City streets are usually paved with asphalt concrete because this material gives good service and is relatively inexpensive to construct and maintain. We show that making asphalt pavements cooler, by increasing their reflection of sunlight, may lead to longer lifetime of the pavement, lower initial costs of the asphalt binder, and savings on street lighting and signs. Excessive glare due to the whiter surface is not likely to be a problem.
BT - ACEEE 2000 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings C2 - LBNL-45370 ET - 20 LA - eng N1 -Added to JabRef: 2010.04.21
N2 -City streets are usually paved with asphalt concrete because this material gives good service and is relatively inexpensive to construct and maintain. We show that making asphalt pavements cooler, by increasing their reflection of sunlight, may lead to longer lifetime of the pavement, lower initial costs of the asphalt binder, and savings on street lighting and signs. Excessive glare due to the whiter surface is not likely to be a problem.
PY - 2000 SP - 293 EP - 304 T2 - ACEEE 2000 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings T3 - ACEEE 2000 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings TI - Cooler reflective pavements give benefits beyond energy savings: durability and illumination UR - http://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2000/data/papers/SS00_Panel8_Paper24.pdf VL - 8 ER -