Cool roof time machine.
Concordia in the news
Posted on March 28, 2017
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- Le Réseau d'Information Municipale du Québec (behind a paywall) picks up news of Concordia's "cool roof time machine", designed to simulate roof soiling and weathering processes in the lab to accelerate the study of energy-conserving roofing materials. The process was developed by Hashem Akbari, professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, in collaboration with researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.