Reflective Roofing Granules

Use reflective mineral granules or a factory applied coating rather than a dark coating on a mineral surfaced sheet apply a cool coating directly on top of a dark asphaltic emulsion coating.

Reflective roofing granules.

Landmark solaris is a steep slope solar reflective asphalt roofing shingle which contains advanced colored granules that reflect the suns rays and can reduce a roofs temperature by as much as 20 in the summer. These shingles can help make your home more comfortable and may even be required if you live in certain geographical areas. Our highly reflective shingles can help to reduce temperatures in your attic so your home will stay cooler in the summer to help save on air conditioning costs. Extend the life of the roof thanks to solar reflecting granules that reduce shingle temperature and subsequently slow asphalt aging.

1 a cool roof minimizes the solar heat gain of a building by reflecting incoming sun rays and re emitting the absorbed energy. The perfect example of 3m science cool granules are used to create solar reflective shingles that are energy efficient and economically friendly. Cool roofing shingles are specially designed with solar reflecting granules granules that reflect the sun s rays to help decrease the amount of heat transferred into a home. When applied to a roofing substrate 54 the highly reflective kaolin particles 20 62 produce a roofing system having a solar reflectance greater than or equal to 70.

Reflectivity requirements title 24 fbc iecc lighter weight for easier handling. 1 according to the cool roof rating council cool roofs may save homeowners an average of 7 15 on their total cooling costs. A cool roofing system. Solar reflective shingles are designed specifically to reduce the absorption of the suns infrared radiation by reflecting ir rays off the surface of the roof thus not allowing the heat to be transferred to the interior of the structure i e.

The attic under the roof. Modified bitumen sheet membranes have one or more layers of plastic or rubber material with reinforcing fabrics and are surfaced with mineral granules or a smooth finish. Wide arrange of colors save energy and look great at the same time. 3m highly reflective granules a sustainable granule solution to use on cap sheets as a drop in replacement to meet reflective codes for commercial low slope roofs.

Building upon the individual success of soprema and 3m s reflective roofing products the new soprema sg granules provide the proven protection of multi ply sbs modified bitumen roof membrane systems.