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Five Goals
Paint 500 Roofs White in NYC by Volunteering with the White Roof Project, White Tops and NYC Cool RoofsIn my efforts to paint this immense amount of roofing, I aspire to inspire your own cool roof ambition. 
Draw Attention to the Vast Energy Savings Any Home or Business Owner Can Save on Air ConditioningCool roofing systems can reduce a building's electric bill an average of 20%, but can reach over 40% in savings. There have even been electrical savings recorded nearly up to 50%. This ultimately reduces our dependence on fossil fuels and reduces CO2 emissions. 
Spread Awareness on how Cool Roofing Systems can Immensely Reduce the "Heat Island" EffectA heat island occurs on the surface and in the atmosphere of a metropolitan area, which is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas. According to the EPA, heat islands can affect communities by increasing summertime peak energy demands, air pollution, air conditioning costs, greenhouse gas emissions, heat-related illnesses and mortality and impairing water quality. 
Spread Awareness on how a White or 'Light' Color Cool Roofing System can Deliver High Solar Reflectance and High Thermal EmittanceBy reflecting sunlight back into space, we help cool the planet just as Greenland reflects sunlight with its white ice sheets. This effect can collectively drastically reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. 
Inspire YouIn my four missions, I seek to inspire a world where no one person is too small to make a difference and where every single person matters; to empower people with over a million reasons to join hands and feel unafraid in embarking on our collective, generational mission to stand up for a cause, whether it's ecological or not, and to draw attention to Everything Connects where a vast ecologically rooted, universally important base of knowledge awaits with near-endless possibilities towards a safer, healthier and sustainable future. |
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Most of the roofs in the world, including 90% in the US, are dark-colored. In the heat of a full sun, a black roof surface can increase temperatures as much as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, reaching temperatures of 150-190 degrees Fahrenheit, leading to a wide array of issues. Cool roofs reduce the roof surface temperature by up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, thus reducing the heat transferred into the building below. A white or reflective roof typically only increases 10-25 degrees Fahrenheit above ambient temperatures during the day. Learn more. |
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If all urban, flat roofs worldwide were whitened, the reduction in carbon emissions would be 24 Gigatonnes, or equivalent to taking 300 million cars off the road for 20 years. Learn more. |
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