Comment on Ultra-white ceramic cools buildings with record-high 99.6% reflectivity

RGB3x3@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Matty_r@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Excellent - how many trees can I grow on my roof? Can they be retrofitted?

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  • Potatofish@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is your roof flat? Many. /s

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    • maniii@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I can guarantee that a Rooftop Terrace garden cuts down almost 40% to 60% heat ever reaching the ceiling. If you have enough cover with smaller plants under larger bushes/shrubs/small trees then there will be a cool breeze around the terrace, provide nesting places for small birds and animals, a pocket of nature in an otherwise concrete heat jungle.

      The problem is who can afford to maintain the Terrace garden is the bigger challenge. Constantly checking soil, composting, watering, maintenance and just time+expense is usually beyond a lot of folks.

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      • phx@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It would be cool to bring back for apartment buildings though

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      • Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Green roof, looks cool, usable space, and helps with cooling. Just damned expensive.

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  • 0ddysseus@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Trees? Not many. Grasses, herbs, wildflowers, and shrubs? Tons of them. And you can pretty easily retrofit over an existing sloped roof. And the weight is no more than a tiled roof.

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    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wetness could pose a problem to the structure

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      • 0ddysseus@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not if you use a waterproof base layer. This isn’t some theoretical thing, its tried and tested technology in common use

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  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Kind of

    There are eco apartments (planning idk about practice); grass on the roof and trees growing up the side

    Lakehead University Orillia was going to do this but I don’t know if they have

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• Pretzilla@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You know what cools down roofs and generates electricity? Magic!

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• WereCat@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What about Ultra white ceramic trees?

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• doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  True though this is still practical for folks who live in deserts and other treeless places

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• Sorgan71@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  but trees look gross

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• uis@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They also dampen noise

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