Comments on: Paint your roof white to save 1 tonne of CO2 http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/ love talking eco stuff ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:33:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: wow power leveling http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-1341 wow power leveling Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:57:33 +0000 http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-1341 Such a useful blog wow !!!! Such a useful blog wow !!!!

]]> By: nike shoes http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-1112 nike shoes Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:27:17 +0000 http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-1112 Nice post...Thank you for sharing some good things!! Nice post…Thank you for sharing some good things!!

]]> By: wookiemeister http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-789 wookiemeister Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:15:15 +0000 http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-789 a quick explanation of why white paint works to cool the planet 1 around 50 percent of sunlight is visible light 2 around 50 percent of sunlight is heat 3 visible light is a frequency of light not absorbed by the atmosphere 4 some heat from the sun is absorbed by the atmosphere directly (greenhouse gasses which makes the atmosphere warmer). 5 heat from the sun also warms the surface of the planet and this heat is then radiated back into the atmosphere again being absorbed by greenhouse gasses. 6 visible light is poorly absorbed by the atmosphere, some of it gets reflected back by the atmosphere. 7 the visible light that doesn't get reflected back by the atmosphere is either reflected by the surface (eg a snow field) or absorbed by the surface (an asphalt carpark/ road). this absorbed light heats the dark surface. this heat is then radiated into the atmosphere and is absorbed by greenhouses gasses makiig the atmosphere warmer. 8 by painting your roof white and other surface you reflect around 50 percent of the visible energy from the sun, a significant amount of this is reflected back into space without heating the atmosphere. 9 by painting enough roofs you make buildings cooler and cool the atmosphere. air conditionig works easier to cool houses because they are cooler, perhaps you wouldn't even need air conditioning? the main to understand is that by reflecting visible frequencies away from the planet we can cool the atmosphere. a quick explanation of why white paint works to cool the planet

1 around 50 percent of sunlight is visible light

2 around 50 percent of sunlight is heat

3 visible light is a frequency of light not absorbed by the atmosphere

4 some heat from the sun is absorbed by the atmosphere directly (greenhouse gasses which makes the atmosphere warmer).

5 heat from the sun also warms the surface of the planet and this heat is then radiated back into the atmosphere again being absorbed by greenhouse gasses.

6 visible light is poorly absorbed by the atmosphere, some of it gets reflected back by the atmosphere.

7 the visible light that doesn’t get reflected back by the atmosphere is either reflected by the surface (eg a snow field) or absorbed by the surface (an asphalt carpark/ road). this absorbed light heats the dark surface. this heat is then radiated into the atmosphere and is absorbed by greenhouses gasses makiig the atmosphere warmer.

8 by painting your roof white and other surface you reflect around 50 percent of the visible energy from the sun, a significant amount of this is reflected back into space without heating the atmosphere.

9 by painting enough roofs you make buildings cooler and cool the atmosphere. air conditionig works easier to cool houses because they are cooler, perhaps you wouldn’t even need air conditioning?

the main to understand is that by reflecting visible frequencies away from the planet we can cool the atmosphere.

]]> By: Lucy http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-705 Lucy Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:45:05 +0000 http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-705 It's worth noting the environmental impact of producing paint. Most paint is very toxic and harmful to the environment, on top of this there is the carbon impact of producing the paint and transporting it and then carbon footprint of producing and transporting the food that sustains the labour required to paint the rooves, and their subsequent touch ups. Sorry to put a downer on things but the cement industry is one of the worst industries on the planet in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. It’s worth noting the environmental impact of producing paint. Most paint is very toxic and harmful to the environment, on top of this there is the carbon impact of producing the paint and transporting it and then carbon footprint of producing and transporting the food that sustains the labour required to paint the rooves, and their subsequent touch ups. Sorry to put a downer on things but the cement industry is one of the worst industries on the planet in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

]]> By: Ian nzira http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-703 Ian nzira Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:25:45 +0000 http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-703 Now Let us be frank about the issue of saving the planet.I think we are on a freefall to total destruction. Everyone expect others to slow down on their individual contribution to the greenhouse gases but no one wants to let go their little comforts. If people can start to be realistic about simple things in life like replacing most of the trees that we have cut down from the Earths surfaces, It is no longer an issue of one tree planting day but the whole year dedicated to planting trees.It mght sound a joke but this is serious stuff. If you come from Africa like me which is basically Sub- saharan terrain you will have witnessed the desertification of our Continent and the the complete elimination of species small and large that once lived there during my life time. Why? Answer;Greed. Now Let us be frank about the issue of saving the planet.I think we are on a freefall to total destruction. Everyone expect others to slow down on their individual contribution to the greenhouse gases but no one wants to let go their little comforts.
If people can start to be realistic about simple things in life like replacing most of the trees that we have cut down from the Earths surfaces, It is no longer an issue of one tree planting day but the whole year dedicated to planting trees.It mght sound a joke but this is serious stuff. If you come from Africa like me which is basically Sub- saharan terrain you will have witnessed the desertification of our Continent and the the complete elimination of species small and large that once lived there during my life time.
Why? Answer;Greed.

]]> By: Liquid Roof http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-702 Liquid Roof Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:29:10 +0000 http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-702 Great...i love this idea...i will definitely employ white paint as i renovate my house. Great…i love this idea…i will definitely employ white paint as i renovate my house.

]]> By: Chelle http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-679 Chelle Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:18:06 +0000 http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-679 What a simple. wonderful Idea! i cant believe this is not in practice! I had the idea of self suff. buildings covered on plants, roof gardens etc with wind turbines... but white paint... that would be so easy to do. makes you think!!! What a simple. wonderful Idea! i cant believe this is not in practice! I had the idea of self suff. buildings covered on plants, roof gardens etc with wind turbines… but white paint… that would be so easy to do. makes you think!!!

]]> By: Kenneth Schulte http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-676 Kenneth Schulte Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:53:08 +0000 http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-676 And I just want to add that I will be renovating my house soon and that I will use white paint to cover everything up! I'm always pleased to see blogs like yours because they share my point of view. If you'd like, you can check out <a href="http://www.alternative-energy-secrets.com" rel="no follow" rel="nofollow">http://www.alternative-energy-secrets.com</a> for the latest articles involving alternative energy. And I just want to add that I will be renovating my house soon and that I will use white paint to cover everything up!

I’m always pleased to see blogs like yours because they share my point of view. If you’d like, you can check out
http://www.alternative-energy-secrets.com for the latest articles involving alternative energy.

]]> By: Ken http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-675 Ken Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:48:15 +0000 http://www.nigelsecostore.com/blog/2008/09/26/paint-your-roof-white-to-save-1-tonne-of-co2/#comment-675 "would offset 44 metric gigatons of greenhouse gases, which have been trapping heat in the atmosphere and altering the climate on a potentially dangerous scale…"--just wow! Just imagine if all the nations would use white paint on the majority of it's architectural projects, things would've been "cooler" but I guess, the farthest that every major household would do is to replace their bulbs with eco friendly ones. “would offset 44 metric gigatons of greenhouse gases, which have been trapping heat in the atmosphere and altering the climate on a potentially dangerous scale…”–just wow!

Just imagine if all the nations would use white paint on the majority of it’s architectural projects, things would’ve been “cooler” but I guess, the farthest that every major household would do is to replace their bulbs with eco friendly ones.

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