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Council considers cool-roof standard to reduce urban heat; medical and public-health groups urge adoption
Summary
A proposed amendment to Atlanta's building code would add roofing reflectance standards to promote 'cool roofs.' Public-health groups and building-science advocates testified in favor; the proposal moved forward as a referral item with multiple council co-sponsors.
Council members advanced legislation to add roofing reflectance standards to the Atlanta building code, a measure authors say would lower urban heat and yield energy cost savings for homeowners.
Supporters said cool roofs reduce energy use and ozone formation and would provide health benefits to vulnerable residents. Dana Thompson, representing the American Lung Association, said the association "strongly supports the city of Atlanta's building code to add a new section for roofing reflectance…
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