The Dow Chemical Company has announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will fund key lab research as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Dow and DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to accelerate the adoption of cool roof technologies in the U.S. As a critical element of the research agreement, ORNL will partner with DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to bring a broad range of cool roof technology and experience from their applied research in this field. The research wil focus on the development of new sola reflective technologies that would increase by over 50% the energy savings that cool roofs offer for new and existing commercial buildings.
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