Useful Links:
ASES, The American Solar Energy Society
ASHRAE, (American Society of Heating,
Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.)
ASTM International, (formerly the "American
Society for Testing and Materials")
Applicable standards:
Emissometer:
ASTM C1371-04A (Standard
Test Method for Determination of Emittance of Materials Near Room
Temperature Using Portable Emissometers)
Solar Spectrum
Reflectometer:
ASTM
C1549-04 (Standard Test Method for Determination of Solar Reflectance Near
Ambient Temperature Using a Portable Solar Reflectometer)
Mentions of Devices and Services Products on the web:
The Heat Island Group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's
Environmental Energy Technology Group,
Cool Roof
instrumentation page.
Cool Roof, Oakridge Laboratory
"Thank you"
letter.
Steel Roofing
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory report.
Energy Star
"Program Requirements for Roof Products".
"American Concrete Pavement Association",
Creating a concrete mixture to obtain LEED site credit.
Information on
how concrete can help
achieve LEED credits.
Cool Roof Rating Council,
"Product Rating Program Manual".
Cool Roof Rating Council,
"Standard
Practice for Measuring Solar Reflectance of a Flat, Opaque, and Heterogeneous
Surface Using a Portable Solar Reflectometer".
Heat Island Group,
"Effects of Composition and Exposure On the Solar Reflectance Of Portland
Cement Concrete".
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