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"The researchers estimate that covering an apartment building with the treated wood could save about 35 percent of the energy used for cooling." Is that compare
by lippel82 7y ago
"The researchers estimate that covering an apartment building with the treated wood could save about 35 percent of the energy used for cooling." Is that compared to the average building or a building covered with another kind of white plating? Because the latter would be super impressive while the former would mostly just state the obvious: white things don't heat up from sunlight as much as non-white things.
- hnjim 7y agoAgreed, it would also be very interested to see how this compares to other siding alternatives rather than simply wood vs treated wood (stucco, stone, steel, aluminum, vinyl etc.)
- abdullahkhalids 7y agoThe difference between white and other colors is definitely not 35%. Less than 10% apparently for paints https://www.europhysicsnews.org/articles/epn/pdf/2007/01/epn07102.pdf https://www.europhysicsnews.org/articles/epn/pdf/2007/01/epn...
- HillaryBriss 7y ago> another kind of white plating yes. e.g. commercially available white roof coatings which contain ceramic particles do a pretty good job of cooling a roof and reflecting sunlight. but it's interesting that this treated wood radiates energy in frequencies that the atmosphere does not absorb