A cool roof is one that has been designed to reflect more sunlight and absorb less heat than a standard roof.
Heat absorber for roof.
Below are a few common roofing colors that can make a big difference in your heating and or cooling bills.
Others absorb the heat.
This means that lighter color roofs hold much less heat than darker color roofs.
Black and dark colored roofs.
A dark roof absorbs more heat from the sun.
Some colors reflect heat.
Nearly any type of building can benefit from a cool roof but consider the climate and other factors before deciding.
Lighter colors are reflective and cause the heat from light rays to bounce off it s surface.
In general dark colored roofing materials will absorb the heat and cause your attic and or the top of your house to be warmer than a lighter colored material.
If doing metal try to place an air gap under it.
For uv a bright white roof highly reflective.
Heat absorption as in uv or minimizing external leakage.
Layer your installation of insulation staggering 50 top layer perpendicular to roof instillation next layer parallel etc.
However there are a few simple solutions that will leave you worry free after your new black roofing installation.
Darker colors absorb more light trapping the heat in the roof and allowing it to flow into your attic and or top of your home.