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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 01 > Saving energy with white roofs: When’s it make sense?

Saving energy with white roofs: When’s it make sense?

They’ve got a long history and ardent defenders, but their effectiveness can depend on your climate

By Felicity Barringer / The Bulletin
August 1, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO " Returning to their ranch-style house in Sacramento after a long summer workday, Jon and Kim Waldrep were routinely met by a wall of heat.

"We'd come home in the summer and the house would be 115 degrees, stifling," said Waldrep, a regional manager for a national....

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