulation, etc in order for a building permit to be issued. The proposed language indicates that a roofing product that is not CRRC labeled, regardless of its reflectance, will by default be considered as having a 0.1 reflectance which will significantly impact the building energy budget and threaten the issuance of a building permit.
