We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Fluorescent Ruby Red Roofs Stay as Cool as White
Berkeley Lab scientists use fluorescence to boost the performance of cool colored pigments
Elementary school science teaches us that in the sun, dark colors get hot while white stays cool. Now new research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has found an exception: Scientists have determined that certain dark pigments can stay just as cool as white by using fluorescence, the re-emission of absorbed light. (more…)