Phoenix Cool Roof (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Phoenix Cool Roof

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The deployment of cool roofs, roofs typically painted white, help mitigate summertime temperatures but in Florida and some Southwestern cities like Phoenix (pictured) the roofs also have a negative effect on rainfall.

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Ken Fagan, Arizona State University

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